Manchester City v Southampton Predictions & Betting Odds – 23rd October 2016
Will Southampton be able to heap some more pressure on Pep Guardiola who isn’t having the best of times at his new club at the moment. With a failure to win his last two Premier League games and a heavy defeat at Barcelona in the Champions League, it’s been a rough week or so for the Man City boss. Will he be able to find some home comforts on Sunday and get the Citizens back to winning ways? They play host to a Southampton side who are going along very well at the moment with three wins in their last four top flight games. The Saints may well turn up and give another stern examination of Pep Guardiola’s tactics.
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Manchester City v Southampton Betting Tips
How will Manchester City get on in a return to the Etihad in what has been a difficult spell for them? They have failed to win their last two Premier league matches and they were taken to the cleaners and made to look below average in a heavy defeat at Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League this week. So what kind of response will they have in them as they play host to Southampton on Sunday in what doesn’t immediately appear to be an easy game for them. Sergio Aguero has found himself on the sidelines a bit in the last couple of games, so will he get a start? He is a price of 4/5 in the anytime goalscorer market for this one and while has is without a goal in his last two league games, he hasn’t gone three in a row without a goal since December last year. He will be keen to make a point if he gets in the starting eleven. City had a four match winning streak against Southampton snapped with a defeat against them last May in the Premier League.
Kelechi Iheanacho netted twice against the Saints in May and he is a 6/4 shot in the anytime goalscorer market. Manchester City have suffered just the one loss in their last five home games against the Saints in the league so aren’t in bad form against them. Really no-one apart from Kevin de Bruyne made a decent performance against Barcelona, and they looked a little short on confidence. Pep Guardiola hasn’t gone three games without a league win since the end of the 2014/15 season (three losses with Bayern after they had won the league). City have a good W3 D1 record from four home games at the Etihad in the league this season and they have netted ten goals in those four games. Both teams to score may tempt punters in at a price of 4/5. The Saints will be carrying form and a threat with them and the Citizens have banked just the one clean sheet anywhere this season in the league.
The Saints have managed to put together a four match unbeaten streak in the top flight which is a massive upturn from their slow start under Claude Puel. They have won three of their last four and have banked clean sheets in three of those four games too. The only goal they have shipped in their last four was in a 3-1 win at home against Burnley last weekend. They went to the San Siro in the Europa League in midweek and dominated the game but ended up losing 1-0. The Saints are pretty solid at the back and they have what it takes to potentially frustrated the Citizens. Under 2.5 goals on the day will return a price of 23/20 on the game. Southampton have scored six goals across their last three league games and Charlie Austin has netted three of those.
So with Charlie Austin going so well at the moment, you have a price of 12/5 on him in the anytime goalscorer market. Shane Long actually has four Premier League goals against Manchester City. Wins for the Saints at the Etihad have been hard to come by and have landed just one in their last five there. But punters may see value in them taking a point. Just returning to their clean sheets, the only two that they have earned on the road in the Premier League in their last ten away from St Mary’s have been in their last two. During the 2016 calendar year, Southampton have taken two more points in the Premier League than Manchester City have. A point would be a good return in this one.
Manchester City v Southampton Betting Odds
Man City 1/2, Draw 7/2, Southampton 13/2
Manchester City v Southampton Predictions
There is a little temptation to have a crack at Southampton holding out for a point in this one because they have been so sound defensively. You imagine though that at home, City will be keen to prove a point in this one though after a less than ideal run of results. It may just be worth nudging towards a Man City to win by a one goal margin.
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