Manchester City FC vs Southampton FC, FA Cup 2025-26 SEMI FINALS
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Overview
Match Preview
Manchester City FC vs Southampton FC — FA Cup at Wembley.
- Manchester City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Southampton FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Apr Southampton FC H 2–1 W 22 Apr Burnley FC A 1–0 W 19 Apr Arsenal FC H 2–1 W 12 Apr Chelsea FC A 3–0 W 04 Apr Liverpool FC H 4–0 W 17 Mar Real Madrid CF H 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Apr Manchester City FC A 1–2 L 21 Apr Bristol City FC H 2–2 D 18 Apr Swansea City AFC A 2–1 W 14 Apr Blackburn Rovers FC H 3–0 W 11 Apr Derby County FC H 2–1 W 07 Apr Wrexham AFC A 5–1 W Key Stats
57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season20% Clean Sheets
Southampton FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Manchester City FC0-15–/–16-30–/–31-452/–46-602/–61-751/–76+2/1■ Scored ■ ConcededSouthampton FC0-15–/–16-30–/–31-451/–46-60–/–61-75–/176+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Manchester City FCAntoine Semenyo 3 G 2 A Erling Haaland 3 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Manchester City FC and Southampton FC has kicked off!
- 5' Southampton FC is showing some good football. However, Southampton FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Manchester City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Jeremy Doku scoring 1 goals.
- 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Manchester City FC winning 100% of all matches.
- 20' Manchester City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 25' Manchester City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 30' Supporters expect more eagerness from Matheus Nunes, as he is very good at scoring at Wembley with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
- 40' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Caspar Jander made 145 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 45' It looks like no one’s ball. Southampton FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 50' Manchester City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 50.
- 55' The travelling Southampton FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 58' Savio has so much to prove this time. He replaces Phil Foden on 58 minute.
- 61' Another change for Southampton FC made on 61 minute. Ross Stewart leaves to be changed by Cyle Larin.
- 66' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 71' Time for substitution for Manchester City FC. Omar Marmoush is replaced by Erling Haaland.
- 76' Another change for Southampton FC made on 76 minute. Welington leaves to be changed by Kuryu Matsuki.
- 79' What a strike from Finn Azaz! The score is 0-1.
- 83' GOAL! Jeremy Doku scores on 83.
- 86' The supporters are chanting for Bernardo Silva. He replaces Tijjani Reijnders on 86 minute.
- 87' What a strike from Nico Gonzalez! The score is 2-1.
- 89' It is a substitution in Southampton FC team. James Bree is replaced by Cameron Archer on 89 minute.
- 90' Taylor Harwood-Bellis was booked on 90.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Southampton FC.
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Lineups
Manchester City FC Lineups
Starting XI
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8
Mateo Kovacic ↓ Jeremy Doku 58'
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47
Phil Foden ↓ Savio 58'
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- 27
- 10
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7
Omar Marmoush ↓ Erling Haaland 71'
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Bench
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20
Bernardo Silva ↑ 86'
- 25
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Erling Haaland ↑ 71'
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11
Jeremy Doku ↑ 58'
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26
Savio ↑ 58'
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Southampton FC Lineups
Starting XI
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James Bree ↓ Cameron Archer 89'
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11
Ross Stewart ↓ Cyle Larin 61'
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- 6
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34
Welington ↓ Kuryu Matsuki 76'
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18
Tom Fellows ↓ Samuel Edozie 89'
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- 13
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48
Cameron Bragg ↓ Shea Charles 61'
Bench
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9
Cyle Larin ↑ 61'
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19
Cameron Archer ↑ 89'
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27
Kuryu Matsuki ↑ 76'
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23
Samuel Edozie ↑ 89'
- 38
- 17
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24
Shea Charles ↑ 61'
- 46
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Riyad Mahrez 5 Raheem Sterling 4 Erling Haaland 4 Kevin De Bruyne 4 Sergio Aguero 3 James Ward-Prowse 3 David Silva 2 Phil Foden 2 Head to Head
Manchester City FC Form
Southampton FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.68 Manchester City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.11 Southampton FC xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Manchester City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.79Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 77% 23% ± 2.5 52% 48% ± 3.5 31% 69% ± 4.5 16% 84% Double Chance
Manchester City FC or Draw 78%Draw or Southampton FC 47%Manchester City FC or Southampton FC 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.4%1 – 0 9.4%2 – 1 Actual2 – 0 8.5%0 – 0 8%1 – 2 6.1%0 – 1 5.9%3 – 1 5.2%2 – 2 5.2%3 – 0 4.6%0 – 2 3.7%3 – 2 3%Asian Handicap — Manchester City FC
Handicap Manchester City FC covers Push Southampton FC covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 15% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 22% 51% -0.5 49% — 51% +0.5 76% — 24% +1 76% 14% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet 33% ✓Southampton FC keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.