Liverpool v Southampton, 08 March 2025

Score3-1 to Liverpool
RefereeLewis Smith
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance60,399

View Liverpool v Southampton head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 50 Liverpool won: 28 Drawn: 11 Southampton won: 11 Liverpool scored: 95 Southampton scored: 54 . Southampton remained without a win in their last ten visits to Anfield in the Premier League (lost eight).

3 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

1 Southampton

Manager: Ivan Jurić

Goals:

Darwin Núñez 51 G
Mohamed Salah penalty 54 P
Mohamed Salah penalty 88 P

Goals:

Will Smallbone 45+1 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder/Forward Luis Díaz
Midfielder/Forward Darwin Núñez
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
Jan Bednarek Defender
Taylor Harwood-Bellis Defender
Kyle Walker-Peters Defender/Midfielder
Ryan Manning Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Will Smallbone Midfielder
Lesley Ugochukwu Midfielder
Tyler Dibling Midfielder/Forward
Albert Grønbaek Midfielder/Forward
Kamaldeen Sulemana Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Harvey Elliott for Curtis Jones 46
Alexis Mac Allister for Dominik Szoboszlai 46
Andy Robertson for Kostas Tsimikas 46
Diogo Jota for Darwin Núñez 68
Wataru Endo for Ryan Gravenberch 81
Jarell Quansah for Trent Alexander-Arnold 89

Substitutions:

Armel Bella-Kotchap for Jan Bednarek 19
Cameron Archer for Albert Grønbaek 64
Yukinari Sugawara for Tyler Dibling 64
Adam Lallana for Will Smallbone 71
Joe Aribo for Ryan Manning 83
Paul Onuachu for Lesley Ugochukwu 83

Cards:

Kostas Tsimikas 31 Y
Darwin Núñez 45+3 Y

Cards:

Paul Onuachu 90+6 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Jarell Quansah
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota
Midfielder/Forward James McConnell

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Armel Bella-Kotchap
Defender Jack Stephens
Defender Yukinari Sugawara
Defender Welington
Midfielder Joe Aribo
Midfielder/Forward Adam Lallana
Forward Cameron Archer
Forward Paul Onuachu

Comments:

League position: 1st . Liverpool failed in their attempt to keep a clean sheet in four consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since April 2022. . The Reds had now become the first top division team to score two or more goals in 19 consecutive home games in all competitions since Sunderland in December 1935 (19). . They now remained unbeaten in their last 25 games in the Premier League (won 18). . Liverpool were awarded a penalty in the 88th minute following a VAR review for handball.

Comments:

League position: 20th . Southampton had now lost 13 of their last 15 games in the Premier League. . The Saints had now dropped 23 points after taking the lead in the Premier League this season. . They remained without a win in their last 25 games in the Premier League against a team starting the day in the top four of the table. . Jan Bednarek’s replacement in the 19th minute was regarded as a concussion substitution, therefore allowing both teams the possibility to make six substitutions during the game.

3 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

Goals:

Darwin Núñez 51 G
Mohamed Salah penalty 54 P
Mohamed Salah penalty 88 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder/Forward Luis Díaz
Midfielder/Forward Darwin Núñez
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Substitutions:

Harvey Elliott for Curtis Jones 46
Alexis Mac Allister for Dominik Szoboszlai 46
Andy Robertson for Kostas Tsimikas 46
Diogo Jota for Darwin Núñez 68
Wataru Endo for Ryan Gravenberch 81
Jarell Quansah for Trent Alexander-Arnold 89

Cards:

Kostas Tsimikas 31 Y
Darwin Núñez 45+3 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Jarell Quansah
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota
Midfielder/Forward James McConnell

Comments:

League position: 1st . Liverpool failed in their attempt to keep a clean sheet in four consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since April 2022. . The Reds had now become the first top division team to score two or more goals in 19 consecutive home games in all competitions since Sunderland in December 1935 (19). . They now remained unbeaten in their last 25 games in the Premier League (won 18). . Liverpool were awarded a penalty in the 88th minute following a VAR review for handball.

1 Southampton

Manager: Ivan Jurić

Goals:

Will Smallbone 45+1 G

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
Jan Bednarek Defender
Taylor Harwood-Bellis Defender
Kyle Walker-Peters Defender/Midfielder
Ryan Manning Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Will Smallbone Midfielder
Lesley Ugochukwu Midfielder
Tyler Dibling Midfielder/Forward
Albert Grønbaek Midfielder/Forward
Kamaldeen Sulemana Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Armel Bella-Kotchap for Jan Bednarek 19
Cameron Archer for Albert Grønbaek 64
Yukinari Sugawara for Tyler Dibling 64
Adam Lallana for Will Smallbone 71
Joe Aribo for Ryan Manning 83
Paul Onuachu for Lesley Ugochukwu 83

Cards:

Paul Onuachu 90+6 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Armel Bella-Kotchap
Defender Jack Stephens
Defender Yukinari Sugawara
Defender Welington
Midfielder Joe Aribo
Midfielder/Forward Adam Lallana
Forward Cameron Archer
Forward Paul Onuachu

Comments:

League position: 20th . Southampton had now lost 13 of their last 15 games in the Premier League. . The Saints had now dropped 23 points after taking the lead in the Premier League this season. . They remained without a win in their last 25 games in the Premier League against a team starting the day in the top four of the table. . Jan Bednarek’s replacement in the 19th minute was regarded as a concussion substitution, therefore allowing both teams the possibility to make six substitutions during the game.