Manchester United vs Southampton Match Preview or Key Statistics
1️⃣Manchester United have won just two of their last six Premier League home games against Southampton (D2 L2), having won 13 of their first 14 against them at Old Trafford (D1).
2️⃣Southampton came from behind to draw 1-1 in the reverse fixture – only in 2013-14 have they avoided defeat in both Premier League meetings with Manchester United (D2).
3️⃣Southampton have lost more matches (26) and conceded more goals (82) versus Manchester United than they have against any other side in Premier League history.
4️⃣Manchester United have lost just one of their last 15 home league games (W9 D5), winning the last four in a row by an aggregate score of 13-2. Prior to this, they had lost three out of five at Old Trafford (W1 D1).
5️⃣Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 17 matches in all competitions (W13 D4) – they last had a longer such run in March 2013 under Sir Alex Ferguson (18 matches).
6️⃣Manchester United have won 13 penalties in the Premier League this season; no team has ever won more in a single campaign in the competition (also, Leicester in 2015-16 and Crystal Palace in 2004-05).
7️⃣Southampton have won only one of their last 23 away Premier League games against ‘big six’ teams (D5 17), winning 2-0 at Chelsea in December 2019.
8️⃣Either Marcus Rashford or Anthony Martial have scored in 11 of Manchester United’s 17 Premier League home games this season, with the Red Devils winning 10 and drawing one of these games. In their six home games in which neither has scored, Man Utd’s record is W0 D4 L2.
9️⃣Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in 28 goals in 27 appearances in the Portuguese and English top-flight combined this season (15 goals, 13 assists). His tally of 13 goal involvements in 10 Premier League appearances is the joint-most by a player in their first 10 games in the competition’s history alongside Mick Quinn.
🔟Southampton’s Danny Ings has opened the scoring in nine separate Premier League games this season - more than any other player (9). Ings (19) could become only the second Southampton player to reach 20+ goals in a 38-game Premier League season after James Beattie in 2002-03 (23).
1️⃣Manchester United have won just two of their last six Premier League home games against Southampton (D2 L2), having won 13 of their first 14 against them at Old Trafford (D1).
2️⃣Southampton came from behind to draw 1-1 in the reverse fixture – only in 2013-14 have they avoided defeat in both Premier League meetings with Manchester United (D2).
3️⃣Southampton have lost more matches (26) and conceded more goals (82) versus Manchester United than they have against any other side in Premier League history.
4️⃣Manchester United have lost just one of their last 15 home league games (W9 D5), winning the last four in a row by an aggregate score of 13-2. Prior to this, they had lost three out of five at Old Trafford (W1 D1).
5️⃣Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 17 matches in all competitions (W13 D4) – they last had a longer such run in March 2013 under Sir Alex Ferguson (18 matches).
6️⃣Manchester United have won 13 penalties in the Premier League this season; no team has ever won more in a single campaign in the competition (also, Leicester in 2015-16 and Crystal Palace in 2004-05).
7️⃣Southampton have won only one of their last 23 away Premier League games against ‘big six’ teams (D5 17), winning 2-0 at Chelsea in December 2019.
8️⃣Either Marcus Rashford or Anthony Martial have scored in 11 of Manchester United’s 17 Premier League home games this season, with the Red Devils winning 10 and drawing one of these games. In their six home games in which neither has scored, Man Utd’s record is W0 D4 L2.
9️⃣Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in 28 goals in 27 appearances in the Portuguese and English top-flight combined this season (15 goals, 13 assists). His tally of 13 goal involvements in 10 Premier League appearances is the joint-most by a player in their first 10 games in the competition’s history alongside Mick Quinn.
🔟Southampton’s Danny Ings has opened the scoring in nine separate Premier League games this season - more than any other player (9). Ings (19) could become only the second Southampton player to reach 20+ goals in a 38-game Premier League season after James Beattie in 2002-03 (23).
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