Manchester City 2-1 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 29 November 2017

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Southampton

Premier League · Wednesday 29 November 2017, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 2-1 Southampton: match report

Manchester City won against Southampton 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 29 November 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Kevin De Bruyne (47') and Raheem Sterling (90+6'). Southampton scored through Oriol Romeu (75').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 37 points from 13 and Southampton 11th on 16 points from 13. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and Southampton 17th with 36.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Southampton in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (9.3), ahead of Fraser Forster (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Vincent KompanyManchester City
  • 47'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 1-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Ingo GoetzeSouthampton
  • 75'Goal · Oriol RomeuSouthampton · 1-1
  • 90+6'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 6, draws 2, Southampton 2.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Vincent Kompany, Nicolás Otamendi, Fabian Delph, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, İlkay Gündoğan, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, Gabriel Jesus

Southampton line-up (5-4-1)

Fraser Forster, Cédric Soares, Maya Yoshida, Virgil van Dijk, Wesley Hoedt, Ryan Bertrand, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Oriol Romeu, Mario Lemina, Nathan Redmond, Shane Long