Southampton vs Manchester United – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Sreya

Southampton vs Manchester United – Manchester United travel to St. Mary’s Stadium on 23rd September, Saturday to face Southampton for an English Premier League fixture.

Manchester United sit atop the Premier League standings with thirteen points after five matches, their 4-0 win over Everton helping Jose Mourinho’s side to set the record straight after the 2-2 draw at Stoke City in the preceding fixture.

Southampton won 1-0 against Crystal Palace in their last game to climb up to the ninth place, with eight points, having won two and lost one of their first five league matches.

Team News

Charlie Austin is Southampton’s only injury concern while Manchester United will be without the injured Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and the unfit Marcos Rojo.

Southampton Possible Starting Lineup: Fraser Forster, Cedric Soares, Virgil van Dijk, Wesley Hoedt, Ryan Bertrand, Oriol Romeu, Mario Lemina, Dusan Tadic, Steven Davis, Nathan Redmond, Manolo Gabbiodini.

Manchester United Possible Starting Lineup: David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Daley Blind, Nemanja Matic, Marouane Fellaini, Juan Mata, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku.

“I think I’d like more goals and assists coming into play this year. Marcus and I have set little targets for ourselves. In each game, we set them ourselves, but that’s our little secret and we have our own ambitions as well. Hopefully, we can achieve them.”

– Jesse Lingard, Manchester United.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Southampton vs Manchester United H2H Stats, Manchester United have won three and lost two of their previous five meetings with Southampton.

Manchester United, however, are undefeated in their last 9 away matches against Southampton in all competitions. Moreover, Manchester United have scored at least 2 goals in their last 6 matches in the league.

While Manchester United have kept a clean sheet in 6 of their last 7 league matches, Southampton have failed to score in seven of their previous eight home games.

A 2-0 win for Manchester United is the most likely result.