Manchester City vs Southampton Prediction & Betting Tips - Carabao Cup

Prediction published on 27/10/2019, 11:14  by Daniel Ngulu in Carabao Cup Predictions

League Cup holders Manchester City will continue with their defence on Tuesday when they host Southampton in the round of 16 of the competition. This is one of the matches featuring all – Premier League sides in the competition. In terms of the season’s performance, City have been way better than Southampton; they are second and Southampton 18th in the Premier League. City saw off Preston North End in their previous match in the League Cup and they haven’t lost in the competition for the last 13 matches. Southampton, on their part, have played two matches in the competition this season and won both, against Fulham and Portsmouth. City have not conceded a goal in their last four League Cup matches. They head to this game on the back of a 3-0 win over Aston Villa. That was their third straight win since the 2-0 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

On the other hand, Southampton go to this game on the back of a 9-0 loss to Leicester City. They are without a win in their last four matches, having lost three. Four of their last five matches have ended in over 2.5 goals and they have just one clean sheet in their last six matches. Both City and Southampton will miss key players in this game. City will be without Fernandinho and Southampton without Ryan Bertrand. Both players were red carded in their teams’ last matches. Manchester City have won each of the last five matches against Southampton and are unbeaten in six. Southampton have avoided defeat against City in just two of their last 11 meetings.