Southampton V Manchester City: Team News, Predicted XI And Betting Odds

Southampton V Manchester City: Team News, Predicted XI And Betting Odds

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola would have been delighted by the reaction of his players as his side thrashed newly crowned Premier League champions Liverpool 4-0 on Thursday night.

The Citizens will go into their match against Southampton tomorrow full of confidence, and they have only one injury concern. Sergio Aguero is out for the remainder of the campaign with a knee injury. Fernandinho will return after his two-match suspension.

Manchester City’s Predicted XI To Face Southampton:


Ederson, Cancelo, Fernandinho, Laporte, Mendy, De Bruyne, Gundogan, David Silva, Bernardo Silva, Gabriel Jesus, Sterling

The Saints have five players on the treatment table. Sofiane Boufal (thigh), Jannik Vestergaard (muscular), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (ankle), Jan Valery (knock) and Nathan Tella are all sidelined.

Southampton’s Predicted XI:

McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Stephens, Bertrand, Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Redmond, Ings, Long

The bookmakers have made City the favourites with Coral pricing them at 1/3 odds-on for the win. A draw is 5/1 with Bet365 while a Southampton victory is 17/2 at William Hill.

Predicted Score – 3-1 to City

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.