Chris Sutton has issued his prediction for who will win when Liverpool travel to take on Southampton on Sunday. They clash on the final day of the Premier League season.
It has been a disappointing campaign for both teams with Liverpool only qualifying for the Europa League and Southampton relegated. The Reds are guaranteed to finish the season in fifth place regardless of Sunday’s result. Whilst the Saints are also nailed on to finish in 20th.
No team has won in fewer fixtures than Southampton with six, while the St Mary’s side have also drawn six times. Liverpool have taken 19 wins and nine draws so far this term. But the nine defeats Jurgen Klopp’s side suffered have cost them a place in the Champions League.
What is Chris Sutton’s prediction for Southampton vs Liverpool?
Sutton believes Southampton owe their home crowd a good performance on Sunday when Liverpool hit the south coast. But the Celtic hero is not expecting any miracles in what will also be Ruben Selles’ final fixture as their head coach ahead of parting ways in the summer.
“The Saints owe their fans a big performance after a dismal season,” Sutton has suggested in his column for the Daily Mail. “But I don’t think they’ll deliver it. Jurgen Klopp’s side will finish with a comfortable [2-0] win on the south coast.”
Ruben Selles must end a torrid run to claim just his second win
Roberto Firmino and Darwin Nunez spoiled Nathan Jones’ party the last time that Liverpool faced Southampton. The Reds ran out 3-1 victors at Anfield in November during Jones’ first match as the Saints’ manager. Nunez produced a brace after Che Adams’ earlier equaliser.
Selles will surely hope to avoid repeating his predecessor’s fate to sign off on his tenure at St Mary’s well. It has not been a great stint for the Spaniard having won just once across his 15 fixtures. Jones and Ralph Hasenhuttl’s former assistant took his sole win back on March 4.
Leicester City are the sole squad to lose to Selles’ Southampton ahead of Liverpool’s trip to the coast. But it was at St Mary’s where Carlos Alcaraz secured their 1-0 win. Southampton also held Tottenham Hotspur to a 3-3 draw on home soil back on March 18 after losing 3-1.
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