By Lauren Black -@Lauren_Black9This weekend the Reds face Southampton at Anfield and i’m positive that we will come away with the three points but as usual i’m going to look at how Southampton have done this season, how their manager Mark Hughes has done against us in the past and who I think could cause us trouble on Saturday.So looking at how Southampton have done so far this season, in their last five games they have only won one, drawn two and lost two. Their most recent game was against Brighton & Hove Albion where they blew a two nil lead and the game ended up finish 2-2 after Glenn Murray scored a last minute penalty.Below are the stats from the game vs BrightonAs you can see, Southampton where on top in that game and they deserved to be two nil up but they just lost that bit of concentration and started to make mistakes and that punished them. In their previous two Premier League games against us they both ended in defeats for the Saints with the game at home in November 2017 ending 3-0 and the game at Anfield in February finishing 2-0 to the Reds.In terms of their line-up, they are obviously going to be missing Danny Ings who has three goals in five games for the Saints this season but due to him being on loan from Liverpool he can’t play the game which is probably a good thing for us considering the form he is on at the minute.This is the line up I have gone for and obviously Shane Long and Danny Ings started up front together in the last game but I don’t think he will go two up front for this game. I’ve put five in midfield with Lemina as the defensive midfielder as that’s a position he can play and be key for Southampton. The left side of Ryan Bertrand and Nathan Redmond will be key for Southampton too as they are both great players but Redmond is yet to hit the ground running this season having picked up no goals or assist so i’m hoping he doesn’t get his act together in this game at the weekend.Star Player –I struggled to pick a star player from this Southampton team and that’s not being disrespectful to them but there is no doubt that the introduction of Danny Ings to their squad has really helped them boost their goal tally and playing style and that is nice to see having not been able to see the best of Ings throughout his Liverpool career.So I picked Pierre Emile Hojbjerg and I only picked him because of his performances so far this season. He’s got two goals in five games and has seemed to hit a new level for the club, last season he made 23 appearances so he was not a regular starter for them which was surprising for me considering he has played for Bayern Munich and won numerous big trophies.He’s able to play in central midfield as well as on the right but being able to attack from midfield seems to be his best quality and so I think he will be the playmaker in the team so we’ve got to watch out for him trying to pick out that pass for the striker.Mark HughesMark Hughes is one of those managers that you can’t help dislike even though he hasn’t really done anything to you. He’s been in charge against us a total of 25 times and in those twenty five games he has recorded three wins, seven draws and fifteen losses averaging 0.64 points per game. So not the best.His biggest win against us came back in 2015 when Stoke City somehow managed to beat us 6-1 but his biggest loss was a 5-2 defeat way back in May 2011 when he was manager of Fulham.He was brought in late on last season for Southampton as things were not going well and at one point a lot of us thought they would be getting relegated. In comes Mark Hughes who seemed to have helped them rise from the ashes but he hasn’t quite made the start the club would have hoped for having only got the one win in five games. The weekend will be a tough test for him especially because of the form we are on at the minute but he won’t be looking to go all out attack as I think he will be wanting to stay more defensive so they don’t concede too many and hit us on the counter due to the pace they have up front.Let me know your score prediction and if you agree with my star player choice and if not let me know who you would have chosen!By Lauren Black -@Lauren_Black9 Want more LFC content? We have you covered! Start your FREE month trial for theredmentv.com now!???? 16+ PODCASTS P/MONTH
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