Southampton vs Man United

29 November 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 2–0

Jan Bednarek 23’
James Ward-Prowse 33’

Bruno Fernandes 59’
Edinson Cavani 74’, 90+2’

Match summary

Man United came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 away at Southampton, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Southampton led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jan Bednarek put Southampton ahead with a header in the 23rd minute, set up by James Ward-Prowse and James Ward-Prowse made it 2-0 with a direct free kick in the 33rd minute. In the second half, Bruno Fernandes pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 59th minute, set up by Edinson Cavani, Edinson Cavani equalised with a header in the 74th minute, and Cavani won it with a header in stoppage time, set up by Marcus Rashford.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 2.51 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Southampton's 0.50 from 10.

Match stats

10 Shots 15

5 Shots on Target 6

5 Corners 9

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.50 xG 2.48

0.50 Non-penalty xG 2.48

0 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Southampton Man United

Kick-off

Jan Bednarek
Assist: James Ward-Prowse

1-0

23’

James Ward-Prowse

2-0

33’

Half-time2-0

59’

Bruno Fernandes
Assist: Edinson Cavani

2-1

74’

Edinson Cavani

2-2

90+2’

Edinson Cavani
Assist: Marcus Rashford

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Southampton

James Ward-Prowse

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.

Southampton 0.50 xGMan United 2.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man United attacking Southampton 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
Alex McCarthy	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Walker-Peters	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.02	1
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Bednarek	DEF	90	1		1	0.06	0.00	0
Ryan Bertrand	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Stuart Armstrong	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Oriol Romeu	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90	1	1	1	0.07	0.15	2
Moussa Djenepo	MID	74			2	0.13	0.05	1
Che Adams	FWD	90			1	0.07	0.10	2
Theo Walcott	FWD	90			2	0.07	0.00	0
Shane Long	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel N'Lundulu	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ibrahima Diallo	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Alex Telles	DEF	86			0	0.00	0.35	2
Fred	MID	90			1	0.02	0.05	2
Donny van de Beek	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90	1		6	0.94	0.40	1
Marcus Rashford	FWD	90		1	1	0.40	0.43	3
Mason Greenwood	FWD	48			2	0.37	0.00	0
Edinson Cavani	Sub	42	2	1	4	0.75	0.29	1
Dean Henderson	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Brandon Williams	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 25% Avg odds 3.83

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.72

Man United win 49% Avg odds 1.95

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

Form going into the game

Southampton D W W W D

Man United W D L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 2-2 Southampton, 13 Jul 20 Next meeting: Man United 9-0 Southampton, 02 Feb 21 All Southampton vs Man United 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.