Southampton vs Man United Predictions
- Full Time Result: Man United Win
- Correct Score: 0-1
- Both Teams To Score: No
- Over 2.5 Goals: No
- First Goalscorer: Joshua Zirkzee
Southampton vs Man United Tips
Tip 1
Marcus Rashford has been flagged offside three times already this season, with United’s only away match at Brighton producing two of those calls.
That puts the 25-year-old a quarter of the way towards last season’s tally of 12 – a total set to rise given his poor form and apparent frustrations.
Southampton’s opponents this term – Newcastle, Nottingham Forest, Cardiff and Brentford – have been flagged 1, 1, 6, 1 times. United, on the other hand, have seen high offside counts so far in the 2024/25 season, recording totals of 3, 3, 6 versus Man City, Fulham and Brighton.
Tip 2
Taylor Harwood-Bellis is set to have his work cut out for him again this weekend as a minacious United attack lines up at St Mary’s to rectify their side’s mistakes from before the international break.
The 22-year-old defender has been booked twice in Southampton’s opening three matches, conceding five fouls. While never a reckless individual, this season’s increased workload will put the City academy graduate in plenty more compromising positions than either of his last two Championship promotion campaigns for Southampton and Burnley.
Furthermore, United’s attack has caused an opposition centre back to be carded in all three league fixtures this term – first Calvin Bassey for Fulham, followed by Brighton’s Jan Paul van Hecke and most recently Virgil van Dijk in Liverpool red.
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Southampton Form, Team News & Predicted Line-Up
An EFL Cup win over Cardiff City has been Southampton’s only respite from an arduous start to life back in the Premier League, enduring three consecutive defeats and being tipped for a fourth against favourites Man United.
Aaron Ramsdale is expected to make his home debut. Likewise, new signing Maxwel Cornet could be included from the off.
Southampton Predicted XI: Ramsdale; Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens; Walker-Peters, Aribo, Downes, Fernandes, Cornet; Archer, Armstrong.
Man United Form, Team News & Predicted Line-Up
Just three points from a possible nine has piled the pressure on Erik ten Hag in the early stages of the new campaign, with his Red Devils desperate to recover from back-to-back defeats this weekend.
After his horror showing in the humiliating 3-0 defeat to rivals Liverpool, Casemiro is expected to make way for new signing Manuel Ugarte.
Man United Predicted XI: Onana; Mazrouai, De Ligt, Martinez, Dalot; Mainoo, Ugarte; Garnacho, Fernandes, Rashford; Zirkzee.
Southampton vs Man United Head-To-Head Record
Although they possess a pretty turgid H2H record against the Red Devils, Saints have lost only one of the last three encounters, drawing the other three.
Since United’s record-breaking 9-0 win at Old Trafford in this fixture, there’ve been two or fewer goals scored in the following four fixtures.
Last Five Results:
- 12/03/23: Man United 0-0 Southampton – Premier League
- 27/08/22: Southampton 0-1 Man United – Premier League
- 12/02/22: Man United 1-1 Southampton – Premier League
- 22/08/21: Southampton 1-1 Man United – Premier League
- 02/02/21: Man United 9-0 Southampton – Premier League
