Manchester United and Southampton will face on Saturday the 12th of February at 12:30 pm in the 25th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Manchester at the Old Trafford. The chosen referee is Stuart Attwell.
Manchester United sits in the 6th position in the league with 39 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Burnley in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 11 times, draw 6 times, and lost 6 times.
Southampton occupies the 10th position in the standings with 28 points. It comes from a 2-3 win against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 6 times, draw 10 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester United
Manchester United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 60.87%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (14 times), 4-2-2-2 (5 times), 4-3-3 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Ralf Rangnick is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: D. de Gea Quintana, L. Shaw, R. Varane, H. Maguire, J. Dalot Teixeira, S. McTominay, P. Pogba, B. Borges Fernandes, M. Rashford, A. Elanga and C. Ronaldo.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Manchester United would be 27.73.
Ralf Rangnick will probably not be able to employ A. Telles because of injury.
E. Bailly and N. Matić will definitely miss the match.
Ralf Rangnick will not be able to have the presence of M. Greenwood who is suspended.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (17 times or 73.91%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (17 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Ralph Hasenhüttl is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: F. Forster, R. Perraud, J. Bednarek, M. Karim, K. Walker-Peters, M. Elyounoussi, O. Romeu Vidal, J. Ward-Prowse, S. Armstrong, A. Broja and C. Adams.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Southampton would be 27.00.
Ralph Hasenhüttl will probably not be able to employ N. Redmond because of injury.
A. McCarthy, L. Silveira Neves Vojnović and N. Tella will definitely miss the match.
