Southampton 2-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 December 2018

Result

Southampton 2-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 1 December 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Southampton 2-2 Manchester United: match report

Southampton drew with Manchester United 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 December 2018. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Stuart Armstrong opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Southampton's goals came from Stuart Armstrong (13') and Cédric Soares (20'). Manchester United scored through Romelu Lukaku (33') and Ander Herrera (39').

Discipline: Southampton received 4 yellow cards; Manchester United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 19th on 8 points from 13 and Manchester United 8th on 21 points from 13. Southampton went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Manchester United 6th with 66.

Southampton lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Manchester United in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcus Rashford of Manchester United (8.3), ahead of Stuart Armstrong (8.1).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Stuart ArmstrongSouthampton · 1-0
  • 18'Yellow card · Marcus RashfordManchester United
  • 20'Goal · Cédric SoaresSouthampton · 2-0
  • 33'Goal · Romelu LukakuManchester United · 2-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Marouane FellainiManchester United
  • 35'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile HöjbjergSouthampton
  • 39'Goal · Ander HerreraManchester United · 2-2
  • 53'Yellow card · Paul PogbaManchester United
  • 54'Yellow card · Mario LeminaSouthampton
  • 59'Yellow card · J. VestergaardSouthampton
  • 90+3'Yellow card · A. YoungManchester United
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Stuart ArmstrongSouthampton

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Alex Simon McCarthy, Jack Stephens, Maya Yoshida, Jannik Vestergaard, Yan Valery, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Mario Lemina, Cédric Soares, Stuart Armstrong, Nathan Redmond, Michael Obafemi

Manchester United line-up (5-3-2)

David de Gea, Ashley Young, Scott McTominay, Phil Jones, Nemanja Matić, Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini, Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, Marcus Rashford