Get team news, match facts, quotes, odds and more ahead of the Premier League clash.
TEAM NEWS
Manchester City will be without goalkeeper Joe Hart for around 10 days with a hamstring strain, but City will have David Silva and Wilfried Bony fit to face the Saints, but Eliaquim Mangala will miss the game and the League Cup clash against Hull.
Shane Long is in line to replace the suspended Graziano Pelle for Southampton's Premier League trip to Manchester City.Republic of Ireland
striker Long featured as one of three advanced midfielders supporting
Pelle in Saints' 1-0 home defeat to Stoke, but should now have the
chance to lead the line at the Etihad Stadium. Pacy forward Sadio Mane
should be fit to feature in behind Long as manager Ronald Koeman aims to
keep faith with his 4-2-3-1 formation.
MANAGER QUOTES
Manuel Pellegrini
: "It wasn’t a good week for us – we lost two games. Against Liverpool it was an ugly defeat and then against Juventus
we improved a little bit but it was not the result we wanted. You never
know which team will win in the Premier League – Liverpool came here
and beat us but before that they lost to Crystal Palace and then Palace lost to Sunderland.
Southampton are having a good season, they’re unbeaten away and they
have good players. We’ll need to play well to win... [On rumours that
City want to sign Lionel Messi on an £800,000-a-week deal, and that Pep Guardiola will take over his job in the summer] Every manager in the world would like Lionel Messi but I never talk about rumours."
Ronaldo Koeman: "Teams like City are used to
having that pressure about winning games. Even for City it's difficult
handle the number of injuries they have now... [on Graziano Pelle's
suspension] You'll always miss a player that regularly starts. But we
can certainly cope, if we couldn't I would be doing something wrong,
because we're only talking about one player in the squad. Shane's a
different player, with different qualities but also a very dangerous
front player. He was a long time injured, he played 90 minutes last
weekend and he will start again. Our style will be the same, that we try
to play football, to build up from the back, but of course in direct
play it needs to be changed a little bit."
MATCH BUZZ
MATCH FACTS
Raheem Sterling has scored in three of his five Barclays Premier League games against Southampton.
Southampton have won just one of the last eight Premier League games against Man City (W1 D2 L5).
Saints have won just two of their last 13 Premier League away
games (W2 D5 L6), but are unbeaten on the road this season (W2 D4).
Manchester City have allowed fewer shots on target against them
than any other team in the Premier League this season (37).
Southampton have allowed the fewest shots on target from inside the penalty area against them this season (26).
Sergio Aguero is the top-scoring South American player in Premier League history (85 goals).
Manchester City have mustered the most shots of any team in the top flight this season (164, not including blocked).
City have won just three of their last eight Premier League games (W3 D2 L3).
Man City haven’t lost back to back Premier League games at home since December 2008.
Saints have scored the joint-most headed goals in the top flight this season (6, level with Arsenal and Leicester).
BOOKIES' ODDS
City - 8/15
Saints - 5/1
Draw - 16/5
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