Manchester City vs Southampton predictions and betting tips: City will be hoping to get back to the top

Manchester City are still top of the Premier League and with their title rivals Arsenal and Liverpool meeting on Sunday, they could be top of the table come Monday. However, first they have to achieve victory over the visiting team from Southampton.

Man City vs Southampton betting tips

• Man City wins and both teams score +130 with bet365
• 2-4 goals in the game at -125 with bet365
• Over 3.5 cards @ +125 with bet365

All odds are from bet365, are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

City suspect but still gets through

Pep Guardiola’s men simply cannot afford any more slip-ups, not at the pace set by both Arsenal and Liverpool. Still, they are unlikely to falter too much against a Saints team that is underperforming away from home.

Southampton are winless so far, with four consecutive away defeats and a single draw, there is little chance that they will actually manage to get points from this game.

Not to mention when you consider they are winless at the Etihad since 2012 and have only picked up points against the Citizens once in their last four games, at St Mary’s.

While the result appears to be set in stone, the result is not, as Saints scored in all their troubles and City were anything but clean in defence.

Southampton have scored in each of their last four league games, including a goal against Arsenal, no mean feat. Apart from the fact that he scored five goals against City.

Guardiola’s Sky Blue side have not been in top defensive form so far, conceding in all but one of their Premier League duels.

The Saints won’t come out of this game all that rosy, but they will give their traveling fans a little something to cheer about.

Man City vs Southampton Tip 1: Man City wins and both teams score +130 with bet365

Goals in droves

Goals have been the be-all and end-all for both sides so far this season, with a score of 2-4 giving both sides decent scope, which looks like a great option in this encounter.

City have seen a 2-4 line hit in six of their eight games, although the Saints aren’t too far behind in that area, with five of the eight games going that way.

If both teams score it will give us the two goals we need to get to the line and City haven’t been too quick to give their opponents a win of late either.

Man City vs Southampton Tip 2: 2-4 goals in the game at -125 with bet365

It’s time to bring the cards

It may be too early in the season to tell, but with fixtures elsewhere potentially allowing City to take the league lead, this could well be seen as crunch time, something that the bookings bring with them becomes.

City can’t afford to falter and will likely struggle with all their might and the Saints already have a good chance this season with the referee potentially picking his pocket this season.

City are well into the top six with an average of 2.25 cards per game.

The Saints are averaging a massive 3.75 per 90 minutes, one of the highest rates in the league to this point, and have only earned less than two cards in any of their games to this point.

The game’s referee, Tony Harrington, is also not afraid of a yellow card, having received an average of 3.5 yellow cards per game so far.

Bookings should be possible in this game and the limit of over 3.5 is more than achievable.

Man City vs Southampton Tip 3: Over 3.5 cards @ +125 with bet365