Premiership · Matchday 14

Southampton v Manchester United

2–2

HT 2–2

Saturday 1st December 2018 · St Marys Stadium · Att: 30,187

Manchester United drew 2–2 with Southampton at St Marys Stadium on Saturday 1st December 2018 in the Premiership. Romelu Lukaku (33') and Ander Herrera (39') scored for United. United were captained by Ashley Young, and the referee was Kevin Friend.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
12' Stuart Armstrong Assist: Michael Obafemi 1–0
18' Marcus Rashford
20' Cedric Soares 2–0
33' Romelu Lukaku Assist: Marcus Rashford 2–1
35' Marouane Fellaini
35' Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
39' Ander Herrera Assist: Marcus Rashford 2–2
Half Time 2–2
53' Paul Pogba
54' Mario Lemina
59' Jannik Vestergaard
72' Diogo Dalot for Shaw
77' Anthony Martial for Rashford
86' Jesse Lingard for Lukaku
90' Stuart Armstrong
90' Ashley Young
Full Time 2–2

Match Facts

60%

Possession

5-3-2

Formation

Kevin Friend

Referee

Ashley Young

Captain

Starting XI

Player

9 Romelu Lukaku 33'

21 Ander Herrera 39'

Substitutes

72' for Shaw

77' for Rashford

86' for Lukaku

Southampton Lineup

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

1 Alex McCarthy G

2 Cédric LM ⚽

3 Maya Yoshida CD

4 Jannik Vestergaard CD-L

5 Jack Stephens CD-R

17 Stuart Armstrong AM ⚽

18 Mario Lemina CM-L

22 Nathan Redmond CF-R

23 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg CM-R

43 Yan Valery RM

61 Michael Obafemi CF-L

Substitutes

6 Wesley Hoedt

8 Steven Davis on

10 Charlie Austin

14 Oriol Romeu

16 James Ward-Prowse

20 Manolo Gabbiadini on

28 Angus Gunn

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

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Mark Hughes

Southampton

Match Information

Man Utd

5-3-2

Formation

Southampton

3-4-1-2

Man Utd Southampton

60%

Possession

40%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.97

Avg Player Rating

6.90

United vs Southampton History

Meeting 124 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 124 times: 64W 33D 27L.

17 May 2017 D 0–0 PL 23 Sep 2017 W 1–0 PL 30 Dec 2017 D 0–0 PL

1 Dec 2018 D 2–2 This match

2 Mar 2019 W 3–2 PL 31 Aug 2019 D 1–1 PL 13 Jul 2020 D 2–2 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 →