There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Manchester City leading Southampton by 32 points.
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (56) in Premier League
- Southampton have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Premier League
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.
Manchester City form and stats
Manchester City, who have the most scored goals (56) in Premier League, are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Etihad Stadium. 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games.
The Manchester fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Etihad Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Manchester United (placed 2nd). Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Manchester City as they are travelling to their away game against Fulham in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Manchester are scoring many of them at home; 31 on target from 15 league matches. From these home matches, Manchester have conceded only 11 goals.
Southampton form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Southampton, who have the most conceded goals (28) away in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Two travels in a row for Southampton, whose manager R. Hasenhüttl could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Sheffield United. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Everton's place.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Southampton we find two games. Results are zero Southampton wins, one draw and one defeat.
After this away game Southampton return home for a Premier League game against Brighton & Hove Albion. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Southampton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 14 games. The Southampton manager R. Hasenhüttl has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Southampton - Manchester 0-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Manchester wins - draws - Southampton wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  İ. Gündoğan 11 goals |  R. Sterling 9 goals |   D. Ings 8 goals |
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| Manchester City | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 20 | 11 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 56 | 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 33 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | 44 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 75% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 70% |
| 39% | 40% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 41% |
| 32% | 27% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 26% |
| 18% | 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 22% |
| 39% | 33% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 43% | 41% |
| 54% | 60% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 33% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 43% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 15.5 | 16 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 36% | 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 29% |
- Manchester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most clean sheets (15) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most points (35) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (31) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (56) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+37) in Premier League
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Manchester City is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Southampton have the most conceded goals (28) away in Premier League
- Southampton have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 37 | 65 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 55 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 23 | 54 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 16 | 53 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 47 |
| 5 | Everton | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 46 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 45 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 45 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 43 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 40 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| 11 | Leeds United | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 43 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 27 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -9 | 35 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -17 | 34 |
| 14 | Southampton | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 28 | -11 | 33 |
| 15 | Burnley | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 30 |
| 16 | Newcastle United | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -17 | 27 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -8 | 26 |
| 18 | Fulham | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -11 | 26 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 28 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 56 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -36 | 18 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 28 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 23 | -29 | 14 |
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