Southampton vs Manchester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from St. Mary's Stadium

Follow live coverage as Southampton face Manchester City today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Southampton vs Manchester City
The visitors are just toying with their opponents in the opening minutes at St. Mary’s. It feels like a matter of when they take the lead, not if. Southampton are struggling to get out of their own half which will cause plenty of worry for the home fans.
Southampton vs Manchester City
INCHES AWAY! De Bruyne curls a delightful free-kick into the Southampton box and it looks destined to be swept home by Gvardiol but Downes is there to hook the ball away for a corner kick. That was close to being 1-0 for the Citizens.
Southampton vs Manchester City
More Man City pressure. This time, Dias clips the ball to Gvardiol at the back post but the Croatian can only head the ball into the grateful hands of Ramsdale. This is not the start, Simon Rusk would have wanted against the Citizens early on.
Southampton vs Manchester City
CHANCE! Man City have the first opening of the game. It's patient play from the visitors before Lewis lifts the ball into the box but it sails just over the head of McAtee who was closing in. It's been a bright start at St. Mary’s by Pep Guardiola's outfit.
Southampton vs Manchester City
Kevin De Bruyne, who will be departing Man City at the end of the season has started the game on the front foot. Against no side has the Belgian been directly involved in more Premier League goals than he has against Southampton (14 – four goals, 10 assists). Only Ryan Giggs (12 vs Man City and 12 vs Newcastle) and Cesc Fabregas (11 vs Tottenham) have more assists against an opponent in the competition than his 10 vs the Saints.
Southampton vs Manchester City
As expected, Man City are dominating possession in the opening few minutes with Southampton camped in their own half. The Saints have dropped more points from winning positions than any other team in the Premier League this season (28). If they lead but fail to win this match, it will be the first time they’ve lost 30+ points after going ahead in a single campaign in the competition.
Southampton vs Manchester City
The teams are in the tunnel and kick-off will commence shortly at St Mary's Stadium. 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.
Southampton vs Manchester City
Pep Guardiola makes five changes to the Manchester City team who defeated Wolves last time out. Star striker Erling Haaland features for the first time after missing the last seven matches through injury and replaces Omar Marmoush. Nico O'Reilly, Jeremy Doku, Matheus Nunes and Ilkay Gundogan also come out of the team with Manuel Akanji, James McAtee, Phil Foden and Rico Lewis replacing the quartet. The Citizens have won their last four Premier League games, their joint-longest winning run of the season. They’re looking to win back-to-back away league games for the first time since August.
Southampton vs Manchester City
Simon Rusk has made three changes to the Southampton side that lost 2-0 to Leicester City last weekend. James Bree, Tyler Dibling and Welington come into the Saints starting XI in place of Kyle Walker-Peters, Ryan Manning and Ross Stewart. The hosts have conceded 82 Premier League goals this season. Only three times before have they conceded more in a single league campaign in their history – 85 in 1952-53, 92 in 1966-67 and 83 in 1967-68.
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