5th position in the Premier League table for Manchester United so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 12th-placed Southampton visits Old Trafford.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Manchester and Southampton.
For Southampton most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Manchester United form and stats
35 points is a decent return from 17 Premier League games here at Old Trafford for Manchester United. The data says 10 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. Manchester has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Burnley defeat 172 days ago. Ever since the Wolverhampton Wanderers game Manchester United has been unbeatable here at Old Trafford producing four straight wins.
A good away victory last time out for Manchester, who won 3-0 against Aston Villa (placed 19th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting AFC Bournemouth in a game that was won 5-2.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Manchester home games with this odds we find 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, one draw and three defeats. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager O. Solskjær will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Crystal Palace in only three days.
The Manchester manager O. Solskjær has got the team scoring with 37 from 17 home games in the league. Manchester are not conceding a lot of goals here at Old Trafford in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 17 matches.
Southampton form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Southampton has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Everton for a Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Manchester City.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Southampton played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
A quick return to home after this game, as Southampton are hosting Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Southampton's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 17 league matches away. Southampton have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Southampton - Manchester 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Manchester, four draws and one win for Southampton. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
![]() D. Ings 19 goals | ![]() A. Martial 15 goals | ![]() M. Rashford 15 goals |
Manchester United missing players
Southampton missing players
| Manchester United | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 16 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 59 | 37 | 11 | Scored | S | 6 | 26 | 43 |
| 33 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 23 | 56 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 94% | 85% |
| 44% | 59% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 65% | 59% |
| 24% | 35% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 29% | 26% |
| 9% | 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 47% | 53% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 59% | 59% |
| 32% | 41% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 29% | 24% |
| 24% | 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | 18% |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 491 | 277 | 111 | Total Shots | T S | 54 | 235 | 436 |
| 188 | 102 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 90 | 153 |
| 31% | 36% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 29% | 28% |
- Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Manchester United is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 34 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 49 | 92 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 86 | 34 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 22 | 52 | 69 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 30 | 17 | 60 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 17 | 32 | 59 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 59 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 58 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 45 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 52 |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 51 |
| 8 | Arsenal | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 50 |
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 49 |
| 10 | Burnley | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -8 | 49 |
| 11 | Everton | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 32 | -8 | 45 |
| 12 | Southampton | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 43 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | -13 | 44 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 35 | -15 | 43 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -13 | 42 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -11 | 36 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 28 | -19 | 31 |
| 17 | Watford | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 53 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 31 | -22 | 31 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 59 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 32 | -27 | 28 |
| 19 | Aston Villa | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 65 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 35 | -29 | 27 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 32 | -37 | 21 |
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