MATCH FACTS

■■Southampton have avoided defeat in both Premier League meetings with Manchester City in a single season for the first time since 2002-03, while these two sides have drawn both games in a single season in the competition for the first time since 1994-95.

Manchester City have conceded first in 14 Premier League matches against Southampton, only going on to win on one occasion – 2-1 at the Etihad in November 2019 (D6 L7).

■■Southampton are unbeaten in their last eight consecutive Premier League home games (W3 D5), their longest such run since October 2016 (nine games, W6 D3).

Southampton have dropped 77 points from winning positions in the Premier League since Ralph Hasenhuttl’s first game in charge in December 2018, at least 14 more than any other team in this time.

■■Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne has assisted in all four of his away starts against Southampton in the Premier League (5 assists in total) – no player has registered more assists in the competition at St. Mary’s for an away side.

Southampton’s Kyle Walker-Peters scored his first Premier

League goal on his 68th appearance in the competition (12 for Tottenham and 56 for Southampton). ■■Southampton’s Nathan Redmond has provided more assists in the Premier League in 2021-22 (5) than he has in any other previous campaign in the competition, while no other Saints player has registered more than two in the league this season.