FA Cup | SF ~ Man City vs Southampton | Match info, preview & Lineup
| Man City vs Southampton | |
| Match Info | |
| Date | 25 Apr 2026 |
Time |
09:45 PM IST 🇮🇳 08:15 PM 🇦🇪 07:15 PM 🇸🇦 |
| Stadium | Wembley Stadium |
| League | FA Cup |
| Round | Semi-final |
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➡️ Man City vs Southampton
Manchester City ~ LWWWWW 🔥
Manchester City will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 0-1 Premier League victory vs Burnley.
In that match, Manchester City managed 65% possession and 28 attempts on goal with 9 on target. The only player to score for Manchester City was Erling Haaland (5'). Burnley got 9 attempts on goal with 1 on target.
Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that huge efforts have been put in by the Manchester City rearguard. Manchester City have been mean at the back, seeing the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their last 6 matches standing at 4.
Southampton ~ WWWWWD 📈
Previously, Southampton drew 2-2 in the Championship match with Bristol City.
In that match, Southampton had 54% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Southampton, the goals were scored by Ryan Manning (5' Own goal), Cyle Larin (29') and Ross Stewart (74'). On the other side, Bristol City got 8 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Sam Bell (63') was the scorer for Bristol City.
Southampton have seen success in front of goal leading up to this encounter, scoring 16 goals in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Southampton can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same games. That being said, time will tell if such a trend might continue on in this game or not.
↔️ Head to head
Looking over their past head-to-head clashes going back to 20/03/2022 shows us that Manchester City have won 4 of these and Southampton 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.
A total of 17 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 13 of them from The Citizens and 4 coming from The Saints. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.
The previous league encounter between these sides was Premier League match day 36 on 10/05/2025 and the score finished Southampton 0-0 Manchester City.
That time, Southampton managed 28% possession and 2 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.
At the other end, Manchester City had 26 shots on goal with 5 on target.
The referee was Tim Robinson.
ℹ️ Team News: Manchester City
Rúben Dias (Hamstring injury) and Josko Gvardiol (Broken tibia) aren’t available for Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.
It looks as if The Citizens may well kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system in the match and select James Trafford, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guehi, Rayan Ait Nouri, Nico Gonzalez, Nico O'Reilly, Savinho, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku and Omar Marmoush.
📋 Team News: Southampton
Southampton boss Tonda Eckert has a number of players out of action. Alex McCarthy (Wrist injury) and Mads Roerslev (Knee injury) will miss out on this game.
It’s our belief that The Saints could decide to make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, going with Daniel Peretz, James Bree, T. Harwood-Bellis, Jack Stephens, Ryan Manning, Flynn Downes, Shea Charles, Kuryu Matsuki, Finn Azaz, Leo Scienza and Ross Stewart.
✨ Prediction
One thing is for certain, Southampton will need to be at their best to be scoring even one goal against a Manchester City team who will likely boss most aspects of this game if it turns out as we expect.
We’re going for a 3-0 victory for Manchester City after 90 minutes.
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