Manchester City 4-1 Southampton: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2014
Result
Manchester City 4-1 Southampton
Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2014, 11:45 UTC · half-time 3-1
Manchester City 4-1 Southampton: match report
Manchester City beat Southampton 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 April 2014. The half-time score was 3-1.
Yaya Touré opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Yaya Touré (3', penalty), Samir Nasri (45+1'), Edin Dzeko (45+4') and Stevan Jovetic (81'). Southampton scored through Rickie Lambert (37', penalty).
Discipline: Manchester City received 4 yellow cards; Southampton received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 66 points from 30 and Southampton 8th on 49 points from 32. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Southampton 8th with 57.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Southampton in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Southampton.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Southampton's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 3'Penalty goal · Yaya Touré
- 37'Penalty goal · Rickie Lambert
- 44'Yellow card · Fernandinho
- 45+1'Goal · Samir Nasri
- 45+4'Goal · Edin Dzeko
- 68'Yellow card · Javi García
- 68'Yellow card · Javi García
- 78'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
- 81'Goal · Stevan Jovetic
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Martín Demichelis, Vincent Kompany, Fernandinho, Yaya Touré, David Silva, Samir Nasri, Edin Džeko
Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)
Paulo Gazzaniga, Calum Chambers, José Fonte, Dejan Lovren, Luke Shaw, Jack Cork, Morgan Schneiderlin, Steven Davis, Adam Lallana, Jay Rodríguez, Rickie Lambert