Southampton are set to host Manchester United at St Mary’s Stadium on Sunday in the English Premier League.
Southampton:
Southampton made a bad start to the campaign as they suffered a 3-1 loss in their opening clash against Rafa Benitez’s Everton in the league. Goals from Brazilian attacker Richarlison, French midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure, and striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin secured the victory for Everton. Striker Adam Armstrong scored the consolation goal for Southampton.
They would be eyeing to make a comeback against The Red Devils. Southampton will be without young midfielder Will Smallbone and left-back Sam McQueen. Other than that there are no known issues and manager Ralph Hasenhuttl is expected to have a fully fit squad at his disposal.
Manchester United:
While Manchester United, on the other hand, kickstarted the campaign with an emphatic triumph over Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United as they thrashed 5-1 against The Peacocks. The Portuguese midfield maestro Bruno Fernandes scored a brilliant hat-trick and goals from young forward Mason Greenwood and Brazilian midfielder Fred secured the win for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United. It was the right-back Luke Ayling, who scored the only goal for Leeds United.
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will not be having ace striker Marcus Rashford and Brazilian left-back Alex Telles in his team, while there are also doubts over the availability of goalkeeper Dean Henderson and Uruguay international Edinson Cavani. He will try to carry on with the momentum and bag a consecutive win.
Waging Odds: Manchester United (1.61) vs Southampton (5.00) (Draw- 4.30)
Manchester United are favourites and are priced at 1.61, meaning if you bet ₹100 on them and if they win the match, you’ll be making ₹161.
Southampton are priced at 5.00 and are the underdogs. Betting ₹100 on them will earn you ₹500 if they come out as winners.
The odds for a draw are placed at 4.30. Betting ₹100 on it will earn you ₹430 if they come out as winners.
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Prediction:
Southampton recently sold striker Danny Ings and Danish defender Jannik Vestergaard. Their performance slumped in the last season, and they will now be reliant on new signing Adam Armstrong to produce goals.
Manchester United bagged the signings of Jadon Sancho and French centre-back Raphael Varane, who was unveiled before the game against Leeds United. We will see if the Frenchman starts against The Saints.
Manchester United are the favorites to win the contest and they are expected to emerge victorious by a good margin of 3-0 scoreline.