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Manchester United welcome final positioned Southampton to Outdated Trafford tonight at 8pm UK time, trying to find a primary league win for the reason that fifteenth of December.
The Crimson Devils have performed the Saints on 134 occasions, popping out on prime 69 occasions.
They’ve drawn 37 and misplaced 28 occasions.
United have already run out 3-0 winners within the first sport of the season between the 2 sides at St Mary’s.
Listed below are three plotlines for followers to savour earlier than the match.
United’s unbeaten run versus the Saints
The Crimson Devils haven’t misplaced within the final 16 matches they’ve performed in opposition to the facet from St. Mary’s.
The final time they tasted defeat was in January 2016 when Louis van Gaal’s facet misplaced 0-1 at Outdated Trafford.
It hasn’t been all one-way site visitors although, as United have solely received eight of the fixtures and Southampton have drawn the remaining.
In truth, three of the final 5 matches have ended all sq. with Man United drawing 1-1 at residence in 2022 and 0-0 in 2023 in opposition to the facet from the south coast.
The final victory for the Crimson Devils on residence soil was the unimaginable 9-0 win over Southampton in February 2021.
United’s traditionally unhealthy residence type
Nonetheless, regardless of morale-boosting outcomes at each Anfield and the Emirates in 2025, United desperately want a win.
Manchester United have misplaced 5 of their final seven Premier League matches, successful simply as soon as.
In line with the BBC, “they’ve misplaced three successive Premier League fixtures at Outdated Trafford for the primary time in 45 years.”
These have been a 2-3 loss to Nottingham Forest, a 0-3 defeat to Bournemouth and a 0-2 end result in opposition to Newcastle in an horrendous December.
The Crimson Devils may lose 4 top-flight video games in a row at residence for the primary time since 1930.
Extremely, the final time Outdated Trafford tasted a victory was within the 4-0 romp over Everton again on the first of December, a month and a half in the past.
Amad Diallo may make historical past
In a season of despair, Amad Diallo has been one of many only a few positives.
The Ivorian has remodeled himself into one of many key gamers within the group and just lately signed a new deal with the membership till 2030.
He has been concerned in 9 objectives in his final 12 Premier League begins for Manchester United, scoring three and aiding six.
If he have been to attain or help within the match tonight, he would “change into the primary African participant to achieve double figures for objective involvements in a single marketing campaign for the Crimson Devils.”
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