MANCHESTER UNITED VS SOUTHAMPTON Good evening all and welcome to our live-text coverage of Manchester United vs Southampton at Old Trafford. Two teams in big form, this look looks like a cracking encounter, so stay with us for all the build-up, hype and highlights ahead of kick-off at 8pm.
Premier League / Matchday 35
Old Trafford / 13.07.2020
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- M. Rashford(20')
- A. Martial(23')
- S. Armstrong(12')
- M. Obafemi(90+6')
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Updated 13/07/2020 at 21:07 GMT
16'
Could be two for Southampton but Lindelof is quick to intercept Redmond's ball in this time.
Saints are pressing from the front and United are chasing shadows at times.
12'
GOAL! (Armstrong)
Saints take the lead!
Pogba this time gets punished after Ings nips it off him 25 yards from goal. The striker slips in Redmond who crosses for an unmarked Armstrong who blasts it into the net.
Mistakes at both ends of the pitch but Saints make it count where Martial couldn't.
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Goals1
On target2
Fouls against1
11'
CHANCE!
After all that, Saints almost gift United a goal.
Ward-Prowse takes a heavy touch at the back and Martial steals in to go one on one with the 'keeper.
Fortunately for Saints, McCarthy makes himself massive and gets a big left glove to Martial's shot. Should have scored it.
10'
Saints making this pitch look very small with their running and tight defensive shape. United have three of the fastest forwards in the league but they've not yet a had a metre of free space to run into.
How did this team lose 9-0 this season?
7'
Saints chasing relentlessly and they force De Gea into a dodgy pass out to Maguire who had little space.
In possession now, Walker-Peters finds Ings down the left who slips in Bertrand and De Gea has to be alert for a snap-cross.
5'
Bright start from Southampton in midfield who don't look daunted by the occasion, nor are they rushing themselves.
Saints have clearly identified Fernandes as the danger man and they're barely giving him a moment on the ball.
Solskjaer labelled them 'perhaps the fittest team in the league' and they're running like it in these early stages.
2'
Maguire clatters in on Adams with the kind of tackle that'd have the fans on their feet if there were any in the stadium.
Pogba almost finds Fernandes early down the right with a peach of a pass but Stephens just about gets there first.
1'
A moment's silence to remember footballing great Jack Charlton, and Southampton get us under way.
19:56
FOUR MINUTE WARNING
19:51
PRODIGY
Another start tonight for United's teenage sensation Mason Greenwood.
The 18-year-old is pure hype right now, and he's backed it up with three goals in three games too.
More to come tonight?
19:46
MANC DOUBLE
Last time out, Saints beat City 1-0, can they do the Manchester double with a win over United today...?
As for United, they walloped Bournemouth 5-2, breaking the Premier League record for most consecutive games won by a three-goal margin...most entertaining team ever by the numbers?
19:41
STATS
- Manchester 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).
- Southampton 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).
- Southampton have lost more matches (26) and conceded more goals (82) versus Manchester United than they have against any other side in Premier League history.
19:35
SOLSKJAER SPEAKS
19:33
SAINTS ON SONG
They looked well up for relegation back in October, but Southampton have turned things around to easily secure a spot in the Premier League next season. They've also managed more away wins this campaign than Barcelona...
And that's in no small part thanks to Danny Ings, who's in the form of his life. 19 goals and he's second in line for the golden boot right now. Can Maguire and co keep him quiet?
19:27
THIRD PLACE?
Today the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that Manchester City will indeed be allowed to play in next season's Champions League.
And that means fifth is no longer enough for a spot in Europe's ultimate competition.
Luckily, United are on such form they're set to take third spot if they win each of their remaining games, with Chelsea and Leicester slipping up this week.
A win today would send them third...not bad after their worst ever Premier League start...The Fernandes effect?
19:23
DE GEA 400-UP
He's had his doubters this season after a series of high-profile errors, but David De Gea makes it 400 appearances for the Red Devils tonight.
Not bad, and plenty left to come too you'd wager.
19:16
IN-FORM
United play an unchanged line-up for a fifth consecutive match for the first time since 1993...
If it ain't broke...
19:09
SAINTS TEAM NEWS
Also unchanged...
Team to play Man Utd: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Bertrand, Stephens, Bednarek, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Armstrong, Adams, Ings.
Subs: Gunn, Vestergaard, Long, Obafemi, Hojbjerg, Smallbone, Vokins, Danso, Ferry.
19:07
MAN UTD TEAM NEWS
Red Devils unchanged again!
Team to play Southampton: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Shaw, Maguire, Lindelof, Matic, Pogba, Fernandes, Martial, Greenwood, Rashford.
Subs: Romero, Bailly, Mata, Pereira, Fred, James, Ighalo, McTominay, Williams.