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Manchester United vs Southampton match preview
Southampton manager Ivan Juric says he is “optimistic” his new side can upset Manchester United at Old Trafford on Thursday after ending an 11-match winless wait.
The Saints snapped a three-game losing streak and scored as many goals as they had in their previous eight games with a 3-0 home win over Championship visitors Swansea City on Sunday in the third round of the FA Cup.
“We can do it,” Juric said of adding a first away win of the season to his first win since taking over on Dec. 21.
“It’s a good game. The boys are working well. They’ve got a bit more confidence after the Swansea game…with the games and training I think they’re starting to do the things I want them to do. It’s normal
Old Trafford awaits you 📍 pic.twitter.com/FP1AATPKFn
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) January 14, 2025
“It’s just an attitude to do the (mandatory) things. If you’re training with intensity, with pressure, with aggression, you’re going to play like that.”
Juric said his United counterpart Ruben Amorim’s use of the 3-4-3 with former Sporting Lisbon is “almost perfect”.
“I want to do the same at Manchester United”, added the Croatian, whose team is 10 points from safety and 17 from their rival, ranked fourteenth.
we love he considers the challenge an acid test of his players’ highly questionable character. Less than two months after being appointed, Amorim said United’s 2-2 draw at Liverpool on January 5, which ended a four-game losing streak, had made him “mad” by the quality unpredictability of the actions he has supervised.
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) January 13, 2025
United produced another shock result and an impressive display of determination on Sunday, knocking Arsenal out of the FA Cup on penalties at the Emirates Stadium despite being reduced to 10 men when Diogo Dalot was sent off in the 61st minute.
“We have to deliver it, or try to,” Amorim added. “But the most important thing is to fight in the game and … in the end, win.”
It bodes well for Amorim that United are unbeaten in 16 meetings with Southampton in almost nine years, although three of the last five meetings have been drawn since the hosts’ 9-0 win at Old Trafford in February 2021
Man United vs Southampton team News
Dalot will be out for the first time this season as the full-back serves a one-match suspension for his two bookings at Arsenal, with Tyrell Malacia, who replaced him against the Gunners, an option to start at left-back.
Amorim says he is 21 years old Toby Collyerwho has played in the EFL Cup position this season, has caught the eye in training.
You have to want it.#MUFC pic.twitter.com/GMkXBu0qQO
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) January 13, 2025
Noussair Mazraoui could also switch sides, which could allow amad Diallo, Alejandro Garnacho or Antony to start on the right.
Defenders Victor Lindelof, Jonny Evans and Luke Shaw remain out through injury, as does midfielder Mason Mount, while Andre Onana, who has been an ever-present in the Premier League since joining in 2023, is likely to replace Altay Bayindir in goal despite Turkey. the heroic international against Arsenal.
Southampton defender Jack Stephens, who was sent off in their 3-0 home defeat to United in September, will miss the game through injury.
Striker Ross Stewart is also out, though Flynn Downes could return following a thigh injury the defensive midfielder suffered on December 26.
“(Flynn) had his first practice (Tuesday) and he’s fine,” Juric told reporters. “We’ll see if he can play from the start or later.”
“Scored a few touches” 👏 pic.twitter.com/p2uS2Py5VZ
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) January 13, 2025
Man United vs Southampton predicted lineups
Manchester United: Onana; Yoro, De Ligt, Martinez; Amad Diallo, Mainoo, Ugarte, Malaysia; Fernandes, Hojlund, Garnacho
Southampton: Ramsdale; Bednarek, Harwood-Bellis, Wood; Walker-Peters, Fernandes, Aribo, Ugochukwu, Manning; Dibling, Armstrong
