After the good start of the season Southampton made a 3-game losing streak and now faces again a hard collision with the struggling for the title Manchester City. Southampton is one of the teams with less goals conceded this season, while City has scored the most goals and it is definitely interesting to see who will prevail in this meeting.
In the squad of the hosts there are many injured players which will make the situation more difficult for the team manager. However, in view of the statistics Southampton has a real chance of success in this game. The team has only one loss at home this season and in their last 5 games in front of own audience has scored at least 2 goals. Manchester City on the other hand is not performing at the same high level in the away matches and have won only 7 points from 21 visits.
Manchester City scored an impressive average of 2.89 goals per game. The fact that Southampton's first goalkeeper is injured is a prerequisite for City to proceed with the resulting matches. Southampton, however, is also quite good in attack in their home games, scoring an average of 1.86 goals at home. It seems quite possible in this game to see a lot of goals.