Southampton vs Manchester City 08.04.2023

Things are looking increasingly gloomy for basement side Southampton as they lost 1-0 away at West Ham in midweek and remain at bottom of the log. Their ability to defend setpieces this season reared it’s ugly head again as West Ham defender Nayef Aguerd rose highest in the 25th minute to nod in a Thilo Kehrer free-kick over the hapless Gavin Bazunu for the only goal of the game. The Saints have now gone 4 games without a win (2L, 2D). It’s still pretty tight at the bottom so there is still a glimmer of hope but not against the red-hot visitors this weekend.

Manchester City are in a 2 horse race in their quest to defend their title. They underlined their intentions not to relinquish it without a fierce fight with a 4-1 thrashing of Liverpool to keep pace with Arsenal who have answered every doubt about their ability to make a serious run for the title with a string of impressive results. They have been scoring for fun lately and will certainly stretch this Southampton defence to the max.

With the title race getting to the final stretch, City have shown themselves to be quite adept at handling the pressure that comes with that at this stage of the season. We expect them to be fired up for this match not just to put pressure at Arsenal, but there is also that little matter of paying back the Saints with their own flesh after they knocked them out of the Carabao Cup in their last meeting!

Main tip: Handicap +1 Man City Win (go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats Southampton vs Manchester City

Assessing their last 10 meetings;

• Man City have 6 wins, Southampton 2 wins and 2 games were drawn
• These matches scored an average of 2.90 goals per match
• The last time they met, Southampton won 2-0

Latest results Southampton

• 1 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws in their last 5 games
• 5 goals scored in the last 5 matches. Average of 1.00 goals per match
• They lost 1-0 away at West Ham in their last outing

Latest results Manchester City

• 5 straight wins in their last 5 games
• A massive 20 goals scored in their last 5 matches. Average of 4.00 goals per match
• In their last game, they thrashed Liverpool 4-1

Premier League Standings and Latest Results

Southampton: rank 20th – 29 matches – 6 wins – 5 draws – 18 losses – 23 points
Form Guide: L-D-L-D-W

Manchester City: rank 1st – 28 matches – 20 wins – 4 draws – 4 losses – 64 points
Form Guide: W-W-W-W-W

Possible squad Southampton

Southampton: Bazumu; Maitland-Niles, Bednarek, Bella-Kotchop, Walker-Peters; Ward, Levia; Walcott, Dialo, Sulemana; Adams

Out: Alcarez (Knee injury), Larios (Muscle injury), Salisu (Knock injury), Livranmento (Ligament injury)

Coach: Ruben Selles

Possible squad Manchester City

Manchester City: Ederson; Stones, Walker, Laporte, Cancelo; De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan; Grealish, Alvarez, Mahrez

Out: Foden (Appendicitis), Haarland (Groin)

Coach: Pep Guardiola

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Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on Handicap +1 Man City Win

1xBet offers competitive odds for the bet “Handicap +1 Man City Win”
The odd of 1.65 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 61% chance that Man City will win by at least two goals

Odds comparison for Handicap -1 Man City Win

1xBet – odd 1.65
Betboro – odd 1.64

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2) Bet on Over 9.5 Corners

• 2 of the last 3 H2H had at least 10 corners
• We expect an aggressive attack particularly from City which could result in lots of corner kicks

Odds for this bet

1xbet offers very competitive odds for “ Over 9.5 Corners ”

The odd of 1.59 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 63% chance that this game will produce at least 10 corners

Odds comparisons for Over 9.5 Corners

Melbet – odd 1.59
Betway – odd 1.58

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