Manchester City VS Southampton Live Football Score 08/04/2023

Manchester City VS Southampton Live Football Score 08/04/2023

Manchester City travel to Southampton with the chance to put more pressure on Arsenal. Their destruction of Liverpool keeps Pep Guardiola’s side eight points off the Premier League leaders but three points on the south coast could cut the lead down to five before the Gunners play Liverpool at Anfield. While it’s hard to suggest City have quite been at their best this season, something appears to have clicked of late. The champions are looking at their ominous best, a truly daunting prospect for Southampton.

Southampton host Manchester City on Saturday at St. Mary’s Stadium. This ‘upstairs-downstairs’ clash sees two sides go head-to-head with very different, but equally important, fights on their hands. While Rubén Sellés and his Saints side desperately look for points to lift them off the bottom and out of the drop-zone, his compatriot Pep Guardiola has his eye firmly fixed on leaders Arsenal and another Premier League title. We preview the match and reveal the Opta supercomputer’s thoughts in our Southampton vs Man City prediction.

Saturday’s late game sees a clash between two sides with very different fights on their hands. Hosts Southampton find themselves cemented to the bottom of the table, a sizeable four points from safety, while Premier League behemoths, Manchester City, continue to chase down Arsenal in search of a third consecutive top-flight title. As has been the case all season, these two sides endured differing fortunes last time out.

Southampton took a trip to east London on Sunday, knowing a result against fellow relegation-battlers, West Ham, could kickstart a timely survival surge. However, Nayef Aguerd’s first goal for the Hammers decided the game, with the visitors failing to score for the 12th time this season, with only Bournemouth (14) and Crystal Palace (13) drawing a blank in the top-flight more often this season. January-signing Paul Onuachu came closest to scoring for Saints, only to see his late effort come back off the frame of the goal. However, once again, a lack of cutting-edge cost the Hampshire side dearly.

While Southampton toiled in the capital, the Cityzens triumphed in Manchester, outgunning their recent title rivals Liverpool to the tune of four goals to one. The Reds did open the scoring via Mohamed Salah, but that turned out to be the Reds’ only shot on target of the game (City had eight), and Jürgen Klopp’s underperforming charges were ultimately no match for a rampant home side who strode on to a deserved 4-1 win, their fourth consecutive league victory this season and Guardiola’s 100th home victory in the Premier League. That victory kept the pressure on leaders Arsenal, who themselves enjoyed a 4-1 home win on Saturday, comfortably dismissing a visiting Leeds to keep the gap at the top to eight points, albeit having played a game more than City.

With Southampton coming into this clash four games without a win and Manchester City enjoying a four-game winning streak, the contrast in fortunes could hardly be more stark. Saints fans may well be bracing themselves for a bumpy ride at half past five on Saturday, with this football lark, you just never know what will happen, do you!? The Premier League returns to the fold with another round of matches this weekend as Southampton lock horns with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City side in an important clash at St. Mary’s Stadium on Saturday.

Manchester City are currently in second place in the Premier League standings and have been fairly impressive so far this season. The Cityzens thrashed Liverpool by a 4-1 margin in their previous game and will look to achieve a similar result this weekend. Southampton, on the other hand, are rooted to the bottom of the league table at the moment and have struggled this season. The home side slumped to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of West Ham United last week and will need to work hard to bounce back in this fixture.

Manchester City have a formidable squad at their disposal and will be intent on keeping pace with Arsenal in the title race. The likes of Erling Haaland and Jack Grealish have been impressive in recent weeks and will look to add to their goal tallies in this fixture. Southampton have endured a difficult campaign this season and will need a miracle to avoid relegation this year. Manchester City are the better team on paper and should be able to win this game.