Manchester United vs Southampton Prediction & Match Preview

Steffen Schmidt - March 10, 2023

Manchester United vs Southampton
English Premier League
Date: 12 March 2023, Sunday
Kick-off at 14:00 UK / 15:00 CET
Venue: Old Trafford (Manchester).

Manchester United return to domestic duties on Sunday afternoon when they host Southampton in the 27th round of the Premier League.

The Red Devils will try and bounce back immediately after the painful 7-0 defeat at the hands of bitter cross-city rivals Liverpool seven days ago at Anfield.

Erik ten Hag’s men will be super-motivated to explode and unleash the anger from the mentioned catastrophe. We must say the opponent is ideal for something like that, more so because the Saints have already conceded more than five goals on separate occasions historically at Old Trafford.

Furthermore, the gap in quality between these two rivals is huge and Manchester United have been far better throughout the season.

Southampton did manage to see off Leicester last Saturday 1-0 at St. Mary’s Stadium but we must say they were super fortune to pick up such a result in a match in which Kelechi Iheanacho missed at least several clear-cut openings.

The Saints are now second from bottom in the Premier League table and they are just one point below the safe zone mark.

It is worth noting they have two wins in the last four league games, but also five defeats in the previous seven matches across competitions, including an embarrassing 1-2 home failure against lower-division Grimsby in the FA Cup R16 clash.

Manchester United vs Southampton Head-to-head

• Southampton shipped nine goals at Old Trafford in February 2021. Manchester United have three wins and two draws in the previous five head to head encounters.
• The run includes this season’s 0-1 win for the Red Devils in August last year at St. Mary’s Stadium.
• Interestingly, none of the previous three head to head games between these teams saw three or more goals scored.

Manchester United vs Southampton Prediction

We expect a strong bounce-back performance from Manchester United who will be extremely motivated to make amends after the catastrophe at Anfield. We’ll thus back the Red Devils to win by two or more goals difference as the main pick at the 2.05 odds.

In these circumstances, we expect United’s top scorer and best player Marcus Rashford to shine in particular. You can back Rashford to score anytime at the 1.95 odds.

Manchester United vs Southampton Betting Tips

• Manchester United to win in -1.5 Asian Handicap @ 2.05 odds

• Marcus Rashford to score anytime @ 1.95 odds.

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