Man City vs Southampton

10 March 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 3–1

  • Kevin De Bruyne 15’, 59’
  • Riyad Mahrez 40’, 55’
  • Ilkay Gündogan 45+3’
  • James Ward-Prowse 25’ (pen)
  • Che Adams 56’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 5-2 at home to Southampton. Man City led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Kevin De Bruyne put Man City ahead in the 15th minute, James Ward-Prowse equalised from the penalty spot in the 25th minute, Riyad Mahrez put Man City back in front in the 40th minute, and Ilkay Gündogan made it 3-1 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Mahrez made it 4-1 in the 55th minute, set up by Phil Foden, Che Adams pulled one back to make it 4-2 in the 56th minute, and De Bruyne made it 5-2 in the 59th minute, set up by Phil Foden.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.28 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Southampton's 1.64 from 11.

Match stats

Man City Southampton
17 Shots 11
10 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3.11 xG 1.61
3.11 Non-penalty xG 0.84
10 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Man City Southampton
Kick-off
Kevin De Bruyne1-0 (Man City)
15’
25’
James Ward-Prowse
Penalty1-1 (Southampton)
Riyad Mahrez2-1 (Man City)
40’
Ilkay Gündogan3-1 (Man City)
45+3’
Half-time3-1
Riyad Mahrez
Assist: Phil Foden4-1 (Man City)
55’
56’
Che Adams4-2 (Southampton)
Kevin De Bruyne
Assist: Phil Foden5-2 (Man City)
59’
Full-time5-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man City
  • Fernandinho

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.28 1.64 15’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 1-0 15’ 25’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 1-1 25’ 40’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 2-1 40’ 45+3’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 3-1 45+3’ 55’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 4-1 55’ 56’ Che Adams (Southampton), 4-2 56’ 59’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 5-2 59’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.28 1.64 15’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 1-0 De Bruyne 15’ 25’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 1-1 Ward-Prowse 25’ 40’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 2-1 Mahrez 40’ 45+3’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 3-1 Gündogan 45+3’ 55’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 4-1 Mahrez 55’ 56’ Che Adams (Southampton), 4-2 Adams 56’ 59’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 5-2 De Bruyne 59’
Man City 3.28 xGSouthampton 1.64 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Man City attacking 
25’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 15’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.72 xG, goal 48’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.67 xG, goal 59’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 78’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 56’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 90+2’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 15’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 55’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 37’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 48’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, hit the woodwork 88’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 58’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 72’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 56’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 60’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 24’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 40’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 23’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 51’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+1’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 36’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 83’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 28’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 50’ Phil Foden (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Fernandinho (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 65’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 25’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 15’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.72 xG, goal 48’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.67 xG, goal 59’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 78’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 56’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 90+2’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 15’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 55’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 48’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, hit the woodwork 37’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 88’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 72’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 58’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 56’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 60’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 40’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 24’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 23’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 51’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+1’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 36’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 83’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 28’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 50’ Phil Foden (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Fernandinho (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 65’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF900 0.000.031
Aymeric Laporte DEF900 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF900 0.000.000
Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF841 0.030.152
Fernandinho MID901 0.010.421
Ilkay Gündogan MID9011 0.670.263
Kevin De Bruyne MID7523 1.240.121
Riyad Mahrez FWD6423 0.300.021
Bernardo Silva FWD901 0.090.141
Phil Foden FWD9024 0.320.653
Ferrán Torres Sub262 0.560.000
Sergio Agüero Sub151 0.050.000
Benjamin Mendy Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 81% Avg odds 1.18
Draw 13% Avg odds 7.38
Southampton win 6% Avg odds 16.25

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.