BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Date: Saturday, 16th March
Kick off: 15:00 GMT
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Head-to-head
• Liverpool won the reverse fixture 1-0 at Anfield in December courtesy of Daniel Agger's first-half header. Jonjo Shelvey and Luis Suarez also hit the woodwork.
• Southampton have won three of the four previous league meetings against Liverpool played at St Mary's, including the most recent encounter in January 2005.
• Liverpool's only win at St Mary's Stadium came in January 2002, with Emile Heskey scoring the game's only goal.
• All the goals in the last three Premier League encounters have been scored in the first half.
Southampton
• Southampton have won only one of their last eight league games, seven of them under new manager Mauricio Pochettino.
• Saints would be 17th in the table if the league had started on 21 January, the date of Pochettino's first game in charge.
• Only Wigan have accrued fewer points (five) against top-half sides than Southampton's nine. Their only win came against Manchester City five weeks ago.
• Saints have conceded 17 league goals in the 15 minutes immediately before half time - five more than any other club. They have also let in a league-high 28 first-half goals.
Liverpool
• The Reds are unbeaten in their last three away matches.
• Liverpool are the eighth most clinical team in the Premier League this season (14%), up from last place in 2011-12 (9%).
• Brendan Rodgers's side have scored 12 goals in their last three league matches, and 21 over their last seven league fixtures.
• Luis Suarez has won four more penalties (nine in total) than any other Premier League player since he arrived in England.
• Suarez has had 141 attempts on goal in the Premier League this season, 27 more than any other player; 54 have been on target, 55 off target, 32 blocked.
bbc.co.uk
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