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FA Cup · Sat, Apr 25Full time
Manchester City vs Southampton — Highlights & Goals
Manchester City2–1Southampton
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Manchester City produced a dramatic late fightback to reach their fourth successive FA Cup final with a remarkable 2-1 win over Championship Southampton.
The game between Manchester City and Southampton on Saturday, April 25, 2026 ended 2-1 (FA Cup).
On the scoresheet: Finn Azaz (79'), Jérémy Doku (82'), Nico González (87').
Manchester City had 69% of the possession against 31% for Southampton. The referee showed 1 yellow card and 0 red cards in total.
Form & head-to-head
Timeline
14- 58'Jérémy Doku↓ Mateo Kovacic
- 58'Savinho↓ Phil Foden
- 61'Cyle Larin↓ Ross Stewart
- 61'Shea Charles↓ Cameron Bragg
- 71'Erling Haaland↓ Omar Marmoush
- 71'Nico O'Reilly↓ Rayan Aït-Nouri
- 76'Kuryu Matsuki↓ Welington because of an injury
- 79′Finn Azaz
- 82′Jérémy Doku
- 85'Bernardo Silva↓ Tijjani Reijnders
- 87′Nico González
- 89'Cameron Archer↓ James Bree
- 89'Samuel Edozie↓ Tom Fellows
- 90'+3'Taylor Harwood-Bellis
Stats
Manchester CityvsSouthampton
69.4%Possession30.6%
26Shots4
6On Target3
11Blocked Shots1
10Corners3
2Offsides3
9Fouls9
0Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
2Saves3
557Accurate Passes201
4Tackles13
6Interceptions4
19Clearances25
Win probability
Pre-match odds
Manchester City 75%Draw 16%Southampton 9%
Lineups
Manchester CityStarting XI
- 1James TraffordEngland
- 2Nathan AkéNetherlands
- 3John StonesEngland
- 4Rayan Aït-NouriAlgeria
- 5Matheus NunesPortugal
- 6Nico GonzálezSpain
- 7Mateo KovacicCroatia
- 8Tijjani ReijndersNetherlands
- 9Omar MarmoushEgypt
- 10Phil FodenEngland
- 11Rayan CherkiFrance
Substitutes
- Abdukodir Khusanov
- Nico O'Reilly
- Bernardo Silva
- Rico Lewis
- Jérémy Doku
- Erling Haaland
- Marc Guéhi
SouthamptonStarting XI
- 1Daniel PeretzIsrael
- 2Taylor Harwood-BellisEngland
- 3Nathan WoodEngland
- 4James BreeEngland
- 5Welington Brazil
- 6Tom FellowsEngland
- 7Caspar JanderGermany
- 8Cameron BraggScotland
- 9Léo ScienzaBrazil
- 10Finn AzazRepublic of Ireland
- 11Ross StewartScotland
Substitutes
- Kuryu Matsuki
- Elias Jelert
- George Long
- Joshua Quarshie
- Cyle Larin
- Jay Robinson
- Shea Charles