Man United vs Southampton

2 March 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Andreas Pereira 53’
Romelu Lukaku 59’, 89’

Yan Valery 26’
James Ward-Prowse 75’

Match summary

Man United came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Southampton, with a late winner. Southampton led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Yan Valery put Southampton ahead in the 26th minute, set up by Charlie Austin. In the second half, Andreas Pereira equalised in the 53rd minute, set up by Diogo Dalot, Romelu Lukaku put Man United in front in the 59th minute, set up by Andreas Pereira, James Ward-Prowse equalised with a direct free kick in the 75th minute, and Lukaku won it in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 2.54 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Southampton's 0.58 from 9. Paul Pogba had a penalty saved for Man United.

Match stats

16 Shots 6

6 Shots on Target 3

9 Corners 7

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.54 xG 0.58

1.78 Non-penalty xG 0.58

9 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Man United Southampton

Kick-off

26’

Yan Valery
Assist: Charlie Austin

0-1

Half-time0-1

Andreas Pereira
Assist: Diogo Dalot

1-1

53’

Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Andreas Pereira

2-1

59’

75’

James Ward-Prowse

2-2

Romelu Lukaku

3-2

89’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Man United

Paul Pogba
Romelu Lukaku

Southampton

Ryan Bertrand

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 2.54 xGSouthampton 0.58 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
Ashley Young	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Chris Smalling	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.12	1
Paul Pogba	MID	90			1	0.76	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	MID	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Andreas Pereira	MID	85	1	1	1	0.02	0.48	2
Alexis Sánchez	MID	55			0	0.00	0.00	0
Romelu Lukaku	FWD	90	2		5	1.18	0.07	1
Marcus Rashford	FWD	90			4	0.43	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	Sub	35		1	2	0.03	0.25	2
Fred	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tahith Chong	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Angus Gunn	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90			2	0.33	0.00	0
Maya Yoshida	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jan Bednarek	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Yan Valery	MID	90	1		1	0.02	0.00	0
Ryan Bertrand	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90			2	0.06	0.09	1
Oriol Romeu	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Redmond	MID	90			1	0.02	0.05	2
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90	1		1	0.08	0.26	2
Charlie Austin	FWD	66		1	1	0.06	0.02	1
Stuart Armstrong	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sam Gallagher	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 67% Bet365 odds 1.45

Draw 22% Bet365 odds 4.50

Southampton win 11% Bet365 odds 8.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United D W W D W

Southampton D D L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Southampton 2-2 Man United, 01 Dec 18 Next meeting: Southampton 1-1 Man United, 31 Aug 19 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.