Man United vs Southampton

2 February 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 9 – 0

Half-time: 4–0

Aaron Wan-Bissaka 18’
Marcus Rashford 25’
Jan Bednarek 34’ (og)
Edinson Cavani 39’
Anthony Martial 69’, 90’
Scott McTominay 71’
Bruno Fernandes 87’ (pen)
Daniel James 90+3’

Match summary

Man United won comfortably, 9-0 at home to Southampton. Man United led 4-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Aaron Wan-Bissaka put Man United ahead in the 18th minute, set up by Luke Shaw, Marcus Rashford made it 2-0 in the 25th minute, set up by Mason Greenwood, Bednarek's own goal made it 3-0 in the 34th minute, and Edinson Cavani made it 4-0 with a header in the 39th minute, set up by Luke Shaw. In the second half, Anthony Martial made it 5-0 in the 69th minute, set up by Bruno Fernandes, Scott McTominay made it 6-0 in the 71st minute, Bruno Fernandes made it 7-0 from the penalty spot in the 87th minute, Martial made it 8-0 in the 90th minute, and Daniel James made it 9-0 in stoppage time, set up by Bruno Fernandes.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 5.03 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Southampton's 0.51 from 3. Southampton had 2 players sent off.

Match stats

24 Shots 3

14 Shots on Target 1

5 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 2

5.03 xG 0.51

4.27 Non-penalty xG 0.51

23 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Man United Southampton

Kick-off

Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Assist: Luke Shaw

1-0

18’

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Mason Greenwood

2-0

25’

Jan Bednarek
Own goal

3-0

34’

Edinson Cavani
Assist: Luke Shaw

4-0

39’

Half-time4-0

Anthony Martial
Assist: Bruno Fernandes

5-0

69’

Scott McTominay

6-0

71’

Bruno Fernandes
Penalty

7-0

87’

Anthony Martial

8-0

90’

Daniel James
Assist: Bruno Fernandes

9-0

90+3’

Full-time9-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man United

Harry Maguire
Donny van de Beek

Southampton

Jan Bednarek
Alexandre Jankewitz
Kayne Ramsay
Jack Stephens
Stuart Armstrong

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Man United 5.03 xGSouthampton 0.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Southampton attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90	1		1	0.62	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	48		2	1	0.02	1.15	5
Fred	MID	90			2	0.05	0.40	2
Scott McTominay	MID	90	1		2	0.08	0.08	1
Marcus Rashford	MID	62	1		2	0.49	0.02	1
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90	1	2	6	1.03	1.21	5
Mason Greenwood	MID	90		1	3	0.25	0.52	2
Edinson Cavani	FWD	48	1		1	0.38	0.00	0
Anthony Martial	Sub	42	2		5	1.48	0.00	0
Donny van de Beek	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel James	Sub	28	1		1	0.63	0.07	1

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex McCarthy	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Kayne Ramsay	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jack Stephens	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Bednarek	DEF	88	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Bertrand	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Djenepo	MID	80	0	0.00	0.00	0
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90	2	0.17	0.00	0
Alexandre Jankewitz	MID	1	0	0.00	0.00	0
Stuart Armstrong	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Che Adams	FWD	90	1	0.33	0.02	1
Danny Ings	FWD	72	0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Redmond	Sub	18	0	0.00	0.33	1
Allan Tchaptchet	Sub	10	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 66% Avg odds 1.45

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.79

Southampton win 14% Avg odds 6.94

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United W D W L D

Southampton D W L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Southampton 2-3 Man United, 29 Nov 20 Next meeting: Southampton 1-1 Man United, 22 Aug 21 All Man United vs Southampton meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.