Manchester United 3-0 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 December 2004

Result

Manchester United 3-0 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 4 December 2004, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 3-0 Southampton: match report

Manchester United beat Southampton 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 December 2004. The half-time score was 0-0.

Paul Scholes opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Paul Scholes (53'), Wayne Mark Rooney (58') and Cristiano Ronaldo (87'). Southampton did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Southampton received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 27 points from 15 and Southampton 18th on 12 points from 15. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Southampton 20th with 32.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 2 for Southampton.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Southampton's D-L-W-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 53'Goal · Paul ScholesManchester United · 1-0
  • 58'Goal · Wayne Mark RooneyManchester United · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Claus LundekvamSouthampton
  • 87'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 3-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Manchester United 6, draws 0, Southampton 2.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Andreas Jakobsson, Jelle Van Damme, Darren Kenton, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, Dexter Blackstock, Neill McCann, Rory Delap