Manchester City vs Southampton Matchday Stats Preview

Since losing three consecutive Premier League home games against Southampton between 2001 and 2004, Man City are unbeaten in their last 12 against them at the Etihad Stadium (W10 D2).

Southampton have won just one of their last 14 Premier League meetings with Manchester City (D3 L10), picking up a 1-0 home win in July 2020.

Manchester City are on their longest ever unbeaten league run, going 31 Premier League games without defeat since losing to Aston Villa last December (W25 D6). They’ve fallen behind 12 times in that run and come back to win 10 of those games (D2).

Southampton have lost seven of their eight Premier League games this season, drawing the other against Ipswich in September. It’s just the second time the Saints have ever failed to win their opening eight matches of a league campaign, after 1998-99 (first 9).

Manchester City have gained 13 points from losing positions in the Premier League this season, more than any other side. Indeed, it is the most points a team has earned from losing positions in the opening eight matches of a Premier League season ever.

Manchester City had 85 touches in Wolves’ box in their 2-1 win last Sunday, the most by a team in a Premier League game this season and most by a team in an away game on record since 2008-09. Indeed, City’s total of 404 opposition box touches is the most by a team through their opening eight games of a season Opta has on record.

No team has scored more goals from corners in the Premier League this season than Manchester City (3), while Southampton have shipped the joint most corner goals (5). In City’s last game, they won in the 90th minute via a corner, while in Southampton’s last game they lost in the 90th minute to a goal from a corner.

Russell Martin has picked up just one point in his first eight Premier League matches as Southampton manager (D1 L7) – in Premier League history, only Mick McCarthy has ever won fewer points in his first eight games (zero).

Erling Haaland has gone three Premier League games without a goal for Man City for just a second time, going four without one between December and February last season. He had just 13 touches against Wolves last time out, his fewest in a match in the top-five leagues in Europe when he has completed 90 minutes.

Among players to play 500+ minutes against newly promoted teams, only Gianluca Vialli (one every 56 minutes) has a better minutes per goal ratio than Man City’s Erling Haaland (one every 60 mins, 13 goals in 780 minutes). He is looking to become the first player to score in seven starts in a row against promoted teams since Sergio Agüero in November 2017.