Southampton 2-3 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2012
Result
Southampton 2-3 Manchester United
Premier League · Sunday 2 September 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Southampton 2-3 Manchester United: match report
Southampton lost to Manchester United 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 September 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
Rickie Lambert opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Southampton's goals came from Rickie Lambert (16') and Morgan Schneiderlin (55'). Manchester United scored through Robin van Persie (23'), Robin van Persie (87') and Robin van Persie (90+2').
Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Southampton were 19th on 0 points from 2 and Manchester United 10th on 3 points from 2. Southampton went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and Manchester United 1st with 85.
Southampton lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Southampton wins, 0 draws and 8 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Rickie Lambert
- 23'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 55'Goal · Morgan Schneiderlin
- 69'Yellow card · Jos Hooiveld
- 69'Missed penalty · Robin van Persie
- 87'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 90+2'Goal · Robin van Persie
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton line-up (4-3-2-1)
Nathaniel Clyne, Jos Hooiveld, José Fonte, Danny Fox, Morgan Schneiderlin, Steven Davis, James Ward-Prowse, Adam Lallana, Jason Puncheon, Kelvin Davis, Rickie Lambert
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Antonio Valencia, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, S. Kagawa, Danny Welbeck, Robin van Persie, Anders Lindegaard, Tom Cleverley