Comments and predictions for Southampton vs Man City: Finish off the bottom team
The match between Southampton vs Man City in the Premier League takes place at 9:00 p.m. on May 10. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Southampton vs Man City team information
Southampton duo Albert Gronbaek (Achilles) and Charlie Taylor (hip) continue to be absent, but Paul Onuachu has recovered from an ankle injury and is likely to start in place of Ross Stewart in attack.
Coach Rusk appears to have settled the squad with Kamaldeen Sulemana and Mateus Fernandes in attacking roles, while sought-after young talent Tyler Dibling is likely to start on the bench.
Flynn Downes and Lesley Ugochukwu will start in central midfield, with Kyle Walker-Peters and Ryan Manning playing as wing-backs. Taylor Harwood-Bellis – a product of Man City’s academy – is expected to start in a back three alongside Jan Bednarek and Jack Stephens.
For City, Rodri and Nathan Ake have returned to training after knee and foot injuries, but Saturday's game is too early for both. John Stones (thigh) and Oscar Bobb (hamstring) remain sidelined.
Erling Haaland has recovered from the ankle injury that kept him out for six games and could start or come off the bench. If he starts, he will be supported by Omar Marmoush and Jeremy Doku in attack.
Guardiola will consider whether to continue with De Bruyne, who he may want to rest ahead of Tuesday's Etihad farewell against Bournemouth. Alternatives include Phil Foden, James McAtee or Nico Gonzalez.
Manuel Akanji has recovered from injury and could start for the first time since February 11. If so, Josko Gvardiol could be moved to left-back and Nico O'Reilly is likely to return to the bench.
Latest expected lineup Southampton vs Man City
Southampton:
Ramsdale; Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens; Walker-Peters, Downes, Ugochukwu, Manning; Fernandes, Sulemana; Onuachu
Manchester City:
Ederson; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly; Gonzalez, Gundogan, Bernardo; Marmoush, Haaland, Doku
Latest Southampton vs Man City football review
Southampton are certain to finish bottom of the Premier League after suffering their 28th defeat of the season to second-bottom Leicester City, losing 2-0 away at the weekend.
The St Mary's side are on the verge of setting a new Premier League record. If they lose one more game in their final three games, they will equal the record for most defeats (29) in a single season in the 20-team league – a tally shared by Sunderland in 2005-06, Derby County in 2007-08 and Sheffield United in 2020-21.
Southampton also need just one more point to avoid equalling Derby's all-time Premier League low of 11 points in 2007-08. They have conceded 82 goals this season – and only three seasons in their history have they conceded more: 85 in 1952-53, 92 in 1966-67 and 83 in 1967-68.
Interim boss Simon Rusk is hoping to finish the season on a positive note and is working to find a formula that will prevent his team from losing their lead. Southampton have dropped more points from leading games than any other Premier League side this season (28), and if they lead Man City again but fail to win, it will be the first time in their history they have dropped more than 30 points from a lead in a season.
However, winning against Man City on Saturday will be a tough task. Southampton have won just one of their last 15 Premier League meetings with the Manchester side (D3 L11) – a 1-0 home win in July 2020 under former manager Ralph Hasenhuttl.
In complete contrast, Man City are in good form with a 9-match unbeaten streak in all competitions (7 wins, 2 draws) and 4 wins in the last 4 rounds in the Premier League - their longest winning streak this season.
Legendary striker Kevin De Bruyne scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Wolverhampton last weekend, helping Pep Guardiola's side climb to third in the table after Newcastle and Nottingham Forest both dropped points.
The race for a Champions League place next season is heating up. With three games left, Man City are one point ahead of Newcastle and Chelsea (ranked 4th and 5th), three points ahead of Forest and just three points behind second-placed Arsenal – who face champions Liverpool this weekend.
Man City are looking for their second successive Premier League away win – something they haven’t done since August. They have a good chance of doing so, having gone into the game on a 29-game unbeaten run against bottom-placed teams (W24 D5), since losing 2-1 to West Brom in December 2008. They have won their last 12 games in a row by an impressive aggregate score of 44-1.
Since 2004-05, Man City have lost just three of their 25 Premier League meetings with Southampton (W17 D5), and all three defeats have come at St Mary's. They won the first leg 1-0 at the Etihad and are looking to keep two clean sheets against Southampton for the first time since 2014-15.
Latest Southampton vs Man City score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Southampton vs Man Cityas follows:
- Sportsmole:Southampton 0-3 Man City
- WhoScore:Southampton 1-4 Man City
- Our newspaper predicts:Southampton 0-4 Man City
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