Southampton vs Manchester City – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Sreya

Southampton vs Manchester City – Manchester City travel to St. Mary’s Stadium on 15th April, Saturday to face Southampton in a crucial English Premier League fixture.

Manchester City are fourth in the league standings with sixty one points and are leading the fifth-placed Manchester United by four points and the sixth-placed Arsenal by seven points, with the race for next season’s UEFA Champions League qualification set to go down to the wire.

Southampton are ninth with forty points and were victorious in their last two matches against Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion. Manchester City also returned to winning ways against Hull City in their last game after a four match winless streak.

Team News

Oriol Romeu is suspended and Matt Targett, Charlie Austin, Alex McCarthy and Virgil van Dijk are injured. Manchester City will be without the injured Bacary Sagna, Gabriel Jesus and Ilkay Gundogan.

Southampton Possible Starting Lineup: Ben Forster, Cedric Soares, Jack Stephens, Maya Yoshida, Ryan Bertrand, Jordie Clasie, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, James Ward-Prowse, Dusan Tadic, Nathan Redmond, Shane Long.

Manchester United Possible Starting Lineup: Claudio Bravo, Jesus Navas, John Stones, Vincent Kompany, Gael Clichy, Fernandinho, Raheem Sterling, Kevin de Bruyne, David Silva, Leroy Sane, Sergio Aguero.

“City like to have the ball, good possession, good play, have good players in attack, but we will have opportunities also. The most important thing for us is to keep the good feeling between ourselves; then we can go up against this team.”

– Claude Puel, Southampton.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Southampton vs Manchester City H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in three wins for Manchester City, one win for Southampton and one draw.

There have been over 2.5 goals scored in five of Southampton’s last six home games and all of Manchester City’s last three matches in the Premier League. It should be a closely contested affair but Manchester City are likely to win 2-1 tonight.