Manchester United 2-1 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 30 January 2013

Result

Manchester United 2-1 Southampton

Premier League · Wednesday 30 January 2013, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Manchester United 2-1 Southampton: match report

Manchester United beat Southampton 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 30 January 2013. The half-time score was 2-1.

Jay Rodríguez opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (8') and Wayne Rooney (27'). Southampton scored through Jay Rodríguez (3').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Southampton received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 54 points from 23 and Southampton 15th on 23 points from 23. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Southampton 11th with 43.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Southampton in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 2 for Southampton.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Southampton's D-D-W-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Jay RodríguezSouthampton · 0-1
  • 8'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-1
  • 27'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 2-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Morgan SchneiderlinSouthampton
  • 77'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United
  • 83'Yellow card · RafaelManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 8, draws 0, Southampton 2.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

David de Gea, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Rafael, Jonny Evans, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, S. Kagawa, Robin van Persie, Danny Welbeck

Southampton expected line-up (4-4-2)

Maya Yoshida, Luke Shaw, Nathaniel Clyne, José Fonte, Jack Cork, Morgan Schneiderlin, Gastón Ramírez, Rickie Lambert, Jay Rodríguez, Jason Puncheon