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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32505 seats)

Match week two of the Premier League campaign and the participants have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the best Southampton - Manchester United pre-match guide:

Both parties have had plenty of rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an active fixture!

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Southampton form and stats

In the previous season, Southampton's league stats were 12 wins, 7 draws and 19 losses, providing 15th position in the Premier League. During these 38 matches they scored 47 goals and gave away 68. Appearing as the host team in the former season Southampton delivered 8-3-8 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 25 conceded.

The fans are hoping that Southampton will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Premier League game against Everton (placed 4th). James Ward-Prowse (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.31/10. Ward-Prowse hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 48 successful passes (of 55 total).

Heartbreak before that as Southampton lost 0-3 at West Ham United's place.

There will be little rest for Southampton after this match as they are travelling to Newport County for a Carabao Cup game in only one day.

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Manchester United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Manchester United performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 11 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 73 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 7 and lost 0 with 35/16 goals scored/conceded.

The supporters enjoyed United's previous game versus Leeds United (placed 20th), a Premier League 5-1 win played at home. Bruno Fernandes got a match rating of 8.62 in that game, top player of the team. Fernandes scored three goals and hit three key passes. As you can tell from the results above, United was very dominant against Leeds United, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Fred, Bruno Fernandes (3) and Mason Greenwood providing the goals. Bruno Fernandes certainly enjoyed United's last game versus Leeds United, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-1 victory.

Before that, Manchester United travelled to Villarreal (after extra-time, 11-10 on penalties) and returned home with a draw after the Europa League game finished 1-1.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Southampton victories, five draws and five Manchester United wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
3 goals
SouthamptonA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
1 goals
Manchester UnitedF. Rodrigues Santos
F. Rodrigues Santos
1 goals

Southampton missing players

Manchester United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Southampton Manchester United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 5
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 16
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 8
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 62%
Southampton Last season Manchester United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
12 8   Won W   12 21
7 3   Drew D   7 11
19 8   Lost L   0 6
47 28   Scored S   35 73
68 25   Conceded C   16 44
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   74% 82%
79% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 68%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 61%
29% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 45%
21% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 24%
47% 53%   BTTS BTTS   63% 63%
24% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 34%
34% 21%   Failed to Score F T   26% 21%
 
4.7 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.2
5.2 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.3
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.7
3 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
11.3 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 13.6
4.4 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.5 5.5
28% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Everton 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Brentford 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Watford 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Burnley 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Leeds United 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Everton 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Brentford 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Watford 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Burnley 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Leeds United 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.