Manchester United – Southampton. Prediction and announcement for the match of the championship of England

On January 16, Old Trafford will host a match of the 21st round of the English Premier League, in which Manchester United will meet Southampton. The match will start at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Manchester United

The team already noticeably failed last season, in fact, failing in both the Premier League and the Champions League. But then in the end they more or less compensated by winning the FA Cup, including a victory over Manchester City. Because of this, cooperation with ten Haag continued for a few more months, and the club lost the opportunity to carry out serious repairs in the summer. They tried to do this on the go, in November-December, but Ruben Amorim frankly cannot cope with this extremely difficult task, and already by the New Year he became one of the favorites for dismissal. Already under him, they were eliminated from the League Cup, losing to crisis-hit Tottenham. In the championship, in many ways accidentally snatching a victory over “City”, which was in the hole, added one draw to 5 defeats – but it was 2:2 with the undisputed leader, Liverpool. In the cup with another old enemy, Arsenal, they produced an unexpected feat, winning in the minority – but how much effort did it take?

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Southampton

The club spent the last season in the Championship. There, Martin did not fully live up to expectations, but still managed to fulfill the main task: even if only through the sieve of the playoffs, he returned his wards to the Premier League. But Russell did not work there for half a year, which is quite fair. Something worked out only in the League Cup, but even there in the end they lost to Liverpool. But in the Premier League, they reached the middle of December with one victory and five points. The new manager, Ivan Juric, started with a goalless draw at Fulham, but then there were only defeats for the Croat, up to 0:5 with Brentford, which cemented the Saints deeper and deeper in last place. In the cup, Swansea lost their souls, finishing 3:0. But now there will be an opponent of a completely different class.

Statistics of personal meetings

Three times in the last five head-to-head matches, the Saints were able to draw with the Red Devils.

Forecast

Bookmakers don’t believe in Manchester United’s problems. Such an outsider in any form at home should be beaten with a handicap of -1.5 goals (coefficient – 1.82).