The table-topping Reds will be aiming to add another three points to their tally when they host Saints in a 3pm GMT kick-off at Anfield.

Read on for some key facts and figures related to the match…

The Reds have scored at least twice in 25 of their league fixtures this season, at least 10 more than any other side. It’s the highest percentage of games (89 per cent) any team has scored multiple goals across a single campaign in the competition.

Salah needs to score once in this game to equal Ian Rush’s club record of 10 league goals against Southampton.

Dominik Szoboszlai has applied more pressures (677) than any other Reds player in the top flight this season.

Southampton have lost just two of their last seven Premier League games against sides starting the day top of the table (won two, drawn three), scoring at least once in all of those matches.

Liverpool have won each of their last seven matches against Southampton at Anfield in all competitions, conceding just a single goal in the last eight.

Salah has had a hand in 13 goals across his 12 Premier League appearances against Southampton (nine goals, four assists), netting a brace against them in the reverse fixture in November.

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The Reds are seeking a fourth successive clean sheet in all competitions in the same season for the first time since April 2022.

This will be the fourth time in Premier League history both meetings between two sides have been as the top and bottom side in the division, after Manchester United v Swindon Town (1993-94) and Chelsea v Sunderland twice (2005-06 and 2016-17).

The Reds have played 22 times before on March 8, last winning in 2008 when they beat Newcastle United 3-0 at Anfield.