Team News: Southampton vs. Liverpool injury, suspension list, predicted XIs

St Mary’s is the venue for Sunday’s meeting between the Premier League’s leaders and basement boys, as Liverpool take on 20th-placed Southampton in a 2pm kickoff.

The Reds went into the international break with a five-point lead over Manchester City at the summit of the table, while the Saints are four points adrift of safety at the time of writing, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.

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SOUTHAMPTON

Out: Aaron Ramsdale (finger), Jan Bednarek (knee), Gavin Bazunu (Achilles), Ross Stewart (hamstring), William Smallbone (hamstring)

Doubtful: Flynn Downes (knee), Ryan Fraser (illness)

Sports Mole’s predicted XI: McCarthy; Walker-Peters, Sugawara, Stephens, Harwood-Bellis, Manning; Armstrong, Downes, Aribo, Fernandes; Archer

LIVERPOOL

Out: Trent Alexander-Arnold (hamstring), Alisson Becker (hamstring), Diogo Jota (abdominal), Federico Chiesa (fitness)

Doubtful: Harvey Elliott (foot)

Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Kelleher; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Salah, Jones, Gakpo; Nunez

For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.