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22.01.2022 - 14:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City have the chance to go 14 points clear at the top of the Premier League table, when they face Southampton on Saturday.
Man City took a huge step towards the Premier League title following Kevin De Bruyne's strike earning Pep Guardiola's side a hard-fought 1-0 win over Chelsea last weekend, opening up the gap between the two sides to 12 points, effectively ending Chelsea's title hopes.
The victory was also City's 12th consecutive Premier League win, and Pep Guardiola will be looking for number 13 on Saturday as they travel to the south coast to take on Southampton.
Nathan Ake, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Cole Palmer are set to be assessed before the trip to Southampton and could all miss out, with the only guaranteed absence being young striker Liam Delap, who is yet to even make an appearance this season.
Riyad Mahrez is set to return to City much earlier than anticipated as Algeria were surprisingly knocked out of AFCON in the group stages, but it's unlikely that the winger will be rushed back in time for Saturday.
So, what line-up will Guardiola select? And, what could the final score be?
We used FIFA 22 to get a score prediction for Southampton vs Man City on Saturday and this is what happened...
We used kick-off mode in FIFA 22, but didn't select a team to control, we then selected the teams and watched the match play out by itself, to give us a score prediction.
We predict that the Saints could set up in a 3-5-2 formation, with their line-up as follows: Forster; Bednarek, Lyanco, Salisu; Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Diallo, Perraud; Adams, Broja.
We then predict that City could set up in their 4-3-3 formation, with their line-up as follows: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Laporte, Zinchenko; Silva, Rodri,
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