- 曼城在过去的31场英超联赛中没有输过任何一场。
- 两支球队都在曼城的每一场比赛中得分；这是最近七场联赛。
- 南安普顿队在最近六场比赛中有五场进球。
阿提哈德航空很可能赢得赫夫蒂城的胜利
英超冠军曼城队有机会在周六面对苦苦挣扎的南安普顿队时，将自己置于熟悉的榜首位置，而就在前一天，领头羊利物浦队将面临对阵阿森纳队的艰难之旅。
公民队落后阿恩·Slot一分；利物浦在对阵纽卡斯尔和枪手的比赛中战平，他们需要约翰·斯通在最后时刻进球，才能在上周对阵狼队的比赛中获胜，狼队是一支像圣徒队这样的球队，他们在前八场比赛中独得一分。
曼城似乎还没有完全打出最佳状态，热门前锋埃尔林·哈兰德在三场比赛中都没有进球，但他们应该有很多进球可以在对阵圣徒队的比赛中掠夺，圣徒队在过去三场比赛的每场比赛中都丢了三次球，在主场和早些时候的布伦特福德也丢了同样多的球。
拉塞尔·马丁；中国队面临着保持顶级联赛的艰巨任务，但他们可能会因为东道主在阿提哈德的最后八场联赛中没有保持主场不失球而感到振奋。
在最近的主场比赛中，曼城首先在对阵伊普斯维奇、布伦特福德和富勒姆的比赛中失球，而斯通队在伤停补时扳平比分，再次拯救了他们。
佩普·瓜迪奥拉；中国队能够简单地扳动一个开关来对抗这种标准的对手，他们也有同样的机会暴乱，所以预计他们会赢得一场至少有四个进球的比赛。
圣徒仍然可能造成问题
城市获胜’；如果他们已经把自己放在了一个有利的位置，不要坐以待毙。对于圣徒队来说，这可能是一个不祥的征兆，他们的对手在周中以5比0战胜了布拉格斯巴达队，哈兰德在对阵捷克队的比赛中梅开二度重返赛场。
南安普顿队在对阵其他晋级球员伊普斯维奇的比赛中获得了他们唯一的一分，他们需要从上周3-2输给莱斯特城的比赛中让两球领先的失望中振作起来。
然而，他们在3-1输给阿森纳的比赛中确实取得了领先，并且在过去的六场联赛中除了一场比赛外，其他比赛都取得了进球，所以正确的得分爱好者可能想考虑支持4-1的曼城胜利，因为他们的防守在过去几周里还远未稳固。
福登可以抓住机会
曼城的忠实球迷们希望哈兰德能回到比赛的巅峰，但一位对斯巴达做出积极贡献的球员是菲尔·福登，他到目前为止经历了一个令人沮丧的赛季。
这位当地最受欢迎的球员在比赛时间上一直很挣扎，本赛季还没有在英超联赛中进球，但他在欧冠联赛中的表现看起来很强劲，在他的三场比赛中有13次进球，其中6次进球。
福登在对阵斯洛万·布拉迪斯拉发的比赛中进球，并在周中战胜斯巴达的比赛中得分，因此他可以将这种状态转化为对阵南海岸斗士的国内比赛。
预言：
曼城将获胜，并获得超过3.5个比赛进球
曼城4-1
菲尔·福登随时得分
外文原文如下：
- Manchester City have not lost any of their last 31 Premier League matches.
- Both teams have scored in each of Manchester City’s last seven league games.
- Southampton have found the net in five of their last six outings.
Hefty City win looks likely at the Etihad
Premier League champions Manchester City have the chance to put themselves in the familiar position of being top of the table on Saturday when they face struggling Southampton the day before leaders Liverpool face a crunch trip to Arsenal.
The Citizens have fallen a point behind Arne Slot’s Reds following draws against Newcastle and the Gunners, and they needed a late goal from John Stones to win last week against Wolves, a team like the Saints who have claimed a solitary point from their opening eight matches.
It seems City have not quite hit top gear and hotshot striker Erling Haaland has not scored for three matches, but there should be plenty of goals for them to plunder against the Saints, who have conceded three times in each of their last three games and shipped just as many at home to Manchester United and at Brentford earlier in the campaign.
Russell Martin’s side face a massive task to stay in the top flight, but they might take heart from the fact their hosts have not kept a home clean sheet in their last eight league games at the Etihad.
In recent home outings, City have conceded first against Ipswich, Brentford and Fulham while Stones had to rescue them again with an injury-time equaliser against Arsenal.
Pep Guardiola’s team are capable of simply flicking a switch against this standard of opposition and there is a similar chance that they can just run riot, so expect them to win a match that features at least four goals.
Saints could still cause problems
City won’t sit back if they have put themselves in a strong position and it is perhaps an ominous sign for the Saints that their opponents posted a 5-0 Champions League win over Sparta Prague in midweek and that Haaland was back in the goals with a brace against the Czech outfit.
Southampton gained their only point against fellow promotees Ipswich and they need to pick themselves up from the disappointment of allowing a two-goal lead to slip in their 3-2 loss to Leicester last week.
However, they did take the lead in their 3-1 defeat at Arsenal and have scored in all but one of their last six league games, so correct-score fanciers may want to look at backing a 4-1 City victory, as their defence has been far from firm in the last few weeks.
Foden can seize his chance
The City faithful will expect Haaland to be back at the top of his game, but one player who will have been relieved to have contributed positively against Sparta was Phil Foden, who has had a frustrating season so far.
The local favourite has struggled for game time and has yet to score in the Premier League this season, but he has looked strong in his Champions League performances, having 13 goal attempts, six of which have been on target, in his three outings.
Foden has scored against Slovan Bratislava and in the midweek win over Sparta, so he can transform that form to the domestic stage against the south-coast strugglers.
Predictions:Manchester City to Win and Over 3.5 Match Goals
Manchester City 4-1
Phil Foden To Score Anytime
