📏 Form Guide

Manchester City

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Manchester City, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-1 Premier League success vs Burnley.

In that game, Manchester City managed 65% possession and 28 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. The scorer for Manchester City was Erling Haaland (5'). On the other side, Burnley had 9 attempts at goal with 1 of them 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 previous fixture, Southampton drew 2-2 in the Championship match with Bristol City.

In that game, Southampton managed 54% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Southampton, the scorers were Ryan Manning (5' Own goal), Cyle Larin (29') and Ross Stewart (74'). At the other end, Bristol City got 8 attempts at goal with 5 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 glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 20/03/2022 shows that Manchester City have won 4 of these & Southampton 1, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

In all, 17 goals were scored between them in these games, with 13 of them from The Citizens and 4 created by The Saints. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The last league clash featuring these sides was Premier League match day 36 on 10/05/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Southampton 0-0 Manchester City.

That time, Southampton had 28% possession and 2 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

For their opponents, Manchester City had 26 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

The referee was Tim Robinson.

📋 Team News: Manchester City

Rúben Dias (Hamstring injury) and Josko Gvardiol (Broken tibia) aren’t available for Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.

It seems likely that The Citizens may well use the 4-2-3-1 system featuring James Trafford, Matheus Nunes, John Stones, Nathan Ake, Rayan Ait Nouri, Nico Gonzalez, Mateo Kovacic, Rayan Cherki, Tijjani Reijnders, Phil Foden and Omar Marmoush.

📰 Team News: Southampton

Southampton manager Tonda Eckert has some current player fitness concerns. Alex McCarthy (Wrist injury) and Mads Roerslev (Knee injury) won’t be making appearances.

We reckon that The Saints could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Daniel Peretz, James Bree, T. Harwood-Bellis, Nathan Wood, Welington, Cameron Bragg, Caspar Jander, Tom Fellows, 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, 16:00 25/04/2026