On Mar 20th, Southampton hosts Manchester City at St. Mary’s Stadium in a FA Cup match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Southampton recorded a 1-2 loss against Watford. Cucho Hernández scored the first goal for Watford in the 14th minute, then Cucho Hernández added another in the 34th minute on a feed from Juraj Kucka. Southampton is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while manchester City is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Crystal Palace. Neither Crystal Palace nor Manchester City could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 7 and 18 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Manchester City looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10.
Manchester City and Southampton last played eachother at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday Oct 29th. Manchester City was victorious by a score of 3 to 1 in front of an empty stadium. Nicolás Otamendi scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 20th minute, then Sergio Agüero added another in the 38th minute.
Manchester City’s most prolific scorer has been Riyad Mahrez. The midfielder has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Oriol Romeu and Che Adams are the top scorers for Southampton in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.