Manchester United 0-0 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2017

Result

Manchester United 0-0 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 0-0 Southampton: match report

Manchester United drew with Southampton 0-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 December 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Neither side found the net.

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Southampton received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 43 points from 20 and Southampton 15th on 19 points from 20. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Southampton 17th with 36.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Stephens of Southampton (8.1), ahead of Ashley Young (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 2 for Southampton.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile HöjbjergSouthampton
  • 44'Yellow card · Wesley HoedtSouthampton
  • 58'Yellow card · Sofiane BoufalSouthampton
  • 60'Yellow card · Jesse LingardManchester United
  • 72'Yellow card · Nemanja MatićManchester United
  • 80'Yellow card · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 3, Southampton 2.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Ashley Young, Victor Lindelöf, Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matić, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Romelu Lukaku

Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Jack Stephens, Maya Yoshida, Wesley Hoedt, Sam McQueen, Oriol Romeu, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, James Ward-Prowse, Dusan Tadic, Sofiane Boufal, Shane Long