MatchPre-Southampton stats: Liverpool aiming for League Cup semi-final record

The Reds travel to St Mary’s for an 8pm GMT kick-off that is their 26th quarter-final appearance in a competition that they have also won 10 times overall.

Read on for more pre-match statistics to know ahead of the clash with Saints…

Liverpool have won 12 of the last 14 meetings between the clubs, most recently the 3-2 Premier League victory at St Mary’s on November 24.

Trent Alexander-Arnold could make his 300th start for the Reds in this game.

Mohamed Salah remains one goal away from joining Billy Liddell in joint-fourth place on the club’s all-time top scorers list. Salah has 227 Liverpool goals in all competitions.

The Egyptian has netted nine times in 12 previous outings for the Reds against Southampton, including two at St Mary’s last month.

The Reds have failed to score in only one of their last 27 matches.

Arne Slot’s side are unbeaten in their last 19 fixtures (16 wins and three draws) in all competitions.

Cody Gakpo has scored eight times in his last eight games in this competition.

Joe Gomez has made more appearances (17) than any other current Reds player in the League Cup.

If they receive a yellow card in this match and Liverpool go through, Wataru Endo and Jarell Quansah would miss the first leg of the semi-finals.

Southampton are the only team ever to beat Liverpool in both legs of a semi-final, doing so without conceding in the 2016-17 League Cup.

Saints were also the first team ever to knock the Reds out of the League Cup – winning 2-1 at Anfield in November 1960.

• Liverpool and Southampton's League Cup history

Southampton’s path to the quarter-finals saw them win 5-3 at Cardiff City and then eliminate Everton on penalties after a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park, before a 3-2 home victory over Stoke City.