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Manchester City are aiming to reach their second domestic cup final of the season when they take on Southampton in Saturday’s FA Cup semifinal.
Pep Guardiola’s side won the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 victory over Arsenal last month and are currently neck-and-neck with the Gunners in the Premier League title race.
It means a repeat of their unprecedented 2018/19 domestic treble is still a possibility for City, but they face an opponent in fine form.
Southampton dispatched Arsenal in the previous round and Tonda Eckert’s side are unbeaten in 20 matches across all competitions as they chase promotion from the Championship.
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Man City vs. Southampton live score
Location: Wembley Stadium (London, UK)
Referee: Craig Pawson
Starting lineups:
Man City (4-2-2-2, right to left): Trafford — Nunes, Stones, Ake, Ait-Nouri— Kovacic, Nico — Cherki, Reijnders — Foden, Marmoush
Southampton (4-2-3-1, right to left): Peretz — Bree, Harwood-Bellis, Wood, Welington— Bragg, Jander — Fellows, Azaz, Scienza — Stewart
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Man City vs. Southampton key moments
71 mins: How on earth haven’t City scored there? Charles coughs up possession, Guardiola’s side stream forward. Nico has a strike saved by Peretz, Cherki’s follow-up is blocked and then Reijnders fires wide. Southampton hanging on, with Erling Haaland now into the action.
65 mins: Peretz plunges to his right to deny City substitute Savinho. Southampton then nearly get away on the break but Larin overhits the pass and Trafford is alert to the danger.
63 mins: Cherki with a lovely little change of pace to scamper towards the byline. Marmoush flings himself at the cross but can’t make contact.
60 mins: Lovely interplay from Cherki and Ait-Nouri. The latter cuts back to Marmoush but the Egypt forward is leaning back and skies his shot.
53 mins: Cherki becomes the latest City player to flash a ball across the face of goal. It’s a good spell of pressure but hasn’t come to anything yet. Erling Haaland probably looking on ruefully from the bench.
46 mins:Sloppy stuff from City at the start of the second half. Fellows gets in, but Ake is back with a recovery challenge and Trafford can mop up.
Halftime
Still goalless here and a much-changed Manchester City have, perhaps understandably, struggled for rhythm. Southampton made six changes themselves, in all fairness, and have acquitted themselves very well.
20 mins: Mateo Kovacic, making his first start of the season following a couple of operations, goes on a jinking run and drives across goal from a narrow angle.
12 mins: Southampton have the ball in the net and the fans at the other end of the stadium are going spare. But Scienza was offside before he slotted past Trafford.
Man City vs. Southampton upcoming schedules
Man City upcoming fixtures
| Date | Competition | Match | Location |
| Mon, May 4 | Premier League | Everton vs. Man City | Hill Dickinson Stadium (Liverpool, UK) |
| Sat, May 9 | Premier League | Man City vs. Brentford | Etihad Stadium (Manchester, UK) |
| Sun, May 17 | Premier League | Bournemouth vs. Man City | Vitality Stadium (Bournemouth, UK) |
Southampton upcoming fixtures
| Date | Competition | Match | Location |
| Tue, Apr 28 | Championship | Southampton vs. Ipswich | St Mary’s (Southampton, UK) |
| Sat, May 2 | Championship | Preston vs. Southampton | Deepdale (Preston, UK) |