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Huddersfield Town vs Southampton – Premier League preview, prediction, odds, how to watch and more

Follow live updates from across England's top tier

Kishan Vaghela
Friday 21 December 2018 16:38 GMT
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Danny Ings is firing under Ralph Hasenhuttl
Danny Ings is firing under Ralph Hasenhuttl (Reuters)

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Southampton will look to pull away from the relegation zone when they travel to second-from-bottom Huddersfield Town.

Charlie Austin's header five minutes from time saw Ralph Hasenhuttl claim his first win as Southampton manager with a 3-2 victory over Arsenal last weekend.

However, the Saints only remain outside of the drop zone on goal difference and will therefore look to consolidate their revival at Huddersfield, who have lost all four of their top-flight games in December.

What time does it start?

Huddersfield vs Southampton kicks off at 3pm (GMT)

Where can I watch it?

The match will not be shown live on TV or online in the UK.

Independent Sport will keep you up to date with all the goals as they fly in via our live blog.

Highlights will be shown at 10:30pm on BBC One.

Player to watch…

Danny Ings: The striker's double against Arsenal was crucial to see the Saints through to a victory that took them out of the bottom three. The Liverpool loanee took advantage of some poor defending to head home his first, but demonstrated his class with a looping header into the top corner for his second. With Charlie Austin also finding the net against the Gunners, Hasenhuttl will be confident of more goals from his strikers in the coming weeks.

Danny Ings beats Stephen Lichtsteiner to head in Southampton's second
Danny Ings beats Stephen Lichtsteiner to head in Southampton's second (Reuters)

Form guide…

Huddersfield: DWLLLL

Southampton: LLDLLW

Odds…

Huddersfield to win: 2/1

Southampton to win: 8/5

Draw: 21/10

(Odds provided by 888 Sport)

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44 minutes

That isn't great from Paul Pogba - he rushes a half-volley on the edge of the Cardiff area and slices towards the corner flag.

Harry Latham-Coyle22 December 2018 18:15
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45 minutes

Three added minutes at the end of the first half.

Harry Latham-Coyle22 December 2018 18:17
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45 + 2 minutes

Manchester United's close passing has been impressive so far, and they again work the tight spaces nicely though Jesse Lingard misplaces his square pass with two players waiting on the right.

Harry Latham-Coyle22 December 2018 18:18
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​Three goals for Manchester United and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be very pleased with what he has seen so far.

Harry Latham-Coyle22 December 2018 18:19
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A promising start for the new-look Manchester United coaching staff. 

Harry Latham-Coyle22 December 2018 18:22
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Sliding their way to victory - Manchester United's players have performed with greater freedom in the first half.

Harry Latham-Coyle22 December 2018 18:25
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Resumption at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Harry Latham-Coyle22 December 2018 18:34
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46 minutes

No half-time changes from either team.

Harry Latham-Coyle22 December 2018 18:35
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48 minutes

Cardiff are pressing well to open the second half, but a perfect bisecting pass through to the midfield from David De Gea allows Manchester United to break the shackles.

The crowd's spirits have been dampened and the noise is coming from the away end in these early second half stages.

Harry Latham-Coyle22 December 2018 18:38
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50 minutes

Superb defending from Sol Bamba, matching Marcus Rashford stride-for-stride, winning the ball and beating Anthony Martial to the follow-up, too.

Cardiff give the ball away again, however, and Rashford's low cross is deflected behind.

Harry Latham-Coyle22 December 2018 18:40

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