[EPL] Southampton 0-1 Manchester United
 

Southampton vs Manchester United - Premier League Gameweek 6
Sabtu, 23 September 2017
Kick Off : 21.00 WIB
Venue : St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Wasit : Craig Pawson​

Team News
Manchester United : Zlatan Ibrahimović, Paul Pogba and Marcos Rojo ruled out.

Southampton : Charlie Austin doubtful. Virgil van Dijk returns to fitness.

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Head to head pertemuan kedua tim :
Manchester United menang : 63x
Imbang : 30x
Southampton menang : 28x

10 pertemuan terakhir kedua tim :
30 Januari 2013 - Manchester United 2 – 1 Southampton - Premier League
19 Oktober 2013 - Manchester United 1 – 1 Southampton - Premier League
11 Mei 2014 - Southampton 1 – 1 Manchester United - Premier League
8 Desember 2014 - Southampton 1 – 2 Manchester United - Premier League
11 Januari 2015 - Manchester United 0 – 1 Southampton - Premier League
20 September 2015 - Southampton 2 – 3 Manchester United - Premier League
23 Januari 2016 - Manchester United 0 – 1 Southampton - Premier League
20 Agustus 2016 - Manchester United 2 – 0 Southampton - Premier League
26 Februari 2017 - Manchester United 3-2 Southampton W - League Cup
17 Mei 2017 Southampton 0-0 Manchester United - Premier League

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Semoga trend 4-0 berlanjut di markasnya soton.
Amin. :)

Kesannya berat bang. Soton selalu merepotkan. Mungkin tren 6-0 atau 7-0 mulai bisa berjalan... 😜

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PREVIEW: SOUTHAMPTON V UNITED

Setting the scene… United face a first three o'clock kick-off of the season at Southampton and are out to maintain a place at the top of the table. The Reds start the weekend in joint-first place with neighbours City after the Manchester clubs posted identical records for the opening five games. Jose Mourinho's Reds are in fine form and, after beating Everton 4-0 last weekend, Burton Albion were dismissed 4-1 in the Carabao Cup third round on Wednesday. The Saints are currently in ninth spot, following a welcome away win at struggling Crystal Palace last time out in the Premier League.

How can I watch it? Well, it's a rarity as the game is not being screened live in the UK. Subscribers of MUTV on Sky or Virgin Media, the club's MUTV app or online at MUTV.com will be able to watch build-up from 13:00 BST on the Match Day show and listen to radio commentary of the game before watching it in full on Sunday at 18:00 BST. You can also keep up with all the action as it happens via ManUtd.com's live match blog and by following our official Twitter account @ManUtd.

What's the team news? Paul Pogba is still likely to be out with a hamstring problem but those rested in midweek should all be available, including keeper David De Gea. Marcus Rashford was withdrawn with what appeared to be a slight knock against Burton, while Luke Shaw came off the bench to show he is regaining full fitness. Marcos Rojo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic remain on the sidelines. Southampton striker Charlie Austin could be the home side's only doubt as classy centre-back Virgil van Dijk has been welcomed back into the fold.

How is Southampton's form? They are in mid-table after a morale-boosting victory at Palace but the South Coast side have been a little goal shy on home turf for some time. Nonetheless, a 3-2 triumph over West Ham bucked the trend in August, even if the other matches at St Mary's this term have been a 2-0 Carabao Cup loss to Wolves, a defeat to Watford by the same scoreline and, to open things up, a goalless draw with Swansea.

What happened the last time we met at St Mary's? Not too much, in truth, as it finished 0-0. Sergio Romero saved a penalty by Manolo Gabbiadini but the Reds' primary focus at this time was on the Europa League final. Anthony Martial hit a post for United on a ground where he scored twice in his first season with the club.

Didn't we meet three times in 2016/17? Yes, and the 3-2 Wembley win in the EFL Cup final was one of our highlights of the campaign. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice, with Jesse Lingard also netting, while Gabbiadini bagged a brace for the Saints. In the league game at home, we won 2-0 with Zlatan hitting a double in his first competitive game for United at Old Trafford.

