SOU Vs MCI Fantasy Team Probable Playing 11 And Match Report: Dreary Manchester City side stand in fear of leaking further points in the league today.
With the goals having dried up for Manchester City this season, its clear that things are far from right at the club. Where the club has managed to elevate its defensive side of the game, the club has calamitously slumped in form at the back to sit in sorry 9th place currently.
Failing to score against West Brom, Manchester City were left resigned to a 1-1 draw in what should have been an easy win for them. The result was an epitome of what kind of languid season the club is enduring, a campaign which has already seen Liverpool open up an 8 point gap between the two clubs.
In dire need of three points after having drawn both their last couple of affairs, things look extremely bleak for City today as well. The side is up against a Southampton team going from strength to strength, a team which will test City in every docket of the game.
SOU Vs MCI Fantasy Probable Winner
Given the form both these clubs are in at the moment, we envision this encounter ending in either side walking away with the one point apiece.
Probable Playing 11
Team News
- Garcia and Zinchenko are both out with injury concerns for City.
Southampton
McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Walcott, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Armstrong, Adams, Ings
Manchester City
Ederson, Walker, Stones, Dias, Cancelo, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Sterling, Aguero
Match Details
Premier League 2020-21
Match: Southampton Vs Manchester City
Date And Time: 19th December, Saturday- 8:30pm IST
Venue: St. Mary’s Park, Southampton
Television: Star Sports Select 2/HD, Disney+ Hotstar
Top Goal Scorer
Southampton
- Ings: 6 Goals, 3 Assists
Manchester City
- Mahrez: 4 Goals
Goal-Keeper
We begin our set of picks with the selection of Ederson Moraes from City. He’s going to be plundered by a slew of shots from Southampton, ones from him he can easily pull off a solid amount of saves.
Defenders
With three cleansheets in their last five encounters, Manchester City have clearly escalated their defensive setup this season. Ruben Dias and Joao Cancelo have been pivotal to the side’s new found defensive resillinace to see both names be ingrained in our unit.
Southampton on the other hand will see us venture in with Jan Bednarek who has the two assists and Kyle Walker-Peters.
Midfielders
Despite his team regressing as an attacking setup, Kevin de Bruyne has continued to remain sublime as ever. He’s created the most number of goals for the club at six, a player who is waging a lone battle for the side in attack.
Ilkay Gundogan scored for the club against West Brom to see him partner up with Kevin. Southampton on the other hand will see their captain, James Ward-Prowse be our pick for the encounter owing to his four goals and three assists.
Oriel Romeu’s goal in the last week sees him complete the duo from the side.
Strikers
The club’s top scorer with 6 goals and 2 assists, Danny Ings will complete the set of picks from the team. Raheem Sterling meanwhile is our selection from City after his assist the last time around.
Captain And Vice-Captain
Kevin’s 2 goals and 6 assists make him our captain while James is the vice-captain.
Fantasy Team
Ederson, Jan, Joao, Kyle, Dias, James, Kevin, Romeu, Ilkay, Raheem, Ings
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Fantasy Team Disclaimer
All our selections are based on in-depth and astute analysis of the players partaking in the match and a perusal of other reasoning. Please incorporate a slew of factors while crafting your own side with this article serving as a guide to the match and players.
