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Manchester United vs Southampton

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Old Trafford

Date: 12th February 2022

Kick-off time – 12:30 GMT

Manchester United will look to get back to winning ways when they welcome Southampton to Old Trafford this Saturday.

The Red Devils made it two games without a win in midweek as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Sean Dyche’s struggling Burnley, putting their top-four bid in jeopardy.

After having a goal by Raphael Varane chalked off by VAR for a marginal offside, Ralf Rangnick’s side took the lead in the 18th minute through Paul Pogba who was making his Premier League return after over two months’ absence.

Their lead was wiped out two minutes into the second half when Jay Rodriguez found the bottom left corner after a mazy run and dribble into the box.

So, the hosts come into this tie sitting in fifth, one point behind West Ham who won their game against Watford on the same day. With Arsenal still to play later today, the Red Devils could finish this week in sixth.

They will be desperate to win this game and will fancy their chances of doing so given that they have won four of their last five PL outings at Old Trafford (L1), while never trailing at half-time during that period (HT: W1, D4).

Their recent H2H record at this venue (W3, D2) which includes a 9-0 thrashing last term in what was United’s joint-biggest margin of victory in a league match in their 144-year history will be another source of encouragement for United.

Meanwhile, Southampton will look to continue their decent run of form when they travel to Old Trafford.

The Saints come into this tie on the back of a 3-2 away win over Tottenham Hotspur.

That win was their sixth win of the season and pushed Ralph Hassenhuttle’s side into the top half of the table. That result also followed a 1-1 draw with Manchester City just before the winter break, and once again showed how good the visitors can be on their day.

They will go to Man United’s home looking to make it two consecutive away league wins for the first time since June 2020. However, they have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 14 consecutive games. They will have to be tighter in defence and more clinical in attack as they have conceded 2+ goals in seven straight PL road games (W2, D1, L4).

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

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 16 12 3 1 37 16 +21 39
2 Chelsea 17 10 5 2 37 19 +18 35
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 4 5 27 21 +6 28
6 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
7 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
8 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
9 Fulham 17 6 7 4 24 22 +2 25
10 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 2 8 39 25 +14 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 17 6 4 7 21 22 -1 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Everton 16 3 7 6 14 21 -7 16
16 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
17 Leicester City 17 3 5 9 21 37 -16 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 3 11 27 40 -13 12
19 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
20 Southampton 17 1 3 13 11 36 -25 6

Latest Premier League Results

December 22, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 6 Liverpool
Manchester United 0 - 3 AFC Bournemouth
Leicester City 0 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 0 - 0 Southampton
Everton 0 - 0 Chelsea
December 21, 2024
Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal
Brentford 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 0 - 4 Newcastle United
West Ham United 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 West Ham United
December 15, 2024
Southampton 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 2 - 1 Brentford
Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
December 14, 2024
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town

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