Manchester City 5-2 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 10 March 2021

Result

Manchester City 5-2 Southampton

Premier League · Wednesday 10 March 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Manchester City 5-2 Southampton: match report

Manchester City defeated Southampton 5-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 10 March 2021. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Kevin De Bruyne (15'), Riyad Mahrez (40'), Ilkay Gündogan (45+3'), Riyad Mahrez (55') and Kevin De Bruyne (59'). Southampton scored through James Ward-Prowse (25', penalty) and Ché Adams (56').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Southampton received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 65 points from 28 and Southampton 14th on 33 points from 27. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Southampton 15th with 43.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Southampton in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City (8.8), ahead of Kevin De Bruyne (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 1-0
  • 25'Penalty goal · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton · 1-1
  • 40'Goal · Riyad MahrezManchester City · 2-1
  • 45+3'Goal · Ilkay GündoganManchester City · 3-1
  • 55'Goal · Riyad MahrezManchester City · 4-1
  • 56'Goal · Ché AdamsSouthampton · 4-2
  • 59'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 5-2
  • 82'Yellow card · FernandinhoManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 7, draws 1, Southampton 2.

Team news

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Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, İlkay Gündoğan, Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Ryan Bertrand, Jan Bednarek, Jannik Vestergaard, Mohammed Salisu, Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Jack Stephens, Moussa Djenepo, Nathan Redmond, Ché Adams