Southampton vs Manchester City prediction and betting tips on May 10, 2025
Game Prediction
A match between Southampton and Manchester City will take place in the 36th round of the English Premier League, on May 10, 2025. It is difficult to imagine any other scenario than the most confident victory of the guests, who continue to fight for a place in the top 5.
Our prediction for the match Southampton vs Manchester City
The club from St. Mary’s seems to receive stable and extensive funding after the change of ownership. Still, it constantly comes up with problems for itself. It has already been relegated to the Championship, in 2023. And it returned only through the play-off series. Guardiola, after the “treble” of the last but one season, collected many trophies. On the other hand, there was only one top-level, maintaining leadership in the Premier League.
Pep has got only the English Super Cup, won back in August, and then on penalties in the same draw. It goes without saying that 2024/2025 was a time of decline for the giant. Speaking about the Champions League, it barely made it to the play-offs, and immediately lost to Real Madrid. As for the inner arena, the leadership was lost. Still, De Bruyne has a chance to get his hands on the cup one last time – there will be the final at the end of the month. And the club can’t relax in the Premier League: even a place in the top 5 is not guaranteed. Still, the club got closer to it after a 1-0 result in the struggle with strong Wolverhampton. The newcomer became the main disappointment of the Premier League, setting an anti-record for the speed of relegation. At the same time, Crystal Palace and West Ham, playing a draw, lost points with the underdog in April. The previous round brought a 0-2 failure in the battle against already relegated Leicester.
The number one outsider scores 0.71 goals on average per match. It concedes 3 times more – 2.34. The ex-champion has got excellent statistics – 1.91/1.23.
Southampton vs Manchester City: key statistics and trends
- Southampton has drawn twice in 6 previous matches.
- 57% of Southampton’s meetings have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per struggle is 3.06.
- Manchester City has won 7 of 8 previous games.
- 57% of Manchester City’s confrontations have brought “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per match is 3.14.
Southampton vs Manchester City: possible starting line-ups
Southampton (possible line-up): Ramsdale – Stephens, Bednarek, Harwood-Bellis – Manning, Sulemana, Fernandes, Ugochukwu, Downes, Walker-Peters – Onuachu.
Manchester City (possible line-up): Ortega – O'Reilly, Guardiola, Ruben Dias, Matheus Nunes – Kovačić, Bernardo Silva, Lewis, Grealish – Marmoush, Savio.
Previous head-to-head matches: Southampton vs Manchester City
Guardiola has won 4 times in 5 previous head-to-head meetings. Still, Southampton achieved a 2-0 result in the home game of the League Cup at the beginning of the last but one year.
Free prediction for the match Southampton vs Manchester City
Strong and ambitious guests will win, the question is how big. We bet on them to take a victory with “a -2.0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.84).