Southampton 1-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2005

Result

Southampton 1-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Southampton 1-2 Manchester United: match report

Southampton were beaten by Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 May 2005. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Southampton's goal came from an own goal by John O'Shea (10'). Manchester United scored through Darren Fletcher (19') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (63').

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

Going into the game Southampton were 18th on 32 points from 37 and Manchester United 3rd on 74 points from 37. Southampton went on to finish that season 20th with 32 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Southampton wins, 0 draws and 7 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Own goal · John O'SheaSouthampton · 1-0
  • 17'Yellow card · Wes BrownManchester United
  • 19'Goal · Darren FletcherManchester United · 1-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Mikaël SilvestreManchester United
  • 31'Yellow card · Claus LundekvamSouthampton
  • 63'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 1-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Southampton 2, draws 0, Manchester United 7.

Team news

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap

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