On Monday, 8th December, Southampton will be host to Manchester United at St Mary’s Stadium for their next Premier League match.
Out of their last five matches two have ended in draws and three have been won by Manchester United. Most recently the teams drew 1 – 1 in May this year. In fact, Manchester United have won 9 and lost just 1 of their last 12 Premier League games against Southampton.
Unfortunately for Southampton it seems as if this trend is going to continue. Winner Sports is offering odds of 6/4 on Manchester United winning while the odds on Southampton are 9/5. A draw is seen as even more unlikely with odds of 12/5 available. However, there are odds of 11/2 available on a 1 – 1 draw.
At present Southampton is third in the Premier League with 26 points having won 8 games, drawn 2 and lost 4. They are just above Manchester United who are fourth in the league with 25 points having won 7 games, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Last weekend Southampton lost 1 – 0 to Arsenal and the week before they lost 3 – 0 to Manchester City.
Manchester United beat Stoke City 2 – 1 last weekend and Hull City 3 – 0 the week before.
