Southampton vs Manchester City

Southampton won their 12th point of the season, ensuring that they avoid finishing the campaign with the joint-lowest points tally across a single season in the competition (Derby County in 2007-08, 11 points).

Manchester City failed to defeat a side starting the day bottom of the table in the Premier League for the first time since November 2015 (0-0 vs Aston Villa), with that also the last time they were unable to score against such an opponent.

Manchester City have failed to score in four of their last 11 Premier League games, as many blanks as in their previous 55 in the competition. Indeed, City have failed to score in six Premier League games this season – their most in a single top-flight campaign since 2015-16 (8).

Southampton have won just one of their last 15 Premier League games against Man City (D3 L11), a 1-0 home win in July 2020.

Man City won the reverse fixture 1-0 against Southampton, but haven’t kept a clean sheet in consecutive league meetings with the Saints since doing so in both meetings of the 2014-15 campaign.

Since the 2004-05 season, Man City have lost just three of their 25 Premier League meetings with Southampton (W17 D5), though all three of those defeats have come at St. Mary’s.

Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 29 Premier League games against sides starting the day bottom of the table (W24 D5) since a 2-1 loss at West Brom in December 2008. The Citizens have won their last 12 in a row by an aggregate score of 44-1.

Southampton have lost 28 Premier League games this season, while defeat here would equal the highest number of losses in a 20-team top-flight campaign (also Sunderland in 2005-06, Derby in 2007-08 and Sheffield United in 2020-21).