Southampton vs Man City

19 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Raheem Sterling 16’

Match summary

Man City took a 1-0 win at Southampton. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

Raheem Sterling put Man City ahead in the 16th minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 1.16 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Southampton's 0.59 from 9.

Match stats

Southampton Man City
9 Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.59 xG 1.16
0.59 Non-penalty xG 1.16
7 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Southampton Man City
Kick-off
16’
Raheem Sterling
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne0-1 (Man City)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • Oriol Romeu
  • James Ward-Prowse
Man City
  • Ederson
  • Kevin De Bruyne

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.59 1.16 16’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-1 16’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.59 1.16 16’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 0-1 Sterling 16’
Southampton 0.59 xGMan City 1.16 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Southampton attacking 
90+2’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.53 xG, off target 73’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.20 xG, off target 54’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 16’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 34’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 47’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 35’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 70’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 20’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+1’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 27’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 78’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 21’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 29’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ João Cancelo (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 21’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+2’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.53 xG, off target 73’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.20 xG, off target 54’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 16’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 34’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 47’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 70’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 20’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 35’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+1’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 27’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 78’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 21’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 29’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ João Cancelo (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 11’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 21’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alex McCarthy GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker-Peters DEF900 0.000.031
Jannik Vestergaard DEF902 0.100.000
Jan Bednarek DEF900 0.000.000
Ryan Bertrand DEF900 0.000.000
Theo Walcott MID901 0.030.162
Oriol Romeu MID901 0.020.071
James Ward-Prowse MID900 0.000.102
Moussa Djenepo MID610 0.000.000
Che Adams FWD842 0.300.021
Danny Ings FWD402 0.130.000
Nathan Tella Sub500 0.000.000
Nathan Redmond Sub291 0.020.000
Daniel N'Lundulu Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 16% Avg odds 5.98
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.64
Man City win 63% Avg odds 1.52

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

Form going into the game

Southampton DLWWD
Man City LWWDD

Last five league games before this one, oldest first. Select one to open it.

Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Southampton 1-0 Man City, 05 Jul 20 Next meeting: Man City 5-2 Southampton, 10 Mar 21  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.