Southampton vs Manchester United Preview

Southampton vs Manchester United

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – The Friends Provident St Mary’s Stadium

Date: 1st December 2018

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

Southampton are struggling to stay up yet again after miraculously surviving relegation last season.

The Saints were beaten by Leicester City in the Carabao Cup in midweek to pile more misery on Mark Hughes’ side.

They come into this game having won just one Premier League game all season.

Southampton have lost 7 of 13 league games and slid into the relegation zone last weekend as other relegation battlers started picking up needed points.

The Saints have lost 3 of their last 6 games however the other 3 have ended in draws and they will need more than that to stay up at the end of the season.

Manchester United may not be battling relegation at the moment, but they are also not fighting for the Premier League title either.

The Red Devils put in another subpar performance in their midweek game against Young Boys and needed a late goal from Marouane Fellaini to secure the points.

United were held to a goalless draw in their last league game by Crystal Palace, but their fans should feel that they have a good chance in this game as they have reserved their best performances for their away games.

Jose Mourinho’s men have conceded 21 goals already this season and that is the worst record of any team in the top 13.

Their attackers are also not exactly firing so they may still struggle to break down Southampton here.

Bookmakers make Manchester United slight odds-on favourites to come out on top while goal markets are currently undecided if we will see goals or not.

Romelu Lukaku is currently favourites with bookmakers to get the first goal despite his poor run of form.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Southampton

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Southampton 1-1 Watford 10 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
L Manchester City 6-1 Southampton 4 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
D Southampton 0-0 Newcastle United 27 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
D AFC Bournemouth 0-0 Southampton 20 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
L Southampton 0-3 Chelsea 7 Oct, 2018 English Premier League

Manchester United

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Manchester City 3-1 Manchester United 11 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
W Juventus 1-2 Manchester United 7 Nov, 2018 UEFA Champions League
W AFC Bournemouth 1-2 Manchester United 3 Nov, 2018 English Premier League
W Manchester United 2-1 Everton 28 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
L Manchester United 0-1 Juventus 23 Oct, 2018 UEFA Champions League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Manchester United 0-0 Southampton 30 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
Southampton 0-1 Manchester United 23 Sep, 2017 English Premier League
Southampton 0-0 Manchester United 17 May, 2017 English Premier League
Manchester United 3-2 Southampton 26 Feb, 2017 English Carabao Cup
Manchester United 2-0 Southampton 19 Aug, 2016 English Premier League


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

April 24, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 19:45 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 20:00 Newcastle United
Everton 20:00 Liverpool
Manchester United 20:00 Sheffield United
April 25, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:00 Manchester City
April 27, 2024
West Ham United 12:30 Liverpool
Fulham 15:00 Crystal Palace
Manchester United 15:00 Burnley
Newcastle United 15:00 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Luton Town
Everton 17:30 Brentford
Aston Villa 20:00 Chelsea
April 28, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 14:00 Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur 14:00 Arsenal
Nottingham Forest 16:30 Manchester City
May 2, 2024
Chelsea 19:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town 20:00 Everton

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 34 24 5 5 82 26 +56 77
2 Liverpool 33 22 8 3 75 32 +43 74
3 Manchester City 32 22 7 3 76 32 +44 73
4 Aston Villa 34 20 6 8 71 50 +21 66
5 Tottenham Hotspur 32 18 6 8 65 49 +16 60
6 Newcastle United 32 15 5 12 69 52 +17 50
7 Manchester United 32 15 5 12 47 48 -1 50
8 West Ham United 34 13 9 12 54 63 -9 48
9 Chelsea 32 13 8 11 61 57 +4 47
10 Brighton & Hov… 32 11 11 10 52 50 +2 44
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 12 7 14 46 53 -7 43
12 Fulham 34 12 6 16 50 54 -4 42
13 AFC Bournemouth 33 11 9 13 48 60 -12 42
14 Crystal Palace 33 9 9 15 42 56 -14 36
15 Brentford 34 9 8 17 52 59 -7 35
16 Everton 33 10 8 15 34 48 -14 30
17 Nottingham Forest 34 7 9 18 42 60 -18 26
18 Luton Town 34 6 7 21 47 75 -28 25
19 Burnley 34 5 8 21 37 69 -32 23
20 Sheffield United 33 3 7 23 31 88 -57 16

Latest Premier League Results

April 23, 2024
Arsenal 5 - 0 Chelsea
April 21, 2024
Fulham 1 - 3 Liverpool
Crystal Palace 5 - 2 West Ham United
Aston Villa 3 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
Everton 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest
April 20, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 2 Arsenal
Luton Town 1 - 5 Brentford
Sheffield United 1 - 4 Burnley
April 15, 2024
Chelsea 6 - 0 Everton
April 14, 2024
Arsenal 0 - 2 Aston Villa
West Ham United 0 - 2 Fulham
Liverpool 0 - 1 Crystal Palace
April 13, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 2 Manchester United
Nottingham Forest 2 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 5 - 1 Luton Town
Burnley 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Brentford 2 - 0 Sheffield United
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur

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