Southampton vs Man City

8 April 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–1

  • Sékou Mara 72’
  • Erling Haaland 45’, 68’
  • Jack Grealish 58’
  • Julián Álvarez 75’ (pen)

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 4-1 away at Southampton. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Erling Haaland put Man City ahead with a header in the 45th minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne. In the second half, Jack Grealish made it 0-2 in the 58th minute, Haaland made it 0-3 in the 68th minute, set up by Jack Grealish, Sékou Mara pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 72nd minute, set up by Moussa Djenepo, and Julián Álvarez made it 1-4 from the penalty spot in the 75th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.09 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Southampton's 0.49 from 4.

Match stats

Southampton Man City
4 Shots 13
1 Shots on Target 8
0 Corners 10
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.49 xG 3.06
0.49 Non-penalty xG 2.30
1 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Southampton Man City
Kick-off
45’
Erling Haaland
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne0-1 (Man City)
Half-time0-1
58’
Jack Grealish0-2 (Man City)
68’
Erling Haaland
Assist: Jack Grealish0-3 (Man City)
Sékou Mara
Assist: Moussa Djenepo1-3 (Southampton)
72’
75’
Julián Álvarez
Penalty1-4 (Man City)
Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Man City
  • John Stones
  • Erling Haaland

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 0.49 3.09 45’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 0-1 45’ 58’ Jack Grealish (Man City), 0-2 58’ 68’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 0-3 68’ 72’ Sékou Mara (Southampton), 1-3 72’ 75’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), 1-4 75’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.49 3.09 45’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 0-1 Haaland 45’ 58’ Jack Grealish (Man City), 0-2 Grealish 58’ 68’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 0-3 Haaland 68’ 72’ Sékou Mara (Southampton), 1-3 Mara 72’ 75’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), 1-4 Álvarez 75’
Southampton 0.49 xGMan City 3.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Southampton attacking 
75’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 45’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 68’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 67’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 58’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 72’ Sékou Mara (Southampton), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 77’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 49’ Armel Bella Kotchap (Southampton), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 51’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 41’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 58’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 5’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 15’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 54’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 32’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 75’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 45’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 68’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 67’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 58’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 72’ Sékou Mara (Southampton), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 77’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 49’ Armel Bella Kotchap (Southampton), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 51’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 41’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 58’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 5’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 15’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 54’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 32’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gavin Bazunu GK900 0.000.000
Ainsley Maitland-Niles DEF900 0.000.000
Armel Bella Kotchap DEF901 0.110.000
Jan Bednarek DEF900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker-Peters DEF900 0.000.000
James Ward-Prowse MID900 0.000.111
Romeo Lavia MID820 0.000.041
Mohamed Elyounoussi MID631 0.010.000
Theo Walcott FWD820 0.000.000
Carlos Alcaraz FWD710 0.000.000
Kamaldeen Sulemana FWD711 0.040.011
Stuart Armstrong Sub270 0.000.000
Sékou Mara Sub1911 0.320.000
Moussa Djenepo Sub1910 0.000.321
Ibrahima Diallo Sub80 0.000.000
Romain Perraud Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 8% Avg odds 12.15
Draw 15% Avg odds 6.27
Man City win 77% Avg odds 1.25

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

Form going into the game

Southampton WDLDL
Man City DWWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Man City 4-0 Southampton, 08 Oct 22 Next meeting: Man City 1-0 Southampton, 26 Oct 24  All Southampton vs Man City meetings

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.