LONDON - With Premier League leaders Chelsea on top form, Manchester City will be hoping their Champions League win over Bayern Munich re-ignites their title defence when they visit high-flying Southampton on Sunday.
Third-placed City have fallen eight points behind unbeaten leaders Chelsea after 12 games and face a tough test against a Saints side defying the critics who said they would struggle.
City's Sergio Aguero struck twice in the last five minutes to complete his hat-trick and secure a 3-2 victory at home to 10-man Bayern on Tuesday, and Manuel Pellegrini's side have certainly been doing it the hard way in recent matches.
As well as staging the Bayern comeback, which revived their fading hopes of reaching the last 16, City fell behind early on in their last Premier League game at home to Swansea and needed goals from Stevan Jovetic and Yaya Toure to claim victory.
Ronald Koeman's second-placed Southampton saw their run of four consecutive wins end with a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa on Monday but should be confident on home turf where they have won five and drawn one of six home league games - scoring 17 and conceding just one.
Manchester United, after a troubled start to Louis van Gaal's reign, have quietly moved up to fourth, their improvement underlined by a 2-1 win at Arsenal on Sunday. United host Hull City tomorrow.
English Premier League fixtures this weekend:
TOMORROW
West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal (2.45pm), Burnley v Aston Villa (5pm), Liverpool v Stoke City (5pm), Manchester United v Hull City (5pm), Queens Park Rangers v Leicester City (5pm), West Ham United v Newcastle United (5pm), Swansea City v Crystal Palace (5pm), Sunderland v Chelsea (7.30pm)
SUNDAY
Southampton v City (3.30pm), Tottenham v Everton (6pm).
City to fight for supremacy
LONDON - With Premier League leaders Chelsea on top form, Manchester City will be hoping their Champions League win over Bayern Munich re-ignites their title defence when they visit high-flying Southampton on Sunday.
Third-placed City have fallen eight points behind unbeaten leaders Chelsea after 12 games and face a tough test against a Saints side defying the critics who said they would struggle.
City's Sergio Aguero struck twice in the last five minutes to complete his hat-trick and secure a 3-2 victory at home to 10-man Bayern on Tuesday, and Manuel Pellegrini's side have certainly been doing it the hard way in recent matches.
As well as staging the Bayern comeback, which revived their fading hopes of reaching the last 16, City fell behind early on in their last Premier League game at home to Swansea and needed goals from Stevan Jovetic and Yaya Toure to claim victory.
Ronald Koeman's second-placed Southampton saw their run of four consecutive wins end with a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa on Monday but should be confident on home turf where they have won five and drawn one of six home league games - scoring 17 and conceding just one.
Manchester United, after a troubled start to Louis van Gaal's reign, have quietly moved up to fourth, their improvement underlined by a 2-1 win at Arsenal on Sunday. United host Hull City tomorrow.
English Premier League fixtures this weekend:
TOMORROW
West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal (2.45pm), Burnley v Aston Villa (5pm), Liverpool v Stoke City (5pm), Manchester United v Hull City (5pm), Queens Park Rangers v Leicester City (5pm), West Ham United v Newcastle United (5pm), Swansea City v Crystal Palace (5pm), Sunderland v Chelsea (7.30pm)
SUNDAY
Southampton v City (3.30pm), Tottenham v Everton (6pm).
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