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Southampton vs Man City: Betting tips, predictions, odds & match preview

Manchester City will be looking to close the gap to leaders Arsenal when they head to St. Mary’s to face Southampton on Saturday (5:30pm, UK time).

Southampton vs Man City: Betting tips

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Southampton vs Man City: Predictions

Southampton vs Man City: Predictions
Bet Prediction Best odds
BTTS? No 8/11 with SkyBet
Correct score Southampton 0-3 Man City 7/1 with Bet365
First Goalscorer Erling Haaland 2/1 with Paddy Power

After suffering a shock 2-0 defeat in the EFL Cup to Southampton at St.Mary’s in January, Man City will be looking for revenge as they aim to put the pressure on Arsenal before their trip to Anfield on Sunday.

The Citizens have been in unstoppable form since their defeat to Spurs in early February, with Pep Guardiola’s side currently on an 11 game unbeaten run across all competitions that has seen them win each of their seven games by an aggregate score of 27-2. City have also won each of their last 10 Premier League matches against teams starting the day bottom of the table, a run stretching back to March 2016.

They haven’t even conceded a goal in a game against a team starting bottom in any of their last 14 such matches, with Connor Wickham’s strike for Sunderland in April 2014 being the last. Bottom placed sides have played 21 hours and seven minutes of football against City since then without finding the net.

Saints, meanwhile, have struggled at St.Mary’s  in the Premier League, picking up fewer home points (10) and conceding more home goals (24) than any other side in the division so far in 2022/23. They have also only won one of their last 13 Premier League matches against Manchester City (D3 L9), a 1-0 home win in July 2020 and are winless in their last four games across all comps (D2 L2), failing to score in three of those games.

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Southampton vs Man City match stats

Kevin De Bruyne needs just one more assist to become just the fifth player to assist 100+ goals in the Premier League, along with Ryan Giggs (162), Cesc Fàbregas (111), Wayne Rooney (103) and Frank Lampard (102). The Belgian would also become the quickest player to reach 100 assists in the competition (237 games), breaking Cesc Fabregas’ record by an impressive 56 games. 

KDB has returned to form in recent games, providing three assists and scoring two goals in his last three appearances for Man City across all competitions. He also leads the Premier League charts for chances created (83), big chances created (25), assists (13) and xA (12.06).

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Scoreline prediction: Southampton 0-3 Man City

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Southampton vs Man City head-to-head

11 Jan 2023 – Southampton 2-0 Man City – EFL Cup

8 Oct 2022 – Man City 4-0 Southampton – Premier League

20 Mar 2022 – Southampton 1-4 Man City – FA Cup

22 Jan 2022 – Southampton 1-1 Man City – Premier League

18 Sept 2021 – Man City 0-0 Southampton – Premier League

The Saints shocked Man City in their previous meeting at St.Mary’s, running out 2-0 winners thanks to goals from Sekou Mara and Moussa Djenepo to knock the favourites out of the EFL Cup.

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