Southampton and Manchester United are going to clash on Saturday the 27th of August at 12:30 pm in the 4th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium. The chosen referee is Andy Madley.
Southampton occupies the 11th position in the league with 4 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Leicester City in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won once, drawn once, and lost once.
Manchester United occupies the 14th place in the league with 3 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Liverpool in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won once and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-2-3-1 and 3-4-2-1 (1 times or 33.33% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 5-3-2 (once).
Ralph Hasenhüttl is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: G. Bazunu, M. Karim, A. Bella-Kotchap, K. Walker-Peters, M. Djenepo, J. Ward-Prowse, R. Lavia, A. Armstrong, M. Elyounoussi, J. Aribo and C. Adams.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Southampton would be 24.00.
Ralph Hasenhüttl will probably not be able to employ R. Perraud because of injury.
V. Livramento will definitely miss the match.
Manchester United
Manchester United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (2 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Erik ten Hag is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: D. de Gea Quintana, T. Malacia, R. Varane, L. Martínez, J. Dalot Teixeira, S. McTominay, C. Dannemann Eriksen, B. Borges Fernandes, J. Sancho, A. Elanga and M. Rashford.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Manchester United would be 25.64.
V. Nilsson Lindelöf, B. Williams, F. Pellistri Rebollo and A. Martial will definitely miss the match.
Erik ten Hag will not be able to have the presence of M. Greenwood who is suspended.
