Liverpool 3-0 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2018

Result

Liverpool 3-0 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

Liverpool · Southampton · Premier League predictions

Liverpool 3-0 Southampton: match report

Liverpool won against Southampton 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 September 2018. The half-time score was 3-0.

Liverpool's goals came from an own goal by Wesley Hoedt (10'), Joel Matip (21') and Mohamed Salah (45+3'). Southampton did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Southampton received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 15 points from 5 and Southampton 13th on 5 points from 5. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 97 points, and Southampton 16th with 39.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joël Matip of Liverpool (8.5), ahead of Virgil van Dijk (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 4 draws and 2 for Southampton.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Southampton's D-W-L-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Own goal · Wesley HoedtLiverpool · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Joel MatipLiverpool · 2-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Oriol RomeuSouthampton
  • 45+3'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 3-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Mario LeminaSouthampton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 4, draws 4, Southampton 2.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joël Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mané, Xherdan Shaqiri, Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah

Southampton line-up (4-1-4-1)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Cédric Soares, Jannik Vestergaard, Wesley Hoedt, Ryan Bertrand, Oriol Romeu, Nathan Redmond, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Mario Lemina, Matt Targett, Shane Long