Manchester United 3-2 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 March 2019

Result

Manchester United 3-2 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 2 March 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester United 3-2 Southampton: match report

Manchester United won against Southampton 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 March 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Yan Valery opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Andreas Pereira (53'), Romelu Lukaku (59') and Romelu Lukaku (88'). Southampton scored through Yan Valery (26') and James Ward-Prowse (75').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Southampton received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 5th on 55 points from 28 and Southampton 17th on 27 points from 28. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Southampton 16th with 39.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Southampton in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Romelu Lukaku of Manchester United (8.3), ahead of James Ward-Prowse (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 2 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Yan ValerySouthampton · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Ryan BertrandSouthampton
  • 53'Goal · Andreas PereiraManchester United · 1-1
  • 59'Goal · Romelu LukakuManchester United · 2-1
  • 75'Goal · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton · 2-2
  • 88'Goal · Romelu LukakuManchester United · 3-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Romelu LukakuManchester United
  • 90+4'Missed penalty · Paul PogbaManchester United
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Paul PogbaManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 4, draws 4, Southampton 2.

Team news

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

David de Gea, Ashley Young, Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelöf, Luke Shaw, Andreas Pereira, Scott McTominay, Paul Pogba, Alexis Sánchez, Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku

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

Angus Gunn, Jan Bednarek, Maya Yoshida, Jannik Vestergaard, Yan Valery, Oriol Romeu, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Ryan Bertrand, James Ward-Prowse, Nathan Redmond, Charlie Austin