Southampton vs Manchester City Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Unsurprisingly, the visitors are heavily fancied to win this match, priced at respectable odds of 1.25 for the win on most bookmakers’ odds. The draw is returning as much as 6.5 to land, while a win for the hosts holds the outside market at a whopping 13.0 and better. Man City was excellent last week against Liverpool and blasted four goals past the Reds with relative ease, even without the services of Erling Haaland, who missed the match through injury. With the Norwegian looking likely to return to the lineup, the handicap market looks very tempting, returning 1.8 on the -1 option, while a slightly riskier -2 will return as much as 2.87 on your wager. Even in the event of Haaland not starting from the first whistle, with 42 goals to his name already this season, he would still be expected to register at least once against one of the worst defences in the league, and his backers could be rewarded with as much as 1.6 on their wager for him to net anytime. 

Man City come into this match riding an excellent wave of form, unbeaten in their last eleven matches in all competitions, which included a 7-0 drubbing of RB Leipzig in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. They are unbeaten in their last six league matches, with five wins and a draw, which leaves them in second place in the league, eight points behind Arsenal, though they do have a game in hand. Man City is also on a four-match unbeaten run in away league matches, including three wins and a draw, last tasting defeat in early February against Spurs.

Meanwhile, Southampton has only managed one win in their last six league matches, along with two draws ad three losses. The Saints are rooted to the bottom of the league with 23 points after 29 matches, two points below second-from-bottom Leicester City and four points from safety. Southampton has managed just one win in their last 10 home league matches, conceding 18 and scoring just nine in that period.