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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.
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)
52 minutes
More clever interplay from Manchester United sees Jesse Lingard find Paul Pogba and Pogba nonchalantly feed Marcus Rashford, but Greg Cunningham had tracked the striker well and is able to slide in, allowing Neil Etheridge a simple collection.
54 minutes
It is telling that Cardiff's pass completion sits at 53%, a pretty woeful figure and indicative of a failure to keep possession during the game.
Aron Gunnarsson is trod upon awkwardly by Paul Pogba and will receive a little treatment. Not too serious for the burly Icelandic midfielder.
PENALTY TO MANCHESTER UNITED! Jesse Lingard goes down and Michael Oliver points to the spot!
Sol Bamba is not happy but he has caught Jesse Lingard from behind as the Manchester United man moved into the box.
GOAL! Cardiff 1-4 Manchester United (Jesse Lingard, 56 minutes)
Jesse Lingard gets up, wrestles the ball from Paul Pogba, and sends Neil Etheridge the wrong way.
58 minutes
Aron Gunnarsson has drawn the referee's whistle a few times this evening and for his latest transgression will be booked.
60 minutes
Neil Warnock relays his final instructions to Kenneth Zohore. The tall Danish striker will be Cardiff's first change.
That change will be made as Bruno Ecuele Manga blocks a Luke Shaw shot for a corner.
Harry Arter comes off.
63 minutes
Nearly a fifth!
Victor Lindelof runs away from the Cardiff attackers and keeps going, eventually releasing Marcus Rashford with a nice threaded pass.
Rashford should score, but his shot is headed wide even without the touch of Neil Etheridge.
Rashford is rightly furious that Michael Oliver signals for a goal kick, though.
64 minutes
Josh Murphy hits a curling drive firmly from the edge of the area but is denied strongly by David De Gea diving low to his left.
From the corner, Sol Bamba breaks free from his marker but makes a hash of his header.
Jesse Lingard confidently strokes home a penalty after being felled by Sol Bamba as Manchester United seem set to cruise to an away victory.
69 minutes
Junior Hoilett is going nowhere with his back to goal but Paul Pogba peculiarly decides to dive in on the Cardiff winger, conceding a free kick.
Callum Paterson beats Pogba in the air from the resulting set-piece but gets too much on his header, sending it over the bar.
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