Man City travel to the south coast for Saturday's late kick off as the leaders face Southampton. The Saints managed to gain a point at the Etihad earlier in the season but since then Pep Guardiola's side have been ruthless, carving out an 11 point gap at the top of the Premier League.
Ralph Hasenhuttl's side meanwhile head into the game positioned in mid-table and come into this one on the back of a 3-1 defeat to Wolves last time out.
Ahead of the 5.30pm kick off at St Mary's, MEN Sport decided to take a look at how the pundits feel this one is going to play out. Mark Lawrenson - BBC Sport "Southampton played really well when they came to Etihad Stadium in September.
They got a point and were unlucky not to get all three," he told the BBC. "But this Manchester City team is a different beast now compared with the way they were playing four months ago.
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