Manchester City take on the visitors Southampton at the City of Manchester Stadium in the 11th tour of the Premier League. The match will be played in the eponymous city Manchester on Sunday, November 4th.
Manchester City are the favourite in the lead-up to their upcoming eleventh tour fixture against Southampton. The Citizens placed first in the Premier League after they had beaten Tottenham Hotspur the previous tour. However, Liverpool are on the second place in the table right now with the same amount of points as the team of Pep Guardiola. The only difference between the Citizens and the Reds is their respective goal differences at the moment. Thereby there is no time for Manchester City to relax. It`s worth noting that the team from Manchester has conceded only three goals overall so far this Premier League season. Furthermore, they have been unable to score in only one of their league matches this season, that`s been their recent fixture against Liverpool. The Sky Blues also often have 50% and higher percentage of overall ball possession in their games. Even in their recent fixture against Liverpool they have managed to possess the ball for the most part of the game. In their last three matches Manchester City beat Fulham with a 2-0 score in their 1/8-finals fixture of the EFL Cup, Tottenham Hotspur with a 1-0 score and Shakhtar Donetsk with a 3-0 score in their UEFA Champions League group stage fixture.
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Southampton have been struggling very much so far this Premier League season. They are around the relegation zone in the table right now. The Saints have been pretty unproductive recently and have scored only two goals overall in their previous six league games. Talking about their matches against the top tier English teams they have had only two of those so far this season against Chelsea (lost with a 0-3 score in front of their home crowd) and against Liverpool (lost with the same 0-3 score on the away field). It has been obvious that the team of Mark Hughes has been struggling to play safe in the defense against the strong opponents. Considering how many goals they conceded from Chelsea and Liverpool before it is likely that Manchester City will manage to score at least three goals against the Saints on Sunday. In their last three matches Southampton drew against Newcastle United with a 0-0 score, against Bournemouth with the same 0-0 score and lost to Chelsea with a 0-3 score. The team of Mark Hughes has also had a 1/16-finals fixture of the EFL Cup recently where they have beaten Everton in a penalty shootout.
Manchester City are likely to control the ball for the most part of their upcoming fixture against Southampton on Sunday. Thereby the Citizens should create a whole lot of goal attempts in the match. However, the Saints could easily use their counterattacks and score some goals in response to the Sky Blues. It is likely that there will be a lot of goals scored on Sunday overall.
Prediction for the match: Over 3.5 goals scored.
