Man City v Southampton betting tips: Saints in goals trend

Southampton are 18/1 to win the game, while the draw is on offer at 7/1 in the Man City v Southampton betting tips.

None of Manchester City’s last 30 Premier League games have ended in a draw (W25 L5) since a 1-1 draw against West Brom last December.

Man City v Southampton head-to-head

City have won eight of their last nine Premier League meetings with Southampton, with the exception being a 1-0 defeat at St Mary’s in July 2020.

After winning three consecutive away league games against Man City between March 2001 and April 2004, Saints have lost nine of their last 10 visits to Etihad and suffered some heavy defeats, including a 6-1 thrashing three years ago.

However, Saints have only failed to score in one of their last 16 away league games against the Citizens and it is 23/20 for both sides to find the net and 7/4 for City to win but concede, or 4/5 that they win to nil.

Likewise, Saints have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last 11 league games away from St Mary’s and it is no surprise that the odds are 16/1 for them to keep a clean sheet.

No less than 16 of the last 23 meetings saw three goals or more scored in total and it is 4/11 for that strong trend to continue in Man City v Southampton betting tips.

Man City v Southampton head-to-head

City have faced just four shots on target in their four league games and three of those came in their opening 1-0 loss at Tottenham.

Southampton’s England international James Ward-Prowse (pictured above) has scored in his last two away games at the Etihad and if anyone is likely to get a strike on the City goal it is the dead-ball specialist. He is 6/1 to score at any time.

Raheem Sterling is three goals short of 100 Premier League goals and is 28/1 to score a hat-trick. He has scored seven career goals against the Saints and is 23/20 to score at any time in the Man City v Southampton betting tips.

It may be worth noting that after this game and League Cup clash with Wycombe on Tuesday, City face three tough away games – at Chelsea, PSG and Liverpool – in succession, so Pep Guardiola will hope his side put this game to bed early in the hope of resting a few major players.

City are 1/2 to be the first team to score in the first half. It is 21/5 that both teams score before the interval.

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