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Match preview
Will Carabao Cup kings Manchester City move one step closer to capturing this trophy once again?
The Sky Blues are eight-times winners of this competition, with six of these, unsurprisingly, coming in the last decade.
Under Pep Guardiola, they claimed four consecutive League Cups, before finally being dethroned by West Ham last season.
So far this year, the Citizens have already seen off both Chelsea and Liverpool, and are favourites once again to be celebrating silverware at Wembley on 26 February.
At the weekend, Guardiolaβs team smashed Chelsea in the FA Cup, easily running out 4-0 winners; RiyΔαΈ MaαΈ₯rez, JuliΓ‘n Γlvarez and Phil Foden all on target.
Here, Man City are massive favourites to reach an 11th domestic cup semi-final in eight seasons.
The Saints have lost six league games on the spin, most recently beaten by fellow-strugglers Nottingham Forest at home a week ago.
Nathan Jonesβ side visit Goodison Park on Saturday, in a massive game, with this far from ideal preparation.
Southampton did at least claim a morale-boosting victory in the FA Cup on Saturday, coming from behind to beat Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
James Ward-Prowseβs wide free-kick evading everybody, before Adam Armstrong robbed the goalkeeper and walked in the winner.
In this competition, the 2017 finalists have so far ousted Cambridge United, Sheffield Wednesday and Lincoln City, but it goes without saying that thisβll be an exponentially tougher challenge.
Manchester City scored four in both of their last two meetings with Southampton, with this one likely to go a similar way.
Southampton team news
The Saints are without Armel Bella-Kotchap and Stuart Armstrong who are both injured.
Gavin Bazunu, RomΓ©o Lavia, Juan Larios and Samuel Edozie could all face the club they left in the summer.
Meanwhile, Mislav OrΕ‘iΔ could make his debut after joining for Β£6 million from GNK Dinamo Zagreb last week.
Predicted XI (5-4-1): Bazunu; Walker-Peters, Lyanco, Δaleta-Car, Salisu, Perraud; Lavia, Ward-Prowse, Edozie, Aribo; Adams.
Manchester City team news
Pep Guardiola may be tempted to rest his superstar players, specifically Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Braut HΓ₯land, ahead of Saturdayβs Manchester derby.
He confirmed last week that Kalvin Phillips, who came on at the hour mark on Sunday, would start this tie.
Impressive teenaged right-back Rico Lewis is set to return, as are Jack Grealish and Δ°lkay GΓΌndoΔan.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Ortega; Lewis, Stones, AkΓ©, GΓ³mez; Phillips, GΓΌndoΔan, Foden; MaαΈ₯rez, Grealish, Γlvarez.
Southampton vs Manchester City: Head to head statistics
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