In this evening's EFL Cup last eight match, the Holy City of Southampton will host the blue moon star Manchester City. The matchup will be a good one, as the goal difference is 3.5 goals or less, so it's worth a shot. (Simultaneous broadcast on Cable 661 and 601 at 4am on Thursday)
Despite the fact that Southampton has recently sacked Henderson and hired a new manager, Nathan Jones, the team's performance is still in the doldrums, with only 2 wins in the last 6 matches, and 4 consecutive defeats in the league, which is a setback for the team's morale. The team is at the bottom of the league, and the relegation situation is grim. The importance of the EFL Cup is naturally not comparable to it, and a loss against Manchester City is reasonable, so I believe that the team will choose their strategy wisely, and may not go all out in this game.
Manchester City has been taking the EFL Cup seriously in recent years, winning the cup 8 times and 6 times in the last 9 editions. However, many of the team's key players, such as Giovanni Di Bruyne and Bernardo Schwarz, are showing signs of fatigue after their return to the team, and the manager, Diego Cordero, needs to rotate his personnel. For example, in the last round of the EFL Cup, the manager sent out new faces such as Lego Luis and Golpenma in the elimination of Liverpool. Despite the 4-0 win over Chelsea in the EFL Cup, the manager actually withdrew Charlotte, Dibny and other key players.
More crucially, City will face city rivals Manchester United in the league next week, and in order to catch up with Arsenal at the top of the table, this Man City game is not to be missed. Looking back at the history, the last 7 times the Blue Moon away from home, 6 times the number of goals scored in less than 3 goals, this campaign does not seem to need to go all out on the attack, Zulian Ivaris, Kiarisu is enough to do the job, may be a small lead after the easy to advance, for the next week to beat the pyramid to make a good preparation for the small market, the optimistic about the 3.5 goals or less.
