Southampton 1-4 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 April 2023
Result
Southampton 1-4 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 8 April 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Southampton 1-4 Manchester City: match report
Southampton were beaten by Manchester City 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 April 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Erling Haaland opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Southampton's goal came from Sékou Mara (72'). Manchester City scored through Erling Haaland (45'), Jack Grealish (58'), Erling Haaland (68') and Julián Alvarez (75', penalty).
Discipline: Southampton received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southampton were 20th on 23 points from 29 and Manchester City 2nd on 64 points from 28. Southampton went on to finish that season 20th with 25 points, and Manchester City 1st with 89.
Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 3-2-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Grealish of Manchester City (8.4), ahead of Erling Haaland (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southampton win, 2 draws and 7 for Manchester City.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · John Stones
- 45'Goal · Erling Haaland
- 56'Yellow card · Erling Haaland
- 58'Goal · Jack Grealish
- 68'Goal · Erling Haaland
- 72'Goal · Sékou Mara
- 75'Penalty goal · Julián Alvarez
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton line-up (4-4-2)
Gavin Bazunu, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Jan Bednarek, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Kyle Walker-Peters, Theo Walcott, James Ward-Prowse, Roméo Lavia, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Carlos Alcaraz, Kamaldeen Sulemana
Manchester City line-up (3-2-4-1)
Ederson, Manuel Akanji, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, John Stones, Rodri, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, İlkay Gündoğan, Jack Grealish, Erling Haaland