Premiership · Matchday 02

Manchester United v Southampton

2–0

HT 1–0

Friday 19th August 2016 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,326

Manchester United beat Southampton 2–0 at Old Trafford on Friday 19th August 2016 in the Premiership. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (36', 52') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
36' Zlatan Ibrahimovic Assist: Wayne Rooney 1–0
Half Time 1–0
52' Zlatan Ibrahimovic pen 2–0
76' Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Mata
82' Ander Herrera for Martial
89' Chris Smalling for Rooney
Full Time 2–0

Match Facts

A 5th consecutive win in all competitions.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's brace took him to 4 in 2016-2017 and 4 for United.

Starting XI

Player

9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 36', 52'

Substitutes

76' for Mata

82' for Martial

89' for Rooney

Southampton Lineup

4-1-2-1-2

Starting XI

1 Fraser Forster G

2 Cédric RB

6 José Fonte CD-L

7 Shane Long CF-R

8 Steven Davis LM

11 Dusan Tadic AM

14 Oriol Romeu DM

17 Virgil van Dijk CD-R

22 Nathan Redmond CF-L

23 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg RM

33 Matt Targett LB

Substitutes

3 Maya Yoshida

4 Jordy Clasie on

9 Jay Rodríguez on

10 Charlie Austin on

13 Alex McCarthy

16 James Ward-Prowse

26 Jérémy Pied

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Claude Puel

Southampton

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Southampton

4-1-2-1-2

Man Utd Southampton

43%

Possession

57%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.52

Avg Player Rating

6.77

United vs Southampton History

Meeting 119 of 135

135

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

239

Goals For

147

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 13th February 1897. After this match United had played Southampton 119 times: 62W 30D 27L.

11 Jan 2015 L 0–1 PL 20 Sep 2015 W 3–2 PL 23 Jan 2016 L 0–1 PL

19 Aug 2016 W 2–0 This match

26 Feb 2017 W 3–2 LC 17 May 2017 D 0–0 PL 23 Sep 2017 W 1–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	65	41	15	9	134	64	63.1
Away	67	27	23	17	101	80	40.3
Neutral	3	2	0	1	4	3	66.7

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →