Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Southampton & Manchester City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Southampton form and stats
Last season, Southampton's Carabao Cup journey ended in the round of 16.With 1 Premier League win, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Southampton are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Southampton are returning here after guesting Crystal Palace in a FA Cup fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Lyanco, defender, was given a rating of 7.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Lyanco won 3 of 4 duels.
Preceding that match was the home Premier League game against Nottingham Forest that was lost 0-1.There will be little rest for Southampton after this match as they are travelling to Everton for a Premier League game in only three days.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.
Manchester City form and stats
Manchester City's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the round of 16.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League.
The supporters enjoyed Manchester City's previous match versus Chelsea, a FA Cup win (4-0) played at home. Attacker Mahrez got a player rating of 8.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Mahrez scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Chelsea at their stadium, the result 1-0.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Manchester City given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 11 matches with 9 wins as expected, 2 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 7 of these games by at least two goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the City manager i Sala as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Manchester United.
The travelling fans enjoy Manchester City's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Manchester City have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (4-2-0) when facing Southampton.Top Goalscorers
  E. Haaland 21 goals |  P. Foden 7 goals |   C. Adams 4 goals |
Southampton missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Southampton | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 64 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 12% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.1 | 16.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6.4 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 40% | ||
| 11.5 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 44 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 29 | 39 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 35 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 28 |
| 7 | Fulham | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 27 |
| 9 | Brentford | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -5 | 17 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22 | -21 | 17 |
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 29 | -21 | 16 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 18 | Everton | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 15 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -16 | 14 |
| 20 | Southampton | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 12 |
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