Southampton 2-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 29 November 2020

Result

Southampton 2-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 29 November 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Southampton 2-3 Manchester United: match report

Southampton lost to Manchester United 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 29 November 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.

Jan Bednarek opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Southampton's goals came from Jan Bednarek (23') and James Ward-Prowse (33'). Manchester United scored through Bruno Fernandes (60'), Edinson Cavani (74') and Edinson Cavani (90+2').

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

Going into the game Southampton were 5th on 17 points from 9 and Manchester United 13th on 13 points from 8. Southampton went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 74.

Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Edinson Cavani of Manchester United (9.4), ahead of James Ward-Prowse (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southampton win, 5 draws and 4 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

16'Yellow card · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton
23'Goal · Jan BednarekSouthampton · 1-0
33'Goal · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton · 2-0
60'Goal · Bruno FernandesManchester United · 2-1
74'Goal · Edinson CavaniManchester United · 2-2
90+2'Goal · Edinson CavaniManchester United · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 1, draws 5, Manchester United 4.

Manchester United 2-2 SouthamptonPremier League · 13 Jul 2020
Southampton 1-1 Manchester UnitedPremier League · 31 Aug 2019
Manchester United 3-2 SouthamptonPremier League · 2 Mar 2019
Southampton 2-2 Manchester UnitedPremier League · 1 Dec 2018
Manchester United 0-0 SouthamptonPremier League · 30 Dec 2017
Southampton 0-1 Manchester UnitedPremier League · 23 Sep 2017

Team news

Unavailable

Phil JonesManchester United · injury (Knee Injury)
Nathan RedmondSouthampton · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Jesse LingardManchester United · injury (Bruise)
Luke ShawManchester United · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Danny IngsSouthampton · injury (Knee Injury)
Tom HeatonManchester United · injury (Knock)
Tyrell MalaciaManchester United · injury (Knock)
Joe AriboSouthampton · injury (Knock)
Eric BaillyManchester United · injury (Muscle Injury)
Mohammed SalisuSouthampton · injury (Muscle Injury)
Martin DúbravkaManchester United · injury (Heel Bone Injury)
Scott McTominayManchester United · injury (Bruise)

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand, Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Moussa Djenepo, Theo Walcott, Ché Adams

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

David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelöf, Harry Maguire, Alex Telles, Fred, Nemanja Matić, Donny van de Beek, Bruno Fernandes, Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford