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Man City face a trip to Southampton at St. Marys on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Sky Blues have won 8 of the 32 games compared to the host's 15 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2002, with Southampton running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sun 11 May | Man City | 0 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Oct | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Man City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 03 Mar | Man City | 0 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 23 Oct | Southampton | 0 - 2 | Man City | PREM |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 16 Mar | Man City | 2 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 31 Jan | Southampton | 1 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 04 Feb | Southampton | 2 - 2 | Man City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Southampton have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These games have seen the Saints score just 6 goals, though they have conceded 2.
The Sky Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Sky Blues's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Southampton find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 16 points they have accumulated from 10 games. Man City's 15 points from 10 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southampton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Man City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This is a game in which both sides are showing indifferent form, so the Madmen are expecting the Sky Blues to come away from it with a creditable draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southampton | No sequences of note |
| Man City | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |