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The Saints currently sit at eleventh on the table with three four points from three matches. Their only victory of the season came last week when they beat Leicester City by two goals to one at the King Power Stadium.
Ralph Hassenhuttl and his men will be hoping to consolidate on that win when they play Manchester United tomorrow.
Manchester United like the Saints also got their first win of the season at the expense of Liverpool at Old Trafford on Monday, after losing their first two matches in the league for the first time since 1922.
The win saw the Red Devils move up from nineteenth to fourteenth on the table with just three points.
Monday’s victory comes as a morale booster to the Red Devils as they travel to the St Mary’s Stadium on Saturday.
The last nine matches between the two clubs saw Manchester United won three of those encounters, including a 9-0 thrashing of Southampton in 2021, with the remaining matches being draws.
Team News
Southampton
Ralph Hassenhuttl will be without the services of Romain Perraud and Valentino Livramento who are both out with injuries.
However, he is expected to start with Che Adams upfront having netted three goals in their last two matches – one against Leicester City and two in the midweek against Cambridge United in the Carabao Cup.
Formation (4-2-3-1)
Possible Line Up: Bazunu; Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Salisu, Djenepo; Ward-Prowse, Lavia; Armstrong, Aribo, Elyounoussi; Adams.
Manchester United
Erik ten Hag is expected to make a few changes to the squad that started against Liverpool on Monday, with Anthony Elanga expected to make way for either Anthony Martial or Cristiano Ronaldo and new signing Casemiro expected to be picked ahead of Scott McTominay.
Victor Lindelof and Facundo Pellistri continue to remain on the sidelines through injury.
Formation (4-3-3)
Possible Line Ups: De Gea; Dalot, Varane Martinez, Malacia; Eriksen, Casemiro, Fernandes; Sancho, Martial, Rashford.
