Struggling Southampton will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Manchester City in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only three days ago.
Southampton form and stats
Southampton's results here at St. Mary's Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 4 victories, 2 draws and 10 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Southampton, their manager R. Hasenhüttl and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A strong away win for Southampton against Watford the last match, as James Ward-Prowse and Danny Ings (2) were on target. Before that game, the home loss against Arsenal with the scoreline 0-2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Southampton as they are travelling to their away game against Everton in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
The Southampton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 16 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Southampton with 33 goals conceded in these matches.
Manchester City form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (81) in Premier League, are W9-D1-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Manchester are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The supporters enjoyed Manchester City's previous game versus Liverpool (placed 1st), a Premier League 4-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Newcastle United at their stadium, the result 2-0.
As you can tell from the results above, Manchester was very dominant against Liverpool, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne providing the goals.
A new game in only three days for Manchester, the Premier League home match versus Newcastle United. Busy days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Manchester City are regular goalscorers on their travels. Manchester have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Manchester City - Southampton 2-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - one - eight (Southampton wins - draws - Manchester City wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Ings 18 goals |   S. Agüero del Castillo 16 goals |  R. Sterling 13 goals |
Southampton missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Southampton | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 41 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | 81 |
| 55 | 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 81% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 62% | 56% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 69% | 75% |
| 28% | 25% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 56% | 50% |
| 9% | 19% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 31% | 22% |
| 59% | 62% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | 50% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 31% | 41% |
| 19% | 25% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 9% |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 2.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.8 |
| 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 411 | 193 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 80 | 267 | 586 |
| 145 | 59 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 100 | 211 |
| 28% | 27% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 36% | 38% |
- Manchester City has the most scored goals (36) away
- Manchester City has the most scored goals (81)
- Manchester City has the most scored goals in the first half (38)
- Manchester City has the most scored goals in the second half (43)
- Manchester City has the the best goal difference (+15) away
- Manchester City has the the best goal difference (+48)
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Southampton have scored home.
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southampton has the fewest matches under the total-line (12)
- Southampton has the fewest points (14) at home
- Southampton has the most conceded goals (33) at home
- Southampton has the the worst goal difference (-17) at home
- Southampton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 32 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 45 | 86 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 32 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 81 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 48 | 66 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 63 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 16 | 32 | 58 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 56 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 55 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 54 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 32 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 52 |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 47 |
| 8 | Arsenal | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 46 |
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 45 |
| 10 | Burnley | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 45 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -9 | 45 |
| 11 | Everton | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -7 | 44 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | -10 | 42 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -12 | 42 |
| 14 | Southampton | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 55 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 22 | -14 | 40 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -9 | 36 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 26 | -18 | 30 |
| 17 | Watford | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 49 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -20 | 28 |
| 18 | Aston Villa | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 36 | 60 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -24 | 27 |
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 32 | 59 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 32 | -27 | 27 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 33 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 61 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 30 | -36 | 21 |
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