Southampton are placed at the bottom of the league table with just 12 points from 18 games. They have only won three of those matches all season.
Manchester City travel to Southampton for an interesting EFL Cup quarter-final contest on Wednesday night. This match will be heavily in favour of the visitors, thanks to their impressive run of results this season. Besides, Southampton’s poor run of form in the Premier League does not help them either. However, the Saints did well to get the victory away from home to Crystal Palace in their last FA Cup match. That win will give them much-needed confidence ahead of this contest.
Sitting second in the Premier League table, Manchester City have 39 points from 17 games. They have reduced the deficit to five points at the top of the standings to leaders Arsenal. Moreover, the two successive victories to Chelsea in their last two matches would have given them massive confidence. Meanwhile, Southampton are placed at the bottom of the league table with just 12 points from 18 games. They have only won three of those matches all season.
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Southampton will have the majority of absentees for this match. They are set to be without Stuart Armstrong and defender Armel Bella-Kotchap. Besides, there are question marks over the participation of Theo Walcott, Valentino Livramento, Juan Larios and Alex McCarthy. Meanwhile, Manchester City will continue to miss Portugal defender Ruben Dias. However, Aymeric Laporte’s return will be a big boost for them, while Jack Grealish could also be available for this match.
Southampton possible line-up: Bazunu, Lyanco, Caleta-Car, Salisu, Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Perraud, Edozie, Armstrong, Adams
Manchester City possible line-up: Ortega, Lewis, Stones, Laporte, Ake, Phillips, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Grealish, Alvarez
Southampton
Opponents | Score |
Crystal Palace | 1-2 (W) |
Nottingham | 0-1 (L) |
Fulham | 2-1 (L) |
Brighton | 1-3 (L) |
Lincoln | 2-1 (W) |
Manchester City
Opponents | Score |
Chelsea | 4-0 (W) |
Chelsea | 0-1 (W) |
Everton | 1-1 |
Leeds | 1-3 (W) |
Liverpool | 3-2 (W) |
Last 5 matches (all competitions) | Results |
Manchester City beat Southampton | 4-0 |
Southampton lose to Manchester City | 1-4 |
Southampton draw Manchester City | 1-1 |
Manchester City draw Southampton | 0-0 |
Manchester City beat Southampton | 5-2 |
The EFL Cup match between Southampton and Manchester City will take place at St. Mary’s Stadium on Thursday at 1:30 am IST.
The live telecast of the EFL Cup match between Southampton and Manchester City can be seen on Sky Sports Football, SKY GO Extra, Sky Ultra HD, Sky Sports Main Event, TalkSport Radio UK, BBC Radio 5 Live in the United Kingdom.