Verdict: Total goals over 3.5Best odds: 11/10Bookmaker: Southampton face the tough task of trying to stop Liverpool from keeping the Premier League title race alive until the final day of the season. The two teams will meet on Tuesday evening at St. Marys, and they will be approaching the clash arguably with different levels of motivation.SouthamptonThe Saints are a very decent side under Ralph Hasenhuttl once more, and theyre not likely to allow themselves to get walked over by anyone. League leaders Manchester City will know all about that, having failed to beat them twice this term. However, a lack of consistency throughout the season has cost them when it comes to their position in the table, and at the moment, they are 15th with 40 points, completely safe from relegation and with very little but pride to play for. They could, in theory, climb up to 12th, but that would be long stretch indeed, requiring Crystal Palace, Aston Villa and Newcastle to lose both their remaining matches and themselves to beat both Liverpool and Leicester City at the
Royce O'Neale Jersey King Power Stadium on Sunday.Southamptons recent form doesnt look very promising. Their last-six run starts with a 0-6 thrashing at home at the hands of Chelsea. Then they surprised Arsenal with a 1-0 win at home, lost 2-0 away to Burnley, drew 2-2 away to Brighton and Hove Albion, lost 1-2 at home to Crystal Palace, and got smashed 3-0 away to Brentford.They were 2-0 down at the Brentford Community Stadium within 14 minutes, and Kristoffer Ajer added the third for the Bees in the 79th.Nonethele s, they will be feeling the support coming from the stands of the stadium against Liverpool, the club that
Dante Exum Jersey in recent years took a number of their best players, and theyll know that theyre being cheered on by the blue side of Manchester as well.Team NewsGoalkeeper Fraser Forster and midfielder Stuart Armstrong are doubts for this clash, but they havent been ruled out yet with Hasenhuttl reportedly hopeful of having them at his disposal.Ibrahima Diallo started the match against Brentford, but the experience of Oriol Romeu will surely be needed instead against an opponent of this much quality, alongside captain James Ward-Prowse. Che Adams is also likely to return to the starting lineup, displacing Adam Armstrong upfront.LiverpoolThere is, of course, a lot to be said about Liverpool at the moment. The Merseysiders have now completed the cup double in English football, having beaten Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final on penalties and repeating the feat in the exact same manner in the FA Cup a few days ago. And if their supporters thought the second trophy of the season was going to be their only talking point of the weekend, they will have saluted Manchester Citys failure to beat West Ham at the London Stadium on Sunday as well.Be that as it may, Liverpool are still in second place, four points behind City but with a game in hand, and if they win here, the Premier League title will be decided on
Utah Jazz Hoodie Sunday when they take on Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield, while City face Aston Villa and need to deal with a few men with strong Liverpool connections Philippe Coutinho, Danny Ings, and of course, manager Steven Gerrard.Liverpool also need to prepare for the Champions League final on May 28th in which they face Real Madrid in Paris, but for the time being, theyll surely push it far at the back of their minds. Its all about the task at hand, getting the three points at St. Marys any way they can and doing it again on Sunday. Theyve already come closer than any team ever before to winning the fabled quadruple, and if they manage to win the Premier League at the end of the week lets be clear, theyll need plenty of luck for that to happen Real Madrid will need to be extra careful in Paris. The prospect of doing what no-one has ever done before is a powerful motive, without even going into Liverpools desire to pay the Spanish giants back for what happened four years ago in Kyiv.Liverpools last six matches include wins over Villarreal in both legs of the Champions League semifinals, 2-0 at Anfield and 2-3 at La Ceramica, with a 0-1 win away to Newcastle in between. Then came a disappointing 1-1 draw at home against Tottenham Hotspur, a 1-2 win away to Aston Villa, and the FA Cup final against Chelsea in which they took the trophy after 120 goalle s minutes and a
Miye Oni Jersey penalty shootout.Team NewsKlopp wont be able to call upon Fabinho to shield the back four, and the likeliest man to do that job instead is captain Jordan Henderson. Mohamed Salah left the FA Cup final after 30 minutes with a groin i sue, left-back Andy Robertson was later replaced through cramp, and the manager also withdrew centre-back Virgil van Dijk as a precaution after the 90 minutes were up.If Van Dijk doesnt start, itll surely be the duo of Joel Matip and Ibrahima Konate in the heart of defence. The obvious replacement for Robertson would be one of the heroes of the shootout on Saturday, Kostas Tsimikas, while either Diogo Jota or Roberto Firmino will replace Salah upfront if need be. Klopp could also decide
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