Southampton v Manchester City Betting Tips [22 January 2022]

Southampton’s revival was cut short by Wolverhampton Wanderers in their last game and they will be looking to get back to winning ways when they host Manchester City. Going into this game, Southampton have registered 24 points and are in 12th place while City are top of the table with 56 points. Southampton are coming from a 3-1 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers, a result that left the team without a clean sheet in the last five matches. They have actually conceded two or more goals in three of their last five matches and in the last seven meetings with Manchester City, Southampton have lost seven. James Ward-Prowse will be their main man in this game, having scored three times in the last five matches.

Manchester City on the other hand, go to this game with eight straight wins in all competitions. In the league standings, they are eight points clean and seem to be coasting away to another title. They’ve won 15 of their last 16 matches and only failed to score in two of their last 20 matches. In the league, three of their last five matches have produced over 2.5 goals and they have 12 straight wins and seven clean sheets.

Manchester City are in great form and they may be too strong for Southampton here. Southampton do not have a clean sheet in their last five matches and they’ve conceded two or more in three of those. City will march to this game very strongly and we are backing them to lead in the first half and in the second half.