Southampton vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League team news, line-ups and more

05/28/2023

Follow live coverage as Southampton face Liverpool in the Premier League today.

Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola’s side.

Jurgen Klopp’s Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.

It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.

It’s not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.

We will bring you all the action and updates from today’s game in the live blog below:

Southampton vs Liverpool

Liverpool make seven alterations to the side that drew 1-1 with Aston Villa eight days ago. Kelleher gets the nod between the posts ahead of the uninvolved Alisson, while Konate, Virgil Van Dijk and the injured Andrew Robertson are replaced by Matip, Gomez and Tsimikas. Milner is given a start in his final match for the club, giving captain Henderson a rest and the same goes for Firmino, who is in the line-up ahead of Gakpo. The final swap is on the wing, where Jota is preferred to Diaz.

Southampton vs Liverpool

Southampton make one change to the XI that lost 3-1 to Brighton & Hove Albion last time out, with Sulemana replacing Aribo in attack.

Southampton vs Liverpool

LIVERPOOL SUBS: Ibrahima Konate, Rhys Williams, Cody Gakpo, Jordan Henderson, Luis Diaz, Adrian, Fabio Carvalho, Harvey Elliott, Arthur.

Southampton vs Liverpool

LIVERPOOL XI (4-3-3): Caoimhin Kelleher; Trent-Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Joe Gomez, Konstantinos Tsimikas; James Milner, Fabinho, Curtis Jones; Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota.

Southampton vs Liverpool

SOUTHAMPTON SUBS: Valentino Livramento, Gavin Bazunu, Kamari Doyle, Dominic Ballard, Samuel Amo-Ameyaw, Stuart Armstrong, Adam Armstrong, Duje Caleta-Car, Joe Aribo.

Southampton vs Liverpool

SOUTHAMPTON XI (4-4-2): Alex McCarthy; Kyle Walker-Peters, Lyanco, Jan Bednarek, James Bree; Mohamed Elyounoussi, Romeo Lavia, James Ward-Prowse, Theo Walcott; Kamaldeen Sulemana, Carlos Alcaraz.

Southampton vs Liverpool

With 15 minutes to go before kick-off, let’s take a look at how the two sides are lining up – starting with our hosts!

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