Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier is confident his former side can produce a result at Manchester City on Nissan Super Sunday, insisting it is the perfect time to visit the Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola has seen a perfect start to the season rapidly unravel, with a 3-3 draw at Celtic followed by a defeat to Tottenham and a draw with Everton at home, before suffering a 4-0 loss to his former club Barcelona on Wednesday night.
Southampton also lost in Europe this week but were largely dominant in a 1-0 defeat at Inter Milan, and have collected 10 points from the last 12 available in the Premier League.
Le Tiss suspects City are there for the taking when they meet at 1.30pm on Sunday, live on Sky Sports 1, despite Sergio Aguero's expected return to the starting line-up.
"I think Southampton actually do have a bit of a squeak in this game. I think they're catching City at the right time, on the end of some bad results," the Soccer Saturday pundit told Sky Sports.
"They've just battered Inter Milan at the San Siro. If the Saints were 3-0 up at half-time it wouldn't have been an unfair reflection on the performance.
"Jay Rodriguez missed a couple of chances and I think if Charlie Austin had been on the pitch it would've been a different story.
"It was a shame that Shane Long (who was replaced by Austin after 48 minutes) picked up an injury because he would have been excellent at pressing the City backline and offering an outlet."
Le Tiss expects Aguero to be back in the starting line-up after Guardiola revealed the Argentina star was restricted to 10 minutes of action at the Nou Camp due to "tactical reasons", having also being benched against Everton after picking up a calf problem on international duty.
He does not, however, see a potential return to action for captain Vincent Kompany, with the centre-back's contribution limited to an EFL Cup start and an 89th-minute cameo up front against Everton.
"I think we'll certainly see Aguero back, which is obviously a shame as he's not a bad little player!" Le Tiss added.
"However, I wouldn't mind seeing Kompany in the line-up as he's going to be a little bit hesitant about how his body will cope."