Can Southampton surprise Manchester City in their own stadium?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

Southampton have come here for an engaging battle against the hosting Manchester City. Read up on the fixture with this thorough Premier League preview!

Insights:
  • Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+10) in Premier League

These are hustling days for the host team, as they had a game only three days ago in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus RB Leipzig, was also a home game here at Etihad Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Manchester City form and stats

As mentioned below, Manchester City are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Premier League games.

City are confident in defense, having played 305 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A nice win for Manchester City last time playing, versus RB Leipzig. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-3 with Gabriel Jesus, Riyad Mahrez, Jack Grealish, Nathan Aké and João Cancelo scoring for the victors. Jack Grealish, an attacker, was the highest rated performer for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.61 (out of 10). Grealish scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total). A goal frenzy last time out for City, with a total of 9 goals in the match against RB Leipzig. Fun stuff to watch!

A strong away win before that one, visiting Leicester City and winning 1-0.

It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Manchester City have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 15 games found in the database showing 13 Manchester City wins, two draws and zero defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for City, as the Carabao Cup home game vs Wycombe Wanderers is only three days away.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Manchester City at home in the league. 10 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Southampton form and stats

The Premier League season is young and Southampton have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far. The last three matches for Southampton have all ended in a draw.

Southampton played 0-0 against West Ham United in their previous match. Mohammed Salisu, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Salisu hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.

Before that, Southampton travelled to Newcastle United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played one away match before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with zero wins, zero draws and one defeat. zero games were lost by at least two goals margin.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Southampton manager R. Hasenhüttl as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sheffield United.

It's early days yet, but Southampton has scored 3 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Manchester City-Southampton H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Manchester City nine wins, Southampton one win, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Manchester CityF. Torres García
F. Torres García
2 goals
Manchester CityA. Laporte
A. Laporte
1 goals
Cityİ. Gündoğan
İ. Gündoğan
1 goals

Manchester City missing players

Southampton missing players

Manchester City Southampton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 2 Played P 1 2 4
3 2 2 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
11 10 10 Scored S 1 3 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 3 5 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
9.8 10 10 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6 6
2.2 0.5 0.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 5.2
1.2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
21.8 22.5 22.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5 13 11
7.2 8.5 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 3.2
38% 59% 59% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 31%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Manchester City have the most scored goals (10) at home in Premier League
  • Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Premier League
  • Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+10) in Premier League
Manchester City Last season Southampton
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
27 13   Won W   4 12
5 2   Drew D   4 7
6 4   Lost L   11 19
83 43   Scored S   19 47
32 17   Conceded C   43 68
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
82% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 79%
50% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
34% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 29%
24% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 21%
45% 42%   BTTS BTTS   42% 47%
50% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 24%
8% 5%   Failed to Score F T   47% 34%
 
6.5 7.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.7
2.9 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.2
1.2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
2 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
15.6 17   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 11.3
5.7 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.4
38% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 28%

  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 United 4 3 1 0 11 3 2 2 0 0 9 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 8 10
2 Chelsea 4 3 1 0 9 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 8 10
3 Liverpool 4 3 1 0 9 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 8 10
4 Everton 4 3 1 0 10 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 6 10
5 Manchester City 4 3 0 1 11 1 2 2 0 0 10 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 10 9
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 9
7 Tottenham Hotspur 4 3 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 9
8 West Ham United 4 2 2 0 10 5 2 1 1 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 5 8
9 Leicester City 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 6
10 Brentford 4 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 5
11 Crystal Palace 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 5 0 5
12 Aston Villa 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 -2 4
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 1 0 3 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 -1 3
14 Southampton 4 0 3 1 4 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 3
15 Watford 4 1 0 3 3 7 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 3
16 Arsenal 4 1 0 3 1 9 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 -8 3
17 Leeds United 4 0 2 2 4 11 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 6 -7 2
18 Burnley 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 -5 1
19 Newcastle United 4 0 1 3 5 12 2 0 1 1 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 1
20 Norwich City 4 0 0 4 1 11 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 6 -10 0
Last season 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 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.