Southampton vs Manchester United: What time does it start, where can I watch it and what are the odds?
A look ahead to the Premier League clash at St Mary's Stadium
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United travel to Southampton on Saturday with their sights set on all three points as they bid to build upon last weekend’s 4-0 rout of Everton.
Marcos Rojo and Paul Pogba remain sidelined with injury though Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial will have given manager Jose Mourinho food for thought after their midweek performances against Burton.
Virgil van Dijk is in contention to start for Southampton having returned to action as a substitute last weekend at Palace.
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What time does it start?
The game kicks off at 3.00pm on Saturday 23 September at St Mary’s.
Where can I watch it?
The game isn’t being broadcast on live TV.
It’s a big game for?
Virgil van Dijk. After a summer of speculation linking the Dutchman with a move away from Southampton, it’s now back to reality for Virgil van Dijk. He made his return to competitive league football last weekend as a substitute but looks set to make his first start on Saturday since January. Having been absent with injury for such a long period, it’ll be interesting to see if Van Dijk is still the same defender who first caught the eye of Liverpool and Co this summer. He’ll be out to prove that this is very much the case.
Player to watch?
Marcus Rashford. The youngster was a delight to watch against Burton Albion in United’s midweek win over the Championship side. Intelligent, confident and purposeful, Rashford was the side’s standout player alongside Anthony Martial. Whether he starts or comes off the bench against Southampton, the forward will be the man to watch if his recent form is anything to go by.
Head-to-head:
Southampton 0 Manchester United 0, Premier League, May 2017
Manchester United 3 Southampton 2, League Cup, February 2017
Manchester United 2 Southampton 0, Premier League, August 2016
Form:
Southampton: WLDLW
Manchester United: WWWDW
Odds:
Southampton to win: 21/5
Draw: 11/4
Manchester United to win: 8/11
Handbags
31 mins: Mark Nobel and Moussa Sissoko show what this derby is all about when they clash after the Hammers captain smashes into the midfielder with a sliding tackle. Micheal Oliver talks to both players but doesn't brandish a card. As you were.
Goal!
West Ham 0-1 Tottenham
Harry Kane gets his first goal against West Ham away from home. Christian Eriksen finds Dele Alli who timed his run on the right flank to beat the offside trap. His cross finds Harry Kane who is in space and heads beyond Joe Hart to open the scoring.
Goal!
West Ham 0-1 Tottenham
Harry Kane gets his second in a matter of minutes. Jan Vertonghen finds Dele Alli with a through ball and his shot is saved by Joe Hart but the ball falls to Harry Kane and he makes no mistake as he slots the ball into a vacant net.
40 mins: Spurs are not finished here. After a slow start, Tottenham have now registered nine shots on goal and are looking very quick in attack. West Ham need half time to come soon to regroup and sort themselves out because in defence they look a shambles.
44 mins: Dele Alli plays a sublime outside of the foot pass for Ben Davis to chase but Pablo Zabaleta positions himself well to deal with the danger.
45 mins: Two minutes of added time at the London Stadium which has gone very quiet.
Half time
Harry Kane and Tottenham take apart West Ham late in the second half by taking advantage of some lackluster defending. Slaven Bilic has a big team talk coming up if West Ham are to get anything from this game and, perhaps, to tighten the security on his job.
Former Spurs midfielder Jamie Redknapp on Sky Sports: "What Harry Kane does so well is make things look easy, it's almost like time stands still."
46 mins: Earlier this week Slaven Bilic admitted he was finding it hard to fit Andy Carroll and Javier Hernandez into the same side. He now has 45 minutes to make that work is they are to get anything from this game.
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