Manchester United 0-1 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 January 2016

Result

Manchester United 0-1 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 23 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 0-1 Southampton: match report

Manchester United lost to Southampton 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 January 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Charlie Austin of Southampton in the 87th minute.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 36 points from 22 and Southampton 9th on 30 points from 22. Manchester United went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Southampton 7th with 63.

Manchester United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Southampton in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Virgil van Dijk of Southampton (8.0), ahead of Victor Wanyama (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Southampton.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 87'Goal · Charlie AustinSouthampton · 0-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 7, draws 2, Southampton 1.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (3-4-1-2)

David de Gea, Matteo Darmian, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Jesse Lingard, Morgan Schneiderlin, Marouane Fellaini, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Ander Herrera, Anthony Martial, Wayne Mark Rooney

Southampton line-up (3-4-2-1)

Fraser Forster, Virgil van Dijk, José Fonte, Ryan Bertrand, Cédric Soares, Victor Wanyama, Jordy Clasie, Matt Targett, Dusan Tadic, Sadio Mané, Shane Long