Liverpool ta shigo wannan wasan zagaye na uku na Kofin EFL bayan da ta samu nasara mai ban sha'awa da ci 2-1 a kan Everton a wasan derby na Merseyside. Rabin farko ya yi kyau, amma gajiya ta shiga a rabi na biyu bayan da ta doke Atletico Madrid da ci 3-2 a gasar zakarun Turai 'yan kwanaki uku ko hudu da suka wuce. Baya ga wasu kura-kurai a tsaron gida, Reds na da karfin zalunci a kashi na uku na kai hari, inda suka zura kwallaye 14 a wasanni shida a kakar wasa ta bana. Sun zura kwallo a kowane daya daga cikin wasanninsu 39 na karshe a Premier League, wanda ke tabbatar da ci gaba da kai hari. 

A tsaron gida, duk da haka, har yanzu akwai rauni. Liverpool ta yi watsi da kwallaye biyu a wasa sau uku a kakar wasa ta bana, ko da yake ta yi watsi da (ko kuma ta bata) jagorar 2-0 a kan Bournemouth, Newcastle United, da Atletico Madrid kafin daga bisani ta sami nasara a minti na karshe. Hakan ya ce, Liverpool ba ta yi rashin nasara ba a Anfield, inda ta lashe dukkan wasanni hudu da ta yi a can a kakar wasa ta bana. Liverpool ita ce zakaran Kofin EFL mai rike da kofin a kakar 2023-24 kuma ta kasance ta karshe a kakar 2024-25, don haka suna son fara kakar wasa ta bana haka. 

Saints na fuskantar matsaloli tun bayan dawowarsu gasar Championship tare da manaja Will Still kuma an doke su da ci 3-1 a wasan su na baya da Hull City. Suna da maki hudu a baya da wuraren zuwa wasan share fage kuma suna da wasanni masu wahala a gaba da Middlesbrough da Sheffield United. 

Tarihin su na baya da Liverpool yana da bakin ciki, bayan da suka yi rashin nasara sau biyu a kakar wasa ta 2024-25 a Premier League, kuma za su iya fuskantar rashin nasara a karo na biyar nan da nan. Sun kasance marasa kwarewa a waje kwanan nan, inda suka tafi 1-2-3 a wasanninsu shida na karshe a waje da gida kuma suka yi watsi da kwallaye takwas a lokacin. Saints na da tarihin Kofin EFL ma, inda suka kai zagaye na takwas a bara da kuma wasan kusa da na karshe a 2022-23, amma abubuwa da dama na dogara ne a kan halin yanzu na 'yan wasan su idan za su iya cin Liverpool. 

Kocin Liverpool Arne Slot ya tabbatar da cewa wasu 'yan wasa na farko ba za su shiga wasan Kofin EFL ba saboda gajiya: Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah, Ryan Gravenberch, Ibrahima Konate, da Virgil van Dijk. Wasu muhimman 'yan wasa matasa da 'yan wasan kungiya na shirin cike gurbi:

Southampton na iya amfani da tsaro mai matsayi uku don rage barazanar kai hari ta Liverpool:

Zurfin zaɓuɓɓukan kai hari na Liverpool ya ba kocin su, Arne Slot, damar juyawa 'yan wasa yayin da yake kula da irin wannan matsayi na hazaka. Ba da dama ga matasa kamar Ngumoha yana ƙara saurin gudu da rashin tabbas a gefuna, yana ƙara wa Isak aikin zama ɗan wasan gaba. Haɗin gwiwar Nyoni da Endo a tsakiyar tsakiya yana aiki a matsayin injin da kwanciyar hankali na gefen, wanda zai kasance mai mahimmanci ga adadin mallakar da aka cinye yayin da ake amfani da raunin tsaron Southampton.

Southampton za ta dogara ne akan tsarin tsaron gida mai kyau, amma an bayyana su a tsaron gida a makonnin da suka wuce. Gaskiyar cewa sun yi watsi da kwallaye takwas a wasanninsu na waje guda biyar na nuni da cewa suna iya fuskantar wasan kai hari mai sauri da tsattsauran ra'ayi, wanda zai zama babban damuwa a kan gefen Reds wanda ke son taka leda a lokacin.

Liverpool da Southampton na da babbar hamayya, bayan da suka fafata sau 123 a baya. Liverpool ta yi nasara sau 65, Southampton sau 31, kuma an sami kunnen doki 26. A fafatawar da ta gabata, Liverpool ta yi rinjaye:

Tare da wannan tarihi da aka rubuta, Liverpool za ta sami kwarin gwiwa da kuma tunanin tunani yayin da suke shiga wasan a Anfield.

Tauraron dan wasan mai shekaru 17 yana tasowa a matsayin wanda zai iya canza wasa. Bayan da ya shigo a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbi, ya zura kwallo mai nasara a kan Newcastle United, kuma yana shirye don fara wasa na farko. Zai zama wani abu mai mahimmanci a kan Southampton, musamman wajen amfani da sarari da layin baya ya bari.

Armstrong shine babban barazana ga Southampton wanda zai iya juya damammaki na iyakaci zuwa kwallaye. Za a gwada shi a kan tsaron gida na Liverpool wanda aka yi juyawa kuma yana iya zama a waje da gida.

Ga wanda yake yin fare, Liverpool ta ba da wani abu mai ban sha'awa. Masu ba da littattafai suna ba da fare na Liverpool a gida saboda damar cin nasara ta 86.7%, yayin da Southampton ke ganin ba ta da nisa a waje.

Tun da Kofin EFL galibi yana ganin juyawa na kungiyoyi, akwai wani daraja a cikin goyon bayan Liverpool da ta ci kuma kungiyoyi biyu suka zura kwallo saboda zurfin kai hari na Liverpool da kuma kwallaye na lokaci-lokaci na Southampton.

Duk da cewa Liverpool za ta yi juyawa a kungiyarta, kuma akwai kananan damuwarmu, Reds na iya nuna ingancin kai hari da kuma damar gida a kan Southampton.

Southampton za ta yi ƙoƙarin ba wa Liverpool damuwa, amma gibin ingancin ya bayyana. Zan iya ganin Liverpool ta yi nasara a wannan gasa, 3-1. 

Liverpool ta samar da mallakar kwallaye da yawa a wasanninta na karshe, yayin da Southampton ta yi kokarin juya duk wani mallakar da take da shi zuwa sakamako.

Liverpool ta shiga wannan gasar Kofin EFL a matsayin wanda ake sa ran cin nasara, duk da cewa tana iya juyawa, amma hankalin kwallon kafa ya kamata ya kasance a fili. Zurfin Liverpool a kai hari, tarihin ta da Southampton, da kuma taka leda a gida ya sa mu nuna cewa ya kamata ta samu nasara mai dadi.