Southampton host Liverpool in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-final at St Mary’s tonight.
Southampton starting line-up and substitutes:
Liverpool starting line-up and substitutes:
Tonight sees the Saints host Liverpool in the second of the two EFL Cup semi-final clashes.
Claude Puel’s men head into the fixture on the back of a poor run of form that has seen them go four games without a win.
Southampton manager Claude Puel
Whilst Jürgen Klopp’s men head to the south coast in contrastingly impressive form, and are in the midst of a seven game unbeaten run in all competitions.
The last three meetings between the two sides at St Mary’s has seen an even split of a win for both clubs, and a draw in their most recent encounter in the Premier League in November.
The winners of the two-legged tie will most likely face Manchester United in the final at Wembley in February, after the Red Devils won their semi-final first leg 2-0 against Hull City last night.
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp
The Reds have more League Cup wins than any other club in England (8), whilst Southampton have never won the competition.
Klopp’s men could also make history tonight, as they look to become the highest scorers in the competition’s history, with their current total of 466 trailing Aston Villa’s tally by just one.
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