Week 25 brings us a match on Feb 12th where Manchester United will host Southampton at Old Trafford in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Manchester United sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Burnley. Paul Pogba struck first for Manchester United in the 18th minute on a feed from Luke Shaw, but Jay Rodriguez got the equalizer for Burnley in the 47th minute earning Burnley a comeback draw. Manchester United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Southampton recorded a 2-1 win against Coventry City. Viktor Gyökeres struck first for Coventry City in the 22nd minute, then Stuart Armstrong got the equalizer for Southampton in the 63rd minute on a feed from Yan Valery Finally they completed the comback in the 112th minute on a goal by Kyle Walker-Peters to cap off a wild match. Southampton is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 22nd of August, Southampton hosted Manchester United at the St. Mary’s Stadium in their last match together. Southampton and Manchester United battled to a 1-1 draw. Fred scored the first goal for Southampton on an own goal in the 30th minute, then Mason Greenwood tied it up for Manchester United in the 55th minute on a feed from Paul Pogba squeezing out at least the one point for Manchester United.
Kyle Walker-Peters has been the most prolific scorer on Southampton in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. Both Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford have been the hottest scorers for Manchester United in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals
Ralf Rangnick’s Manchester United squad will be without Alex Telles, Paul Pogba, Victor Lindelöf, Mason Greenwood, Eric Bailly, Luke Shaw, Fred and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, while Ralph Hasenhüttl’s squad will be without Will Smallbone and Valentino Livramento.