Manchester City 3-2 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 19 August 2012

Result

Manchester City 3-2 Southampton

Premier League · Sunday 19 August 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 3-2 Southampton: match report

Manchester City beat Southampton 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 19 August 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

C. Tevez opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Manchester City's goals came from C. Tevez (40'), Edin Dzeko (72') and Samir Nasri (80'). Southampton scored through Rickie Lambert (59') and Steven Davis (68').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Southampton received 2 yellow cards.

Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Southampton 11th with 43.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Missed penalty · David SilvaManchester City
  • 40'Goal · C. TevezManchester City · 1-0
  • 59'Goal · Rickie LambertSouthampton · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Danny FoxSouthampton
  • 68'Goal · Steven DavisSouthampton · 1-2
  • 72'Goal · Edin DzekoManchester City · 2-2
  • 80'Goal · Samir NasriManchester City · 3-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Samir NasriManchester City
  • 87'Yellow card · Morgan SchneiderlinSouthampton

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Manchester City 3, draws 1, Southampton 4.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Stefan Savić, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Sergio Agüero

Southampton line-up (4-3-3)

Nathaniel Clyne, Jos Hooiveld, José Fonte, Danny Fox, Morgan Schneiderlin, James Ward-Prowse, Adam Lallana, Jason Puncheon, Jay Rodríguez, Guly, Kelvin Davis