Receiving guests at their own home feels safe and nice for Southampton, but Manchester City are fully determined and qualified to win this one. Who will win?
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (71) in Premier League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Southampton form and stats
Southampton's results here at St. Mary's Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
No payout for Southampton in their previous match, an away game at West Ham United that ended in defeat 0-1. Walker-Peters, defender, was given a rating of 7.34/10 in that game, top of the team. Walker-Peters hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.
In the match before that, Southampton hosted Tottenham Hotspur and drew the game 3-3.It should be added that a look at the 10 most recent league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.
Manchester City form and stats
8 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Manchester City, who have the most scored goals (71) in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Manchester City hope to make it five in this match.
City had fun at their own home (St. Mary's Stadium) last time out, beating Liverpool 4-1. Álvarez, Gündoğan, Bruyne and Grealish scored. Bruyne got a match rating of 9.1 in that game, top player of the team. Bruyne scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 63 successful passes (of 71 total).
A home win as predicted against Burnley ahead of that, in the FA Cup. As mentioned earlier, Manchester City will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 11 wins (8 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 1 surprising defeat.
A new game in only three days for Manchester City, the Champions League home match versus Bayern München. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy City's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 14 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier this match year: Manchester City - Southampton 4-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Southampton victories, two draws and six Manchester City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 28 goals |  P. Foden 9 goals |   J. Ward-Prowse 7 goals |
Southampton missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Southampton | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | 71 |
| 47 | 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 59% | 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 64% | 82% |
| 48% | 50% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 64% |
| 24% | 29% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 29% | 46% |
| 10% | 14% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | 25% |
| 48% | 64% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 57% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 36% |
| 41% | 29% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.4 | 6.6 |
| 5.2 | 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 12.9 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.8 | 15.7 | 16.3 |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.8 |
| 23% | 24% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 33% | 44% |
| 12.6 | 12.5 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 8.6 | 7.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Southampton.
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (71) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+45) in Premier League
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southampton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League
- Southampton have the fewest points (10) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have the most conceded goals (24) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 70 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 43 | 72 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 45 | 64 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 50 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 52 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 49 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 43 |
| 7 | Brentford | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 43 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 42 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 41 |
| 10 | Fulham | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 38 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 30 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 28 |
| 14 | West Ham United | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -9 | 27 |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 32 | -27 | 27 |
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 38 | -28 | 27 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -12 | 26 |
| 18 | Everton | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -18 | 26 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 39 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -10 | 25 |
| 20 | Southampton | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -24 | 23 |
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