Southampton 1-3 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 30 December 2018

Result

Southampton 1-3 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 30 December 2018, 14:15 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Southampton 1-3 Manchester City: match report

Southampton lost to Manchester City 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-3.

David Silva opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Southampton's goal came from Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg (37'). Manchester City scored through David Silva (10'), an own goal by James Ward-Prowse (45') and Sergio Agüero (45+3').

Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 17th on 15 points from 19 and Manchester City 3rd on 44 points from 19. Southampton went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Manchester City 1st with 98.

Southampton lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to David Silva of Manchester City (7.8), ahead of Sergio Agüero (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southampton win, 1 draw and 8 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · David SilvaManchester City · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Sergio AgüeroManchester City
  • 37'Goal · Pierre-Emile HöjbjergSouthampton · 1-1
  • 45'Own goal · James Ward-ProwseManchester City · 1-2
  • 45+3'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-3
  • 58'Yellow card · Charlie AustinSouthampton
  • 72'Yellow card · Vincent KompanyManchester City
  • 73'Yellow card · Jan BednarekSouthampton
  • 78'Yellow card · DaniloManchester City
  • 85'Red card · Pierre-Emile HöjbjergSouthampton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 1, draws 1, Manchester City 8.

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-3-2-1)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Kayne Ramsay, Jack Stephens, Jan Bednarek, Matt Targett, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Oriol Romeu, Mario Lemina, James Ward-Prowse, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Charlie Austin

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

Ederson, Danilo, Vincent Kompany, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, David Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Sergio Agüero, Raheem Sterling