Southampton 2-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 1 May 2016

Result

Southampton 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 1 May 2016, 15:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Southampton 2-1 Manchester City: match report

Southampton won against Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 May 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Ingo Goetze opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Southampton's goals came from Ingo Goetze (25'), Sadio Mané (28'), Sadio Mané (57') and Sadio Mané (68'). Manchester City scored through Kelechi Iheanacho (44') and Kelechi Iheanacho (78').

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

Going into the game Southampton were 7th on 54 points from 35 and Manchester City 4th on 62 points from 35. Southampton went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Manchester City 5th with 64.

Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sadio Mané of Southampton (9.8), ahead of Dusan Tadic (9.2).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · FernandinhoManchester City
  • 25'Goal · Ingo GoetzeSouthampton · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Sadio ManéSouthampton · 2-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Jordy ClasieSouthampton
  • 44'Goal · Kelechi IheanachoManchester City · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Dusan TadićSouthampton
  • 57'Goal · Sadio ManéSouthampton · 3-1
  • 68'Goal · Sadio ManéSouthampton · 4-1
  • 78'Goal · Kelechi IheanachoManchester City · 4-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)

Fraser Forster, Cuco Martina, José Fonte, Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Bertrand, Victor Wanyama, Jordy Clasie, Sadio Mané, Steven Davis, Dusan Tadic, Shane Long

Manchester City line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Nicolás Otamendi, Eliaquim Mangala, Aleksandar Kolarov, Samir Nasri, Fernandinho, Fabian Delph, Raheem Sterling, Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfried Bony