Southampton welcome Manchester City to St Mary’s for their quarter-final clash in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night, with a place in the last four up for grabs.
Southampton welcome Manchester City to St Mary’s for their quarter-final clash in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night, with a place in the last four up for grabs.
Manchester City has an odd of 1.25(bet ₹100 and wins ₹125 if Manchester City wins). Bet Now
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Match: Southampton vs Manchester City
Date: January 12, 2023
Time: 01:30 AM (IST)
Venue: St Mary’s Stadium
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Nathan Jones is yet to make waves in the Premier League since taking the reins at basement club Southampton in early November, with his new side losing all four league matches under his tutelage and conceding 10 goals in the process.
However, the Welsh boss has had more success in grinding out results in the cup competitions, as the Saints have come from behind to beat Lincoln City and Crystal Palace by 2-1 scorelines in the EFL Cup and FA Cup respectively, beating the latter away from home on Saturday. An FA Cup fourth-round tie against Championship outfit Blackpool awaits Southampton later this month, but they must first turn their focus back to the EFL Cup as they prepare for the daunting task of going toe-to-toe with Man City, a side that they have beaten only once in their last 15 meetings.
Bazunu; Lyanco, Caleta-Car, Salisu; Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Perraud; Edozie, A. Armstrong; Adams
After ending 2022 in somewhat underwhelming fashion with a 1-1 draw at home to Everton, Man City kick-started the New Year with back-to-back victories over Chelsea in the space of four days.
Riyad Mahrez netted a brace while Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden were also on the scoresheet to help the Citizens cruise past the West Londoners into the fourth round, where they will face either Oxford United or Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium later this month. While chasing down the Gunners at the Premier League summit remains Guardiola’s primary target this season, further success in the EFL Cup will also be welcomed by City, who are bidding to lift the trophy for the seventh time in the last 10 years.
Ortega; Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Ake; De Bruyne, Phillips, Gundogan; Mahrez, Alvarez, Grealish
Man City will be regarded as strong favourites to progress to the EFL Cup semi-finals and they proved in last weekend’s win over Chelsea that they can cope without the presence of a number of star names. Southampton will have been boosted by their victory at the weekend, but coming out on top against a clinical Citizens outfit will likely be a step too far for Jones and co.
Southampton 0-3 Manchester City, predicted by us.