Southampton 0-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 December 2020

Result

Southampton 0-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 19 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Southampton 0-1 Manchester City: match report

Southampton were beaten by Manchester City 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 December 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Raheem Sterling of Manchester City in the 16th minute.

Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 3rd on 24 points from 13 and Manchester City 9th on 20 points from 12. Southampton went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Manchester City 1st with 86.

Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jannik Vestergaard of Southampton (7.8), ahead of Kyle Walker (7.7).

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

Going into the match Southampton's last five read D-W-W-L-D and Manchester City's D-D-W-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Kevin De BruyneManchester City
  • 38'Yellow card · Oriol RomeuSouthampton
  • 42'Yellow card · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton
  • 81'Yellow card · EdersonManchester City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand, Theo Walcott, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Moussa Djenepo, Danny Ings, Ché Adams

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Rúben Dias, João Cancelo, İlkay Gündoğan, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Ferran Torres