Southampton vs Manchester United Match Preview

Southampton face Manchester United for the 10th round of the English Premier League at the St Mary's Stadium.

The hosts are coming from a 1-1 draw in the previous round against Wolves. They opened the scoreline at the 58th minute but in the last quarter of the match, Wolves found an opening and scored the equalizing goal at the 75th minute. However, this was a "bittersweet" result for Southampton as they extended their unbeaten streak of 7 consecutive games in the league, and now they are sitting at 5th place of the standings with 17 points after 9 rounds.

Manchester United faced West Brom in the previous round and got a deserved 1-0 win after a really close game. In general, they performed quite better on the pitch, creating many chances in target, and finally, at the 56th minute of the game, they scored the winning goal by a penalty kick. This was their 2nd consecutive win in the league and the 4th out of matches played for the Red Devils so far, who are now placed 13th in the standings with a total of 13 points.

Last Tuesday, they faced Basaksehir for the 4th round of the Champion League group stage, and managed to take all three points with an impressive win of 4-1, remaining at the 1st place of their group.

The visitors are currently running on a great winning streak and showed a lot of improvement in their recent matches, but Southampton has a lot of consistency and balance on their performances. I think this match can have over 2.5 goals, considering that Southampton usually scores with ease, while Manchester United rarely keeps a clean sheet. Over 2.5 goals to be scored is my call, offered at 1.80 odds.