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SOUTHAMPTON. Manchester United tops Southampton 1-0 after B. Fernandes scored just 1 goal (55′).

The match was played at the St. Mary’s Stadium stadium in Southampton on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Andy Madley with the support of Constantine Hatzidakis and Edward Smart. The 4th official was Anthony Taylor. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.8 degrees Celsius or 73.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Southampton was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Manchester United that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Southampton was more pushing with 86 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Manchester United was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Southampton shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, Manchester United shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Southampton didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Manchester United received 3 yellow cards (D. Dalot, S. McTominay and Fred).

Standings

After this encounter, Southampton will stay with 4 points like Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace to remain in the 14th place. On the other side, Manchester United will have 6 points to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Southampton will host Fulham on the 13th of May with a 6-1 head to head record in favor of Southampton (3 draws).

Manchester United will host Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 13th of May with a 11-4 head to head stats in favor of Manchester United (4 draws).

Southampton – Formation

Southampton adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ralph Hasenhüttl decided to play with the following team: Gavin Bazunu (7.0), Kyle Walker-Peters (7.4), Armel Bella-Kotchap (7.8), Mohammed Salisu (7.4), Moussa Djenepo (6.8), James Ward-Prowse (7.3), Roméo Lavia (7.4), Adam Armstrong (7.0), Joe Aribo (7.0), Mohamed Elyounoussi (6.5) and Che Adams (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Oriol Romeu, Romain Perraud (6.6), Ibrahima Diallo, Stuart Armstrong (6.9), Yan Valery, Lyanco (6.1), Jan Bednarek, Alex McCarthy and Sékou Mara (7.0).

Substitutions

Southampton made 4 changes: M. Elyounoussi for S. Armstrong (63′), A. Armstrong for S. Mara (77′), M. Djenepo for R. Perraud (89′) and J. Aribo for Lyanco (89′).

Best player: Armel Bella-Kotchap​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Southampton was Armel Bella-Kotchap.

His rating is (7.8) with 43 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12.

Manchester United – Formation

Also Manchester United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Erik ten Hag played with: David De Gea (7.6), Diogo Dalot (8.2), Raphaël Varane (6.8), Lisandro Martínez (6.9), Tyrell Malacia (7.4), Scott McTominay (7.2), Christian Eriksen (6.2), Anthony Elanga (6.4), Bruno Fernandes (7.3), Jadon Sancho (7.0) and Marcus Rashford (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Donny van de Beek, Fred, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Alejandro Garnacho, Casemiro (6.8), Luke Shaw, Tom Heaton, Cristiano Ronaldo (6.4) and Harry Maguire.

Substitutions

Manchester United made 3 changes: J. Sancho for C. Ronaldo (68′), A. Elanga for Casemiro (80′) and C. Eriksen for Fred (90′).

Best player: Diogo Dalot​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester United was Diogo Dalot even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 37 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Southampton – Manchester United – 0-1
• Manchester City – Crystal Palace – 4-2
• Liverpool – AFC Bournemouth – 9-0
• Chelsea – Leicester City – 2-1
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Leeds United – 1-0
• Brentford – Everton – 1-1
• Arsenal – Fulham – 2-1