Southampton vs Man Utd
Premier League 2019/20 season
Venue: St Mary's
Kick-off time: 12:30pm BST, today
Manchester United will be looking to bounce back from a shock defeat to Crystal Palace when they head to St Mary's to face Southampton this lunchtime.
United picked up four points from their first two Premier League games of the season against Chelsea (4-0) and Wolves (1-1), but a disappointing 2-1 loss to Palace at Old Trafford has raised alarm bells for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The United boss needs an immediate response from his players on the south coast, but Ralph Hasenhuttl's Saints will fancy handing the Red Devils another shock after getting off the mark with a 2-0 win at Brighton last weekend.
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Team news and predicted lineups
Ryan Bertrand is the only injury concern for Southampton, with the winger out due to an ankle problem.
United are facing a problem at left-back with Luke Shaw suffering a hamstring problem against Palace.
With Diogo Dalot also out, either Ashley Young or Marcos Rojo is set to start on the left flank.
Anthony Martial is out with a thigh injury, while Alexis Sanchez has joined Inter Milan on loan - and that could see Mason Greenwood starting this weekend.
Elsewhere, Eric Bailly (knee) and Timothy Fosu-Mensah (knee) are both unavailable. Jese Lingard could also be dropped after struggling to make an impact so far this term.
Prediction: Southampton 1-2 Man Utd
Predicting what this United team will do has become something of a fool's errand - even after just three games this season.
Solskjaer's men have the quality to see off the Saints, but if the Norwegian approaches this game in the same manner as he did against Palace - with sheer pace and expecting Southampton to let them play on the counter - he may come away disappointed.
TV channel and live stream information
The match will be televised live on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultimate, with coverage starting from 12:00pm BST.
BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.
You can follow all the action and analysis on Standard Sport's LIVE blog with James Robson at St Mary's.
Head to head (h2h) results and history
Man Utd have won 65 times against Southampton, losing 28 times and drawing another 32.
The sides had two entertaining League games last term, with United beating the Saints 3-2 at Old Trafford and drawing 2-2 at St Mary's.
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