Is Southampton vs Man City on TV? Kick-off time, channel, live stream details and what the managers said

Manchester City are back in action on Saturday as they look to maintain their title charge.

The Citizens are currently eight points behind Arsenal with a game in hand, and while they are going to need a favour or two, they know they likely need to do their part week-in, week-out for the rest of the season. The next part of that is Saturday’s clash with relegation-threatened Southampton, and City will know the danger of playing against a side threatened with the drop.

Ahead of the clash, we have rounded up all the information surrounding the clash, including how to watch it on television.

When is Southampton vs Man City?

Southampton vs Manchester City will take place on Saturday, April 5 at St mary’s Stadium.

The fixture will kick off at 5.30pm.

Is it on TV?

Yes, it is.

This fixture will be shown live on Sky Sports, both on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event.

Coverage of the fixture will begin at 5pm, conluding at 8pm on Sky Sports Main Event and 8.30pm on Sky Sports Football.

Subscribers can also tune in on SkyGo, Sky Sports’ live streaming service.

Highlights details

Fans can tune into highlights on Match of the Day, which will air at 10.30pm on BBC One.

Sky Sports will be posting match clips on their social media during the game, and each of the two teams will post highlights on their YouTube channels early on Sunday morning.

What Selles has said

Speaking ahead of this one, Southampton boss Ruben Selles has said: “We don’t work with hope, we work with facts and with situations that we can control. I don’t think one player can change the dynamic of one team. I think that one player can change it if the other 10 are doing the job properly.

“So the fact that Manchester City now has Erling Haaland in front just makes their system a little bit better because the creation of the chances with Ruben Dias in the build-up, Ederson’s long distribution, Kevin de Bruyne in the half-spaces, [Ilkay] Gundogan, Bernardo [Silva], Rodri as central player, they make it possible.

“And it’s not about Erling Haaland, it is about a team that knows how to use their players in the best way possible. So that’s why we are focusing. If Erling is there, then we will play against him and if he is not there then they have a striker that just won the World Cup with Argentina [Julian Alvarez]. This is is a team that has great players so we respect every player, but we have our own way to do things.”

What Guardiola has said

In his pre-match press conference, Guardiola said: “If a manager was appointed yesterday it would be difficult but they’ve played a few games with the new manager. The patterns are quite clear. Every team is playing for something, a fight for the Premier League and a fight to be in the Premier League.

“Every game has its own characteristics and you have to be ready. Southampton have always been so tough there, the game we made it to 100 points they were much better than us, we’ve drawn before. It’s tough and I have a feeling tomorrow won’t be an exception.”