Premiership · Matchday 06

Southampton v Manchester United

0–1

HT 0–1

Saturday 23rd September 2017 · St Marys Stadium · Att: 31,930

Manchester United beat Southampton 1–0 at St Marys Stadium on Saturday 23rd September 2017 in the Premiership. Romelu Lukaku (20') scored for United. United were captained by Antonio Valencia, and the referee was Craig Pawson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
20' Romelu Lukaku 0–1
37' Shane Long
43' Ashley Young
Half Time 0–1
62' Ander Herrera for Mata
69' Antonio Valencia
75' Chris Smalling for Mkhitaryan
82' Romelu Lukaku
88' Ander Herrera
90' Daley Blind for Rashford
Full Time 0–1

Match Facts

Romelu Lukaku's 8th goal of 2017-2018, and his 8th for United.

40%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Craig Pawson

Referee

Antonio Valencia

Captain

Starting XI

Player

9 Romelu Lukaku 20'

22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Substitutes

62' for Mata

75' for Mkhitaryan

90' for Rashford

Southampton Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2 Cédric RB

3 Maya Yoshida CD-R

6 Wesley Hoedt CD-L

7 Shane Long F

8 Steven Davis AM

11 Dusan Tadic AM-R

14 Oriol Romeu RM

18 Mario Lemina LM

21 Ryan Bertrand LB

22 Nathan Redmond AM-L

44 Fraser Forster G

Substitutes

10 Charlie Austin on

13 Alex McCarthy

16 James Ward-Prowse on

17 Virgil van Dijk

20 Manolo Gabbiadini on

23 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

26 Jérémy Pied

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

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Mauricio Pellegrino

Southampton

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Southampton

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Southampton

40%

Possession

60%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.02

Avg Player Rating

6.39

United vs Southampton History

Meeting 122 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 122 times: 64W 31D 27L.

19 Aug 2016 W 2–0 PL 26 Feb 2017 W 3–2 LC 17 May 2017 D 0–0 PL

23 Sep 2017 W 1–0 This match

30 Dec 2017 D 0–0 PL 1 Dec 2018 D 2–2 PL 2 Mar 2019 W 3–2 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 →