Southampton vs Manchester City Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 28/12/2018, 07:04  by Daniel Ngulu in Premier League Predictions

It has been a torrid month for City and they definitely want to see off the year. In a matter of weeks, they have found themselves third on the log, dropping from top spot and now they no longer seem like favorites to retain the league title, with Liverpool racing away. City have picked three wins out of seven across all competitions in the month of December; it all started with the loss to Chelsea before a labored win over Leicester on penalties in the League Cup and they head to this clash on the back of losses to Wolves and Leicester City in the Premier League. Southampton’s mini revival that saw them beat Arsenal and Huddersfield was checked by another resurgent side in West Ham and they will hope to get back to winning ways against a City side that seemed short in confidence against Leicester. City have scored in all but just two of their 28 matches this season while Southampton have scored in each of their last six matches. Southampton have picked just three wins in the season, 11 short of Manchester City’s tally of wins but only one of their wins has come at home – the one against Arsenal. The Saints do not have a very proud record at home to look back to; they have picked just two wins at home in their last 20 Premier League games. Manchester City, on the other hand, have lost just three out of their last 31 away league matches and have not lost to Southampton in the last five meetings, winning four and drawing one. They have 26 wins in 66 matches while Southampton have 22 wins over City.