Southampton vs. Manchester City Match preview
Manchester City travel to face Southampton for their next Premier League match at St Mary’s Stadium. The Citizens need to respond quickly this weekend following back-to-back draws.
The Citizens played out a barren draw with Manchester United last week, before they were held to a 1-1 draw by West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday.
Pep Guardiola’s side are aiming to close the top spot in the division and will need to beat Southampton at their home ground.
On the other hand, the saints beat Sheffield United 3-0 before they drew 1-1 against ten men Arsenal.
Match Facts
- Southampton has registered six wins, drawn thrice and lost once in their last ten matches in Premier League this season.
- The Saints have registered four clean-sheets in the last ten matches in the Premier League this season.
- Manchester City has registered six clean-sheets in the last nine matches in all competitions this season.
- The Citizens have featured in 12 Premier League matches, won five times, drawn five times and lost twice in this season.
- Southampton has registered four home wins in the last five games in the Premier League this season.
- Manchester City has registered one away win in the four matches in all competition this season.
Southampton vs. Manchester City Head to Head
It took the Saints four years to beat Man City; in 2016 may, the Citizens lost 4-2 away to St Mary’s Stadium. The previous encounter between the two, the match ended 1-0 in favor of the saints.
Southampton Team News
Southampton are heading into this match less concerned about injuries, having a full squad to pick from ahead of Saturday’s clash against Manchester City.
Theo Walcott is hoping to keep his spot after scoring in midweek while Nathan Redmond and Moussa Djenepo are the only likely changes to the starting XI.
Manchester City Team News
Gabriel Jesus seems out of form up front and Pep Guardiola may consider Sergio Aguero from the start. He returned to first-team action in midweek.
The duo Eric Garcia and Oleksandr Zinchenko are expected to miss out in action once again for Citizens but neither were likely to start here.
John Stones is expected to return to the side here.
Kyle Walker, Fernandinho and Riyad Mahrez are also likely to feature again on Saturday, while Bernardo Silva and Ferran Torres are also in the list for choice.
Southampton vs. Manchester City Prediction
Southampton held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday to move up to third in the Premier League.
Man City only managed a 1-1 draw at home against West Brom in midweek.
The Saints actually won their last home match against City and they are determined in the right form to pull off a positive result here. Expect an entertaining game on Saturday
Our topbets pundit is predicting away win and Betway is backing the results with 1.47 odds while 1XBet is giving 1.49 Odds.
Goals – Over 2.5
These two teams have occasionally produced more than two goals in their previous encounters; therefore chances of scoring more than two goals are likely to be recorded.
We expect more goals to be registered in this match therefore over 2.5 markets ascertained by our pundits
Betway is backing the goals with 1.53 while 1XBet is placing odds at 1.57.
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