Southampton vs Man City Prediction and Prediction: Toss the white flag

Southampton have a pretty comfortable schedule in the English League Cup when the last 3 rounds, their opponents are only teams playing in lower leagues. However, luck was no longer with Southampton in the quarter-finals.

Accordingly, the Saints will have a match to welcome Man City at home in the quarter-finals. Obviously, with the quality of the squad completely inferior, the chance of the home team to continue at St. Mary's is very low. Notably, Southampton is the last team standing in the English Premier League 2022/23 and it is likely that they will let go of the cup arena to focus on the relegation race.

Unlike the opponent, Man City is maintaining an impressive performance when having 2 consecutive convincing victories against formidable opponent Chelsea. Specifically, Haaland and his teammates had a 1-0 victory on Chelsea's field in the English Premier League and a few days later a 4-0 victory in the rematch at home in the FA Cup.

More broadly, The Citizens won 5 and drew only 1 time in the last 6 matches in all fronts. In addition to the record of winning the last two matches against Southampton, Man City is a reliable choice for fans.

Southampton: Livramento, Bella-Kotchap, Larios, Walcott, McCarthy are injured.

Man City: Ruben Dias is injured.

- Southampton: Bazunu; Perraud, Salisu, Caleta-Car, Lyanco, Maitland-Niles, Ward-Prowse, Elyounousi, Aribo, Edozie, Adams.

- Manchester City: Ortega; Lewis, Stones, Laporte, Gomez, Rodri, Guendogan, Bernado Silva, Palmer, Grealish, Alvarez.