Who is in charge of the Saints now? Mauricio Pellegrino and he may look familiar as he had a spell at Liverpool as a centre-back in 2005. The Argentinian actually made his debut for the Merseysiders in a 1-0 defeat to Sir Alex Ferguson's side, when Wayne Rooney netted the winner at Anfield. He took over from Frenchman Claude Puel in the summer.

Did you know? United's first-ever away win in the Premier League came at Southampton, when Dion Dublin scored the only goal of the game in 1992. This visit to St Mary's means we will have played the Saints more times at their new home than we did at The Dell in the Premier League.

Who's the referee? Craig Pawson is the man in the middle. Ian Hussin and Constantine Hatzidakis are his assistants with Mike Jones the fourth official.

How will we get on? Get involved and predict the score of the game with the Manchester United Score Predictor and win amazing prizes througout the season with Marathonbet.

Rivals watch: City entertain a Crystal Palace side that is currently goalless and pointless, before Roy Hodgson's new club will be the Reds' next home league opponents. Meanwhile, champions Chelsea are at Stoke City, who, of course, drew 2-2 with United recently.

Saturday 23 September (15:00 BST unless stated)
West Ham v Tottenham (12:30)
Burnley v Huddersfield Town
Everton v Bournemouth
Manchester City v Crystal Palace
Stoke City v Chelsea
Swansea City v Watford
Leicester City v Liverpool (17:30)

Sunday 24 September
Brighton v Newcastle United (16:00)

Monday 25 September
Arsenal v West Brom (20:00)

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United XI : De Gea, Valencia, Young, Bailly, Jones, Matic, Fellaini, Mkhitaryan, Mata, Rashford, Lukaku.

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SOUTHAMPTON 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 1

Premier League | 23 September 2017 | St Mary’s | Attendance: 31,930 | Scorers: Lukaku 20

MATCH SUMMARY

Manchester United extended the club's unbeaten start to the Premier League season to six matches by recording a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Southampton.

Romelu Lukaku’s first-half strike was enough to claim the away win for the Reds, who remain on the same points tally as rivals Manchester City, 5-0 winners at home to Crystal Palace.

The match kicked off in almost perfect conditions, as the Southampton sunshine beamed down on St Mary’s. There were few chances in the opening quarter of an hour, a long-range attempt form Henrikh Mkhitaryan being the only effort on goal and that was comfortably gathered by Fraser Forster.

United broke the deadlock in the 20th minute when Ashley Young’s left-wing cross found Lukaku, who was waiting in the six-yard box. Despite Forster producing a fine save from the striker's initial header, the ball dropped kindly to the Belgian and he dispatched his second chance with an effortless tap-in.

Having taken the lead, Jose Mourinho's men began to take control of the match, moving the ball around quickly and leaving the Southampton players to chase. At half-time, the Reds looked good value for the lead.

Mauricio Pellegrino's side restarted the game well and their second-half improvement could have yielded an equaliser 12 minutes from time if Oriol Romeu had been able to steer his close-range effort inside the far post, instead of rolling it fractionally wide.

Southampton’s main focus of attack was balls into the box for Shane Long, although a combination of United's Phil Jones and Eric Bailly remained resolute, managing to clear the danger well when required.

United substitute Ander Herrera had a fantastic opportunity to double the lead soon after coming on - Lukaku pulled the ball back but the Spaniard lifted it over the bar.

Although the Reds produced less of an attacking threat in the second half, a strong defensive display ensured that David De Gea was left without any major saves to make as the visitors sealed the victory. However, it was still a tense finish for all concerned and United manager Jose Mourinho was sent to the stand by referee Craig Pawson in added time.

THE LINE-UPS

Southampton: Forster; Cedric (Ward-Prowse 83), Hoedt, Yoshida, Bertrand; Lemina, Romeu; Tadic, Davis (C) (Gabbiadini 72), Redmond, Long (Austin 83).

Subs not used: McCarthy, Van Dijk, Pied, Hojbjerg.

Booked: Long

United: De Gea; Valencia (c), Bailly, Jones, Young; Matic, Fellaini; Mata (Herrera 62), Mkhitaryan (Smalling 75), Rashford (Blind 91), Lukaku.

Subs not used: Romero, Carrick, Lingard, Martial.

