Southampton vs Manchester City Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: St. Mary’s Stadium Date: 8th April 2023 Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT
Bottom-of-the-table Southampton will welcome title hopefuls Manchester City to St. Mary’s Stadium this Saturday with both sides looking for maximum points to help them achieve their season’s aim. The Saints’ only goal this season is avoiding relegation and there is no more challenging opponent to attempt to get maximum points from than City. However, the hosts have one of the most porous defences in the Premier League, conceding 47 times this season. In contrast, City have the best attack in the league having scored 71 times in 29 games. So it will be defence against attack on Saturday as the Saints attempt to end a run of four league games without a win (D2, L2). Their last outing, a 1-0 loss to West Ham, showed one of their glaring weaknesses as they conceded their 12th Premier League set-piece goal of the season. That’s a long way from being the ideal preparation for taking on reigning PL champions Manchester City. However, Southampton won the last head-to-head meeting in January when they were 2-0 victors in the League Cup so perhaps some comfort can be extracted from their recent mixed home PL record (W1, D1, L1), which coincidentally matches their recent H2H record at St Mary’s in the PL. Meanwhile, City will look to avoid another embarrassment against the Saints when they make the trip to the south coast. Pep Guardiola’s side have lost three of their last ten visits to this stadium, most recently getting knocked out of the league cup. City come into this tie in hot form having won their last seven games in all competitions including a 4-1 win over Liverpool last time. They are also unbeaten in eleven competitive matches (W9, D2) and will be desperate to get maximum points to cut the gap between them and Arsenal to five points-albeit temporarily. Having won their last three away games while keeping two clean sheets, they will fancy their chances of getting maximum points against the league’s joint-lowest scorers, Southampton. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
May 2, 2024
Chelsea
19:30
Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town
20:00
Everton
May 4, 2024
Arsenal
12:30
AFC Bournemouth
Brentford
15:00
Fulham
Burnley
15:00
Newcastle United
Sheffield United
15:00
Nottingham Forest
Manchester City
17:30
Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
14:00
Aston Villa
Chelsea
14:00
West Ham United
Liverpool
16:30
Tottenham Hotspur
May 6, 2024
Crystal Palace
20:00
Manchester United
May 11, 2024
Fulham
12:30
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
15:00
Burnley
West Ham United
15:00
Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers
15:00
Crystal Palace
Newcastle United
15:00
Brighton & Hov…
AFC Bournemouth
15:00
Brentford
Everton
15:00
Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest
17:30
Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United
16:30
Arsenal
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Arsenal
35
25
5
5
85
28
+57
80
2
Manchester City
34
24
7
3
82
32
+50
79
3
Liverpool
35
22
9
4
77
36
+41
75
4
Aston Villa
35
20
7
8
73
52
+21
67
5
Tottenham Hotspur
33
18
6
9
67
52
+15
60
6
Manchester United
34
16
6
12
52
51
+1
54
7
Newcastle United
34
16
5
13
74
55
+19
53
8
West Ham United
35
13
10
12
56
65
-9
49
9
Chelsea
33
13
9
11
63
59
+4
48
10
AFC Bournemouth
35
13
9
13
52
60
-8
48
11
Wolverhampton Wanderers
35
13
7
15
48
55
-7
46
12
Brighton & Hov…
34
11
11
12
52
57
-5
44
13
Fulham
35
12
7
16
51
55
-4
43
14
Crystal Palace
35
10
10
15
45
57
-12
40
15
Everton
35
12
8
15
37
48
-11
36
16
Brentford
35
9
8
18
52
60
-8
35
17
Nottingham Forest
35
7
9
19
42
62
-20
26
18
Luton Town
35
6
7
22
48
77
-29
25
19
Burnley
35
5
9
21
38
70
-32
24
20
Sheffield United
35
3
7
25
34
97
-63
16
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