Liverpool v Southampton in the FA Cup Round of 16 is scheduled for Wednesday 28 February at 10pm at Anfield Road, live on Digi Sport 1.
Title-chasing Liverpool and Premier League-chasing Southampton will meet in one of the most exciting FA Cup Round of 16 games ever.
Liverpool reached this stage of the competition after beating Arsenal 2-0 away in the third round to eliminate Championship (League Two) side Norwich in the round of 16. At home the score is 5:2.
In the Premier League, Jurgen Klopp’s team is in first place after 26 rounds with 60 points, one more than Manchester City and two more than Arsenal, and in their last official match they beat Chelsea 1-0 after extra time time (Van Dijk scored in the 119th minute), in the EFL Cup final, winning the trophy for the 10th time in the club’s history.
Liverpool have won the FA Cup eight times, most recently in 2022 following a 0-0 draw with Chelsea after 90 and 120 minutes, 6-5 on penalties, and have lost seven more times in the final act of the competition, most recently in 2012, 1-2 with Chelsea.
Southampton qualified for the last 16 of the FA Cup after beating League Two (Division Four) 4-0 at home to Walsall in the third round before going past Championship side Watford in the last 16 (second league), after 1-1 away and 3-0 at home in a replay.
The Russell Martin-coached side sit 4th in the Championship (League Two) after 34 rounds with 67 points, five off direct promotion (1st and 2nd; 3rd-6th will compete in a relegation play-off , in which the winner will enter the Premier League), and in the last official match in the championship, they lost at home to “Millwall” with a score of 1:2.
Southampton have one FA Cup trophy in their history, won in 1976 after a 1-0 draw with Manchester United in the final, and have lost three others in the final act of the competition, most recently in 2003 in a 0-1 draw with Arsenal ยป.
The two teams last met last season in the Premier League, when Liverpool beat Southampton 3-1 at home on the road, only to be held to a 4-4 draw in the second leg in a spectacular last leg.
Superbet offers odds of 1.57 on prediction 1: home win in the match Liverpool – Southampton.
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