Can Haaland Continue Goal Scoring Form as Manchester City Meet Southampton in the Premier League?
Manchester City vs Southampton - 08/10/2022
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The are four fixtures to be played at the traditional 15:00 kick-off time in the English Premier League on Saturday, including the meeting between Manchester City and Southampton.
The game will be played at the Etihad Stadium and the hosts begin the weekend in 2nd place on 20 points while the visitors are in 16th place on 7 points.
Manchester City come into the match having cruised to a 5-0 home win over FC Copenhagen in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Manchester City were 3-0 up at half-time and scored a fourth goal 10 minutes into the second half. Pep Guardiola’s team could afford to take their foot off the gas but scored a fifth goal to seal the win.
That result means Manchester City have won each of their last 5 fixtures in all competitions. There have been wins over Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester United in the Premier League plus Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla, and FC Copenhagen in the Champions League.
Trends show Manchester City are undefeated in their last 20 Premier League games. They have won 12 of their 15 most recent league matches and each of their last 8 on home soil.
Manchester City have been scoring goals for fun and they have found the back of the net 20 times in 4 home Premier League fixtures this season at an average of 5 goals per game.
Southampton make the trip to the Etihad Stadium on the back of a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Everton in the Premier League last weekend.
The Saints opened the scoring shortly after half time but Everton came back strongly in a short space of time, scoring 2 goals within 5 minutes of Southampton’s opener to take maximum points.
That was the third successive defeat in the Premier League for Southampton following the narrow defeats at Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston Villa.
Southampton have won only 1 of their last 5 Premier League games, with the win coming at home over Chelsea.
Away form in the Premier League shows Southampton have lost 5 of their last 6 matches on the road. They have recorded only 1 win from their 11 most recent away league games and both teams have scored in 3 of their last 5 on the road.
Looking ahead to the team news and Manchester City could be without the injured trio of Kyle Walker, John Stones, and Kalvin Phillips. Erling Haaland will be aiming to continue his fantastic goal scoring run.
Southampton are without injured full-back Valentino Livramento and have doubts over the fitness of Roméo Lavia in midfield.
On paper, this has the makings of another comfortable win for Manchester City. Even if Southampton find the back of the net, the goals are flowing so easily for Manchester City right now, they should outscore their opponents to take maximum points.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
731215
1
2 - 1
2.88
14°
1.13
1.13
8.50
19.00
no
no
no
4 - 0(2 - 0)
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