Man City vs Southampton preview & prediction

Match preview

Manchester City welcome Southampton to the Etihad after back-to-back trouncing of their opponents in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

Last time out Man City recorded a 5-0 victory over Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League roll out of a slew of fixtures. Before then Erling Haaland and Phil Foden scored three-game wonders against Man United in their previous league match.

Southampton have lost three games in a row, and this trip to Manchester will be a tough test for them.

Joe Aribo’s 49 minutes goal in Southampton’s previous league game against Everton wasn’t enough as they quickly overturned when Conor Coady and Dwight McNeil scored in a 3-minute span to ensure they lost the match.

Man City vs Southampton H2H

Southampton	1 – 4	Man City
Southampton	1 – 1	Man City
Man City	0 – 0	Southampton
Man City	5 – 2	Southampton
Southampton	0 – 1	Man City

Man City vs Southampton form guide

Man City’ last 5 games – DWWWW

Man City	5 – 0	FC Copenhagen
Man City	6 – 3	Man Utd
Wolverhampton	0 – 3	Man City
Man City	2 – 1	Borussia Dortmund
Man City	0 – 0	Tottenham

Southampton’ last 5 games – WLDLL

Southampton	1 – 2	Everton
Aston Villa	1 – 0	Southampton
Southampton	0 – 0	Brentford
Wolverhampton	1 – 0	Southampton
Southampton	2 – 1	Chelsea

Key facts

Southampton also have a respectable 32 wins, thanks to their dominance in the erstwhile Division One. The remaining 27 games between them have ended in draws.
The visitors have just one win in their last 13 games against the hosts, with their only win coming at home. They are winless in their away games since 2004.
City have won 29 of their last 36 games and have scored at least thrice in their last eight home games in the Premier League.
The Saints have lost five of their last six away games in the Premier League and have failed to score in their last two.
City are the only unbeaten team in the Premier League this season. Meanwhile only 19th-placed Leicester City and last-placed Nottingham Forest (6 apiece) have lost more games than Southampton this term (5)