Southampton vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 10th May 2025

Only three rounds remain of Premier League season, and both Southampton and Manchester City look to bolster their account at St. Mary's Stadium on Saturday.

Sitting bottom of the table, The Saints have claimed 11 points after 35 rounds, while Manchester City have amassed 64 points. This places the latter as number 3 in the Premier League at the moment.

The match this coming Saturday has all the makings of a tight battle as Southampton and The Sky Blues look to bag a crucial win in the process.

Southampton scored six times in the last ten outings for an average of 0.6 goals a game. They conceded 25 and managed zero clean sheets.

Manchester City are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 15 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.5 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of eight goals, and while Manchester City claimed five clean sheets, they conceded an average of 0.8 goals per match.

The Citizens won 1-0 and 4-1 in the two most recent meetings with Southampton, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage.

Southampton vs Manchester City Prediction

Southampton Form

In their previous three outings, Southampton drew 1-1 with West Ham, before losing 1-2 against Fulham and 2-0 against Leicester. Southampton are without a win in their last six Premier League matches on home soil, which produced a record of one draws and five defeats, in which they conceded 15 and scored four goals.

Many people had Southampton down as candidates for the drop before the season, but rescue is still within reach, as the season nears its end.

Manchester City Form

Manchester City are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Aston Villa got left behind in a 2-1 win, before Nottingham Forest got hammered in a 0-2 victory. Wolverhampton was the most recent victim in a 1-0 win for Manchester City. Manchester City won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored ten while also conceding six times.

Southampton fought their way to zero wins and zero points from their last ten games against teams inside the top six. They were on target eight times in these matches, but also let in 27 goals. Manchester City won eight of their previous 11 outings against teams from the bottom six and claimed 25 points. They scored 24 and conceded nine goals. Southampton are looking at a record of two wins, five draws and 28 defeats in the Premier League this season. Manchester City have a record of 19 wins, seven draws and nine defeats in the Premier League.

Southampton vs Manchester City Squads

Southampton Squad

The 43-year-old coach of the home team, Simon Rusk, will select the lineup against Manchester City from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Aaron Ramsdale (0/27), Alex McCarthy (0/5), Joe Lumley (0/0), Armel Bella-Kotchap (0/4), Charlie Taylor (0/0), Jack Stephens (1/17), James Bree (0/15), Jan Bednarek (2/29), Jay Robinson (0/0), Joachim Kayi Sanda (0/0), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/33), Nathan Wood (0/9), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (1/32), Welington (0/0), Yukinari Sugawara (1/29), Adam Lallana (0/14), Albert Groenbaek (0/0), Flynn Downes (1/24), Joe Aribo (3/30), Lesley Ugochukwu (1/24), Mateus Fernandes (2/33), Ryan Fraser (0/8), Ryan Manning (0/23), William Smallbone (1/15), Cameron Archer (2/32), Kamaldeen Sulemana (1/23), Paul Onuachu (4/24), Rento Takaoka (0/0), Ross Stewart (0/9), Tyler Dibling (2/31).

Manchester City Squad

Here is the full team squad of Manchester City. The 54 year-old Pep Guardiola will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Ederson (0/23), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/13), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/6), Christian McFarlane (0/0), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (0/2), John Stones (2/11), Josko Gvardiol (5/34), Manuel Akanji (0/23), Nathan Ake (0/10), Rico Lewis (1/27), Ruben Dias (0/24), Vitor Reis (0/0), Bernardo Silva (3/30), Claudio Echeverri (0/0), Ilkay Gundogan (0/31), Jack Grealish (1/19), James McAtee (3/14), Jeremy Doku (3/26), Kevin De Bruyne (4/25), Mateo Kovacic (6/29), Matheus Nunes (1/24), Nico Gonzalez (0/9), Nico O'Reilly (2/8), Oscar Bobb (0/0), Phil Foden (7/26), Rodri (0/2), Savinho (1/27), Erling Haaland (21/28), Omar Marmoush (6/13).

Southampton vs Manchester City Team News

At the time of writing, Manchester City just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Saturday.

Names like Rodri and Oscar Bobb most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Southampton.

Southampton vs Manchester City Lineups

Southampton vs Manchester City H2H

Manchester City got the better of Southampton in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 1-0 and 4-1, respectively. Manchester City will be excited about a meeting with Southampton, who have found it hard to deal with their upcoming visitors. Manchester City go into the match with a 7-2-1 advantage. The bookies have Manchester City to win this match at best price odds of 2/9.

Southampton vs Manchester City Results

Of the last ten encounters between Southampton Manchester City over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 4/11 with bookies.

Southampton vs Manchester City Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Jack Stephens will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. The Sky Blues hope Kevin De Bruyne can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

Southampton won only once in their last 10 outings at St. Mary's Stadium, but they drew one and lost eight in this run. Manchester City won five, drew one and lost four of their last 10 games away from home. Manchester City arrives at St. Mary's Stadium feeling optimistic about scoring on Saturday, since Southampton only managed a one clean sheet once in 10 home games. Manchester City kept four clean sheets in their previous 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past ten encounters between Southampton and Manchester City, with the latter scoring 2.1 goals on average in these. Southampton managed an average of 0.7 goals as both teams scored five times in this run. Southampton saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Manchester City's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.8 goals in these matches.