📊 Form Guide

Manchester City

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Manchester City are hoping to win again following a 0-1 Premier League victory against Burnley.

In that match, Manchester City managed 65% possession and 28 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Manchester City was Erling Haaland (5'). On the other side, Burnley had 9 shots on goal with 1 on target.

Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that huge efforts have been put in by the Manchester City rearguard. Manchester City have been mean at the back, seeing the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their last 6 matches standing at 4.

Southampton

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In their last fixture, Southampton drew 2-2 in the Championship match with Bristol City.

In that game, Southampton managed 54% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Southampton, the goals were scored by Ryan Manning (5' Own goal), Cyle Larin (29') and Ross Stewart (74'). Bristol City had 8 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Sam Bell (63') scored for Bristol City.

Southampton have seen success in front of goal leading up to this encounter, scoring 16 goals in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Southampton can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same games. That being said, time will tell if such a trend might continue on in this game or not.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 20/03/2022 tells us that Manchester City have won 4 of them & Southampton 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A sum of 17 goals were scored between them in these games, with 13 of them for The Citizens and 4 coming from The Saints. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was Premier League match day 36 on 10/05/2025 when it ended Southampton 0-0 Manchester City.

That day, Southampton had 28% possession and 2 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

At the other end, Manchester City had 26 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

The referee was Tim Robinson.

ℹ️ Team News: Manchester City

Rúben Dias (Hamstring injury) and Josko Gvardiol (Broken tibia) will be missing for Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.

It seems likely that The Citizens should use a 4-2-3-1 formation, handing starts to James Trafford, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guehi, Rayan Ait Nouri, Nico Gonzalez, Nico O'Reilly, Savinho, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku and Omar Marmoush.

📰 Team News: Southampton

Southampton manager Tonda Eckert has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Alex McCarthy (Wrist injury) and Mads Roerslev (Knee injury) can’t be considered.

We reckon that The Saints might make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting Daniel Peretz, James Bree, T. Harwood-Bellis, Jack Stephens, Ryan Manning, Flynn Downes, Shea Charles, Kuryu Matsuki, Finn Azaz, Leo Scienza and Ross Stewart.

🧠 Prediction

One thing is for certain, Southampton will need to be at their best to be scoring even one goal against a Manchester City team who will likely boss most aspects of this game if it turns out as we expect.

We’re going for a 3-0 victory for Manchester City after 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 14:00 25/04/2026