Southampton - Manchester City match score prediction: How many wins is enough?

Erling Haaland scored in Manchester City's win at St Mary's last season

The Saints are stuck at the bottom of the table with just 11 points and they must be losing confidence after their early relegation, so it's only natural that they lose to Manchester City, the question is by what score.

Everyone says Southampton have lost motivation, but the final home games of the season are always filled with emotion. Southampton are also looking for a point from their final three games to leave the Premier League with their heads held high, at least avoiding the same fate as Derby County, who have the record for the fewest points in a season (11 points in 2007-2008). In terms of personnel, both Charlie Taylor and Albert Gronbaek are out injured for the home side.

With Southampton's poor performance in the 0-2 loss to Leicester City, Manchester City could have won away from home but they have no incentive to win by 3 or 4 goals as the press has speculated.

Manchester City currently has 64 points (win-loss difference +24), 1 point more than Newcastle and Chelsea (both win-loss difference +21), while Nottingham Forest only has 61 points (+12). The press says Manchester City will try to score goals to compete for win-loss difference, but that is not true.

In fact, thanks to the 4-point gap with the 6th-placed team and also because Nottingham will face the 5th-placed team Chelsea in the final round, Manchester City only need to win 2 more matches to secure a place in the Champions League regardless of goal difference.

Pep Guardiola's men showed their determination to secure Champions League qualification by overcoming Wolverhampton at the weekend and they will be more focused on beating the Saints on Saturday than trying to humiliate the St Mary's side.

Prediction: Southampton - Manchester City 1-3

Head to Head

26-10-2024	Manchester City	Southampton	1-0
04-08-2023	Southampton	Manchester City	1-4
08-10-2022	Manchester City	Southampton	4-0
22-1-2022	Southampton	Manchester City	1-1
18-9-2021	Manchester City	Southampton	0-0
10-3-2021	Manchester City	Southampton	5-2
19-12-2020	Southampton	Manchester City	0-1

10/5 21:00

[20] Southampton - Manchester City [3]

1,975

2 : 0

1.90

1,925

3 1/2

1,925

10/5 21:00

[20] Southampton - Manchester City [3]

2,025

2 : 0

1.875

1,925

3 1/2

1,925

10/5 21:00

[20] Southampton - Manchester City [3]

2.05

2 : 0

1.85

1.875

3 1/2

2.00

The odds of the match were very different a few days ago when Manchester City conceded 2 goals, 97-90. Yesterday, the odds were in favor of the away team when the home team won enough, losing 87. Even this morning, the home team won enough, losing 85.

With this trend, it is likely that by the time the ball rolls, Manchester City will be given a handicap of 2-2-1 (losing 85, winning enough). In any case, it is risky to choose the upper hand because Manchester City only needs to win and save their troops for the Club World Cup next June.

The 0-2 and 0-3 scores are the most popular with the lowest denomination, betting 1 to win only 7.5. Meanwhile, the scores 1-3 and 0-4 have payouts of up to 10, while 0-1 pays up to 11. The 1-2 score is also worth noting with a denomination of 1 to win only 9.6.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/soi-ti-so-tran-southampton-manchester-city-thang-bao-nhieu-la-du-196250510120424263.htm