Southampton 1-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Monday 8 December 2014

Result

Southampton 1-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Monday 8 December 2014, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Southampton 1-2 Manchester United: match report

Southampton were beaten by Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 8 December 2014. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Southampton's goal came from Graziano Pellè (31'). Manchester United scored through Robin van Persie (12') and Robin van Persie (71').

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

Going into the game Southampton were 4th on 27 points from 14 and Manchester United 5th on 26 points from 14. Southampton went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Manchester United 4th with 67.

Southampton lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester United in a 3-4-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southampton win, 2 draws and 7 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Robin van PersieManchester United · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Graziano PellèSouthampton · 1-1
  • 71'Goal · Robin van PersieManchester United · 1-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Sadio ManéSouthampton
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 90+4'Yellow card · José FonteSouthampton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 1, draws 2, Manchester United 7.

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-3-3)

Fraser Forster, Nathaniel Clyne, José Fonte, Maya Yoshida, Ryan Bertrand, Steven Davis, Victor Wanyama, Sadio Mané, Dusan Tadic, Graziano Pellè, Shane Long

Manchester United expected line-up (3-4-3)

David de Gea, Luke Shaw, Daley Blind, Antonio Valencia, Marcos Rojo, Chris Smalling, Wayne Mark Rooney, Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María, Marouane Fellaini