Southampton vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 8th April 2023

Manchester City are highly favoured to claim a win against Southampton, whom they face on Saturday. In their current shape, a win at St. Mary's Stadium seems to be the obvious outcome.

Sitting bottom of the table, Southampton have claimed 23 points after 29 rounds, while Manchester City have amassed 64 points. This places the latter as number two in the Premier League at the moment.

Southampton are out to avenge a disappointing loss against Manchester City in their most recent meeting. According to the bookmakers, the home side could be in for another tough ride.

Southampton have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly six goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.6 goals per game, in which they conceded 13 goals, or 1.3 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Manchester City show off whopping stats from their previous ten matches. They average 2.5 goals per game, scoring 25 times, while conceding eight. That makes an average of 0.8 per game, as they pulled off a clean sheet in three of the matches.

Manchester City ended up winning 4-0 in the most recent meeting between these two rivals. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at St. Mary's Stadium.

Southampton vs Manchester City Prediction

Southampton Form

In their last three matches, Southampton lost 0-2 against Brentford, drew 3-3 with Tottenham, before losing to West Ham by 1-0. Southampton claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Premier League, which also saw them drawing one and losing four matches, in which they scored five and conceded nine goals.

Manchester City Form

Manchester City look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against RB Leipzig, who were defeated by 7-0. Then, Burnley got outclassed in a 6-0 win, before beating Liverpool by 4-1. Manchester City managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Premier League away matches, in which they scored ten while also conceding six times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

We don't expect Southampton to pull off a surprise, and with goals flowing freely, they could be in for a hammering against strong looking Manchester City.

Manchester City won six of their previous eight encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Premier League. They scored 24 and conceded four goals and collected 20 points. Southampton are looking at a record of six wins, five draws and 18 defeats in the Premier League this season. Manchester City enjoy a record of 20 wins, four draws and four defeats in the Premier League.

Southampton vs Manchester City Squads

Southampton Squad

The 39-year-old coach of the home team, Ruben Selles, 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:

Alex McCarthy (0/0), Gavin Bazunu (0/29), Wilfredo Caballero (0/0), Armel Bella-Kotchap (0/19), Duje Caleta-Car (0/11), Jan Bednarek (0/14), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (1/22), Lyanco (0/14), Mohammed Salisu (0/22), Romain Perraud (2/26), Valentino Livramento (0/0), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (0/16), Carlos Alcaraz (2/9), Ibrahima Diallo (0/16), James Bree (0/3), James Ward-Prowse (7/29), Joe Aribo (2/19), Kgaogelo Chauke (0/0), Mohamed Elyounoussi (0/26), Moussa Djenepo (0/12), Romeo Lavia (1/20), Stuart Armstrong (1/24), Adam Armstrong (1/24), Che Adams (5/25), Kamaldeen Sulemana (0/9), Mislav Orsic (0/0), Paul Onuachu (0/7), Samuel Edozie (0/15), Sekou Mara (0/20), Theo Walcott (1/11).

Manchester City Squad

Below is the full team squad of Manchester City. The manager Guardiola will pick his starting XI against Southampton from these players:

Ederson (0/28), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/0), Aymeric Laporte (0/7), Benjamin Mendy (0/0), John Stones (0/16), Kyle Walker (0/17), Manuel Akanji (0/21), Nathan Ake (0/22), Rico Lewis (0/10), Ruben Dias (0/20), Sergio Gomez (0/6), Bernardo Silva (4/26), Cole Palmer (0/10), Ilkay Gundogan (4/25), Jack Grealish (4/22), Kalvin Phillips (0/5), Kevin De Bruyne (5/26), Maximo Perrone (0/1), Phil Foden (9/24), Rodri (2/27), Erling Haaland (28/26), Julian Alvarez (6/21), Riyad Mahrez (5/20).

Southampton vs Manchester City Team News

Southampton are sweating on the fitness of no less than four players before their match this coming Saturday. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Kyle Walker-Peters and Mohammed Salisu can't be called up by the Southampton-manager, with both serving a ban.

Armel Bella-Kotchap, Alex McCarthy, Juan Larios and Valentino Livramento are all absent from the Southampton squad that faces Manchester City at St. Mary's Stadium.

Manchester City are juggling with four absent players on on Saturday when travelling to Southampton. Benjamin Mendy is ineligible for selection in the Manchester City squad, as he is suspended.

Names like Jack Grealish, Ruben Dias and Julian Alvarez most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Southampton.

Southampton vs Manchester City Lineups

Southampton vs Manchester City H2H

Manchester City ran out 4-0 winners the last time these two rivals played each other and are definitely planning to claim three points again on Saturday. Manchester City usually enjoy playing Southampton, taking all three points against them six times in the last ten meetings. Not least in their most recent meeting, where Manchester City destroyed their upcoming opponents in a 4-0 win. The bookies best betting odds on an away win are at 1/4.

Southampton vs Manchester City Results

In the last ten matches between Southampton and Manchester City over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 4/7 with bookies.

Southampton vs Manchester City Betting Tips

It's been a great season for Erling Braut Haaland so far with 28 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target three times in his last six games, and no doubt Manchester City want him to continue this productive spell against Southamptonthis coming Saturday.

St. Mary's Stadium saw Southampton winning three, drawing one and losing six of their 10 most recent games here across all tournaments. Manchester City won five of their 10 most recent away games, drew two and lost three. Southampton managed just two clean sheets in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Manchester City claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 away games.

There were over 2.5 goals five times in the last ten encounters between Southampton and Manchester City. Southampton managed an average of 0.7 goals, while the latter scored 2.3 goals on average. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Southampton’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They scored an average of 0.7 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in six of the last ten matches that Manchester City played across all tournaments. They scored 3.2 times on average in the process.