Manchester United look for three points away from home against Southampton in 2019/20 Premier League
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Manchester United will play Southampton on Saturday in 2019/20 Premier League as the season moves ahead. The Red Devils go into this game as the favourites.
Kick-off : 12:30 PM (Local)
Venue : St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton
Man United after suffering a shock 1-2 loss to Crystal Palace at home last weekend will now look to control things a bit with their trip to Southampton.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have so far produced a mixed bag of performances in the Premier League.
At the moment Manchester United are fifth in the points table after playing 3 games and with 4 points in the kitty.
United can go only up from here. On Saturday against Southampton they will have to be clinical. They were defensively very weak against Palace which cost them, so a solid defence is needed in this away fixture.
In the final third United can be more attacking and look to score more goals to compensate for the defensive errors.
On the other hand, Southampton have so far not had a good start to the campaign themselves with just one victory in bag.
But as it’s pretty early days in 2019/20 Premier League, they can improve going ahead. As of now they have a huge task at their disposal of playing United albeit in home conditions.
The Saints know Manchester United will come hard at them and so they will have to sit back and absorb the pressure and then be good in the counter attacks. Best of luck to them.
Manchester United have a good record against Southampton and they will look to continue the good work.
Team news and possible line-ups
Nathan Redmond and Moussa Djenepo will both be not available for Southampton for the weekend fixture as due to injuries. While Michael Obafemi is doubtful.
As for The Red Devils, Luke Shaw is injured and hence won’t be available for this game. Whereas Anthony Martial is a doubt.
Southampton XI : Gunn, Valery, Bednarek, Vestegaard, Bertrand, Romeu, Højberg, Ward-Prowse, Boufal, Adams, Ings.
Manchester United XI : De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Lindelof, Young, McTominay, Pogba, Pereira, Lingard, James, Rashford.
Prediction
I expect this game to be a 2-2 draw.
