📏 Form Guide

Southampton

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Southampton will be hoping to bounce back here after the 2-0 Premier League defeat in their last game at the hands of Leicester City.

In that game, Southampton managed 51% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Leicester City had 14 shots at goal with 4 on target. Jamie Vardy (17') and Jordan Ayew (44') scored for Leicester City.

Southampton have found it difficult to unlock defences of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 4 versus opposing sides during the course of their last six matches. In those games, Southampton have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 12. In any event, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend will be sustained here in this match or not.

Their prior results show that Southampton:

• haven't beaten Manchester City in their last 7 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 12 league games. They will be so desperate to end this run.

Manchester City

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Manchester City go into this clash following on from a 1-0 Premier League win vs Wolverhampton Wanderers in their previous outing.

In that match, Manchester City had 64% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Manchester City was Kevin De Bruyne (35'). Wolverhampton Wanderers had 6 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

A succession of hard-working displays by the Manchester City defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 3 from their past 6 fixtures combined. In that time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 12.

Leading up to this clash, Manchester City:

• haven't been defeated by Southampton in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head clashes dating back to 22/01/2022 tells us that Southampton have won 1 of these & Manchester City 4, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A total of 19 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 5 of them for The Saints and 14 coming from The Citizens. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 9 on 26/10/2024 when it ended Manchester City 1-0 Southampton.

On that day, Manchester City managed 58% possession and 22 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Erling Haaland (5').

At the other end, Southampton got 5 shots on goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Tony Harrington.

📰 Team News: Southampton

Gavin Bazunu (Meniscus injury) and Juan Larios (Fitness) will not be able to play for Southampton gaffer Simon Rusk.

It’s our opinion that The Saints will possibly employ a 3-4-2-1 formation for the game and select Aaron Ramsdale, T. Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Jack Stephens, Kyle Walker-Peters, Flynn Downes, Lesley Ugochukwu, Ryan Manning, Mateus Fernandes, Kamaldeen Sulemana and Cameron Archer.

📋 Team News: Manchester City

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has multiple availability issues to deal with. Rodri (Cruciate ligament tear), Nathan Aké (Foot surgery) and John Stones (Hamstring injury) won’t be making appearances.

From our viewpoint, The Citizens seem most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Ederson Moraes, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic, Savinho, Omar Marmoush, Jeremy Doku and Kevin De Bruyne.

🔮 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Southampton have it within them to find the net against this Manchester City side, although one goal might not quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We can see a narrow 1-2 winning margin for Manchester City when all is said and done. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Victor Martins, 13:03 10/05/2025