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Remontada Manchester City vs Southampton in FA Cup

FA Cup Sat 25/4·19:15
Manchester City
2-1 FT
Southampton
  • Doku82'
  • Nico87'
  • Azaz79'
Wembley Stadium70,053 spectatorsReferee: Craig Pawson
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Difficulty
77

Manchester City trailed by one goal, then came back to win

  1. 79'Trailed by one goal
  2. 82'Equaliser
  3. 87'Winner

Why they came back

Pressure after falling behind

From minute 79 to the final whistle: Manchester City had 7 shots (2 on target), Southampton only 2.

Changes by coach Guardiola

Haaland came on for Marmoush (71'), O'Reilly came on for Ait Nouri (71'), Bernardo came on for Reijnders (85').

The last 15 minutes

2 goals by Manchester City came after the 75th minute. It's not over until the final whistle.

Fan predictions

Before kick-off, 78% of fans backed Manchester City to win, but they fell behind by one goal first.

The match in one curve

Ahead by one goalLevelBehind by one goal0153045607590HT79'87'Substitution 58'Substitution 58'Substitution 71'Substitution 71'Substitution 85'Lowest pointTurnaround
BehindLevelAheadManchester City goal Southampton goalSubstitution Red card

Who pressed more?

Each bar is 5 minutes. Above the line: Manchester City chances, below: Southampton. Bar height shows how dangerous the shots were
Manchester Ci…Southampton04590

Match story

  1. 79'

    Azaz opened the scoring for Southampton, assisted by K. Matsuki, putting Southampton ahead 1-0.

  2. 82'

    Doku equalised for Manchester City, assisted by Reijnders, to make it 1-1.

  3. 87'

    Nico completed the turnaround for Manchester City, assisted by Doku, putting Manchester City ahead 2-1.

The match in numbers

Manchester CitySouthampton
69%Possession31%
2.06Chance quality (xG)0.17
26Shots4
6On target3
2Big chances0
10Corners3
619Passes271

Top players

1
DokuManchester City · Left Forward
8.9
2
NicoManchester City · Midfielder
8.4
3
StonesManchester City · Centre Back
7.7
Rating out of 10 based on each player's performance

Fan predictions before kick-off

Man City 78%Draw 7%Southampton 15%
from 38,073 votes

Line-ups

Southampton5-4-1
6.7 Trafford 7.0 Ait Nouri 6.8 Aké 7.7 Stones 6.9 Nunes 6.7 Kovacic 8.4 Nico 7.2 Reijnders 6.9 Foden 7.3 Cherki 6.3 Marmoush 5.9 Peretz 6.7 Wood 6.5 Harwood-Bellis 5.8 Bree 6.6 Welington 5.3 Fellows 5.9 L. Scienza 6.4 C. Jander 6.1 C. Bragg 7.4 Azaz 6.6 Stewart
Manchester City4-3-2-1
Manchester City coach: Guardiola Southampton coach: Eckert

Match events

Manchester CitySouthampton
  1. DokuSubstitution · for Kovacic
    58'
  2. SavinhoSubstitution · for Foden
    58'
  3. LarinSubstitution · for Stewart
    61'
  4. CharlesSubstitution · for C. Bragg
    61'
  5. HaalandSubstitution · for Marmoush
    71'
  6. O'ReillySubstitution · for Ait Nouri
    71'
  7. K. MatsukiSubstitution · for Welington
    76'
  8. AzazGoal · assist: K. Matsuki
    79'
  9. DokuGoal · assist: Reijnders
    82'
  10. BernardoSubstitution · for Reijnders
    85'
  11. NicoGoal · assist: Doku
    87'
  12. EdozieSubstitution · for Fellows
    89'
  13. ArcherSubstitution · for Bree
    89'
  14. Harwood-BellisYellow card
    90+3'