On the 22nd of January, Southampton will host Manchester City at St. Mary’s Stadium in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Southampton sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Raúl Jiménez struck first for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 37th minute on a penalty kick, then Conor Coady added another in the 59th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while manchester City sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Chelsea. Kevin De Bruyne struck first for Manchester City in the 70th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Chelsea couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester City ran away with the shutout win. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, having won 10 of their last 10.
Southampton and Manchester City last played eachother at the Etihad Stadium on Sat Sep 18th. Manchester City and Southampton battled to a 0-0 draw. Manchester City had 15 on net, and Southampton had 11, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Both Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez have been the hottest scorers for Manchester City in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Southampton’s most prolific scorer has been James Ward-Prowse. The English midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Ralph Hasenhüttl’s Southampton squad will be without Kyle Walker-Peters, Moussa Djenepo, Alex McCarthy, Theo Walcott, Jack Stephens, Armando Broja, Will Smallbone, T. Small and Valentino Livramento, while Raheem Sterling, Benjamin Mendy, Phil Foden and Oleksandr Zinchenko are unavailable to play for Manchester City.