Booked: Young, Lukaku

TALKING POINTS

Lukaku's strong start continues

It really has been a dream start for Lukaku at United and the stats speak for themselves. No one has scored more than his six Premier League goals in their first six starts for the Reds – the only player to match that is Louis Saha. He is also averaging a goal a game from his eight starts in all competitions and has scored in all of his last four appearances.

Young thriving at fullback

Having come in at right-back in the Champions League against Basel, Young has now played at left-back in the last two Premier League games and all three have ended with a clean sheet. Although Young is playing further back, he’s still been able to display his attacking strengths, getting an assist both against Basel and by putting in the cross for Lukaku’s opener.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR UNITED?

United are in Champions League action on Wednesday (27 September) with a trip to Russia to face CSKA Moscow. The Reds then round off a busy month with September’s seventh match being at home to Crystal Palace next Saturday.

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MOURINHO: WE DEFENDED EXTREMELY WELL

Jose Mourinho handed out the plaudits to his defensive players after Manchester United ground out a valuable away victory over Southampton on Saturday afternoon.

Romelu Lukaku's sixth Premier League goal for the Reds - his eighth strike in all competitions - secured the slender 1-0 win but the visitors had to work hard to protect the lead he provided in the 20th minute.

Here's what the boss had to say in his post-match interview with MUTV and press conference…

DOGGED DISPLAY
"It’s a difficult place to come, and it is a good opponent without anything to lose, that tried in the last 35 minutes to be really offensive and try to fight for the rescue of a point. Our team had chances to kill the game, we had two enormous chances with Herrera and Lukaku, but we didn’t [take them]. Then we put ourselves in a position where we had to defend to keep the result, which we did extremely well, with a good keeper, with good defenders, with the substitution of Smalling, so I am really happy."

BAILLY AND JONES PARTNERSHIP
"[They were] very good, and also Smalling. We did for 20 minutes what the majority of the Premier League teams are doing, which is to play defensive with five at the back. We did that for 20 minutes. I felt Southampton were strong. I felt their manager was excited and enthusiastic by risking bringing two strikers like Gabbiadini and Austin on to play direct, a style that’s not their style. And then I made the decision to bring on Smalling, and I think the team was solid. We showed good solidarity, good organisation and good spirit to get the three points."

DEFENDERS CAN ATTACK TOO
"If you can have two [attacking] full-backs on both sides, not just Valencia on the right, if you can have another one on the left [like Young] it’s positive for us on many occasions."

SOLIDITY WINS THE DAY
"What pleased me was the pragmatism, at half-time we talked and we wanted to kill the game, and we had chances to kill the game. We wanted to be in control but sometimes you can’t, sometimes we are not able, sometimes we have to give credit to the opponent. It was not our decision, it was the way the game went. And then there was a moment we feel that we are in difficulties, so it's better to make it solid. In a league that is becoming so defensive, so defensive, it was the first time that we played 20 minutes with a more defensive approach. Without this period we take a point not three."

HOT WEATHER MADE IT HARD WORK
"I think the players were all tired. Nine of them didn’t play in midweek, so for nine of them it wasn’t even an accumulation of fatigue. I think the weather was beautiful. Even if we train at 11 o'clock, 12 o'clock or 3 o'clock in Manchester we don’t get this weather. I'm serious, the last time we had this [weather] was in LA and then in Macedonia, and I think the players felt this, they were not sharp. They had great spirit, they were always trying, but not the same sharpness. So when your opponent comes with everything at you, [we had to think] let's do it for 10-15 minutes and we were solid."

AWAY SUPPORTERS
"The only thing I want to say is that the fans were amazing and that the support was amazing, from the first minute to the last minute. The players feel that support. It's very important. Not when you are winning 3 or 4-0 and enjoying the game; it is very important when you are fighting, and defending and you are exhausted, and the fans were amazing."

WHEN DO YOU START TO THINK ABOUT A TITLE CHALLENGE?
"I think it’s too early. I think we had five or six points less [at this stage last season] than we have this season, so we are better than last season, but this is nothing. This is just the start and with a difficult period, with an accumulation of matches, [to come] which isn’t ideal. It's just the beginning. It’s going to be difficult. I really think six teams are going to fight for the title."

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