Erik ten Hag’s men got back to winning ways at St Mary’s on Saturday. Re-live the action with the best facts, stats and Opta data in our Southampton vs Man Utd stats page.
Manchester United bounced back from their dismal defeat to Liverpool with an ultimately comfortable 3-0 win away to Southampton on Saturday after their hosts missed a penalty.
Cameron Archer saw a 33rd-minute spot-kick saved by André Onana, and the Saints forward’s header on the rebound proved to be their last shot of the game despite having roughly an hour to play.
It proved to be a turning point for United, who had otherwise underwhelmed prior to Diogo Dalot’s clumsy tackle on Tyler Dibling. Two minutes and 31 seconds after Onana’s save, Matthijs de Ligt headed in his first Premier League goal.
Marcus Rashford ended a Premier League goal drought that stretched back to early March with a precise finish from just outside the box in the lead up to half-time, and Saints never looked like recovering.
Jack Stephens’ second-half red card for a wild lunge on Alejandro Garnacho was a mere foot note, and the Argentina international emphatically rounded off the win for United in stoppage time.
Southampton have lost all four league matches this season, while Ben Brereton Díaz broke the record for most Premier League appearances without ever winning, a run that stretched to 18 (four at Southampton, 14 at Sheffield United).
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Southampton vs Man Utd stats from their Premier League meeting at St Mary’s.
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Southampton vs Man Utd: Post-Match Facts
- Manchester United have now recorded 30 Premier League wins against Southampton; they’re the sixth side they’ve beaten as many times in the competition after Everton (41), Aston Villa (40), Tottenham (39), West Ham (34) and Newcastle (33).
- Southampton have lost each of their opening four Premier League games this season; four of the last five sides to do so in the top-flight have been newly promoted, as many as in the previous 31 occasions.
- Manchester United’s nine successive victories away to promoted sides in the Premier League is the second-longest run in the competition’s history behind only Chelsea between October 2002 and November 2008 (21).
- There were two minutes and 31 seconds between André Onana’s penalty save and Matthijs de Ligt’s opener for Manchester United. Indeed, Onana had conceded all seven penalties in the competition he’d faced before today.
- Marcus Rashford ended a 12-game run for Manchester United in all competitions without a goal with his first since March, only enduring longer such runs in January 2017 and August 2022 (both 17).
- Three of Marcus Rashford’s last four Premier League goals have come from outside the penalty area, while since 2022-23, only Eberechi Eze (8), Phil Foden (7) and Kevin De Bruyne (6) have scored more such goals in the competition than the Manchester United forward (5).
- Amad Diallo (22y 65d), who assisted Marcus Rashford’s goal, is the youngest Manchester United player to have created at least six chances in a Premier League game since Anthony Martial against Stoke in February 2016 (20y 59d).
- Southampton’s Ben Brereton has now played in more Premier League games without winning than any other player (D4 L14).
- Jack Stephens has received three red cards for Southampton in the Premier League, only Francis Benali (5) has received more for the Saints in the competition. Indeed, each of his previous two were against Arsenal (April 2018 and June 2020).
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