Premiership · Matchday 22

Manchester United v Southampton

9–0

HT 4–0

Tuesday 2nd February 2021 · Old Trafford · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United beat Southampton 9–0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday 2nd February 2021 in the Premiership. Aaron Wan-Bissaka (18'), Marcus Rashford (25'), Edinson Cavani (39'), Anthony Martial (69', 90'), Scott McTominay (71'), Bruno Fernandes (87') and Daniel James (90'+3') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Mike Dean.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
2' Alexandre Jankewitz
18' Aaron Wan-Bissaka Assist: Luke Shaw 1–0
25' Marcus Rashford Assist: Mason Greenwood 2–0
34' Jan Bednarek OG 3–0
39' Edinson Cavani Assist: Luke Shaw 4–0
42' Kayne Ramsay
45' Jack Stephens
45' Donny van de Beek for Shaw
45' Anthony Martial for Cavani
Half Time 4–0
52' Harry Maguire
53' Donny van de Beek
60' Daniel James for Rashford
69' Anthony Martial Assist: Bruno Fernandes 5–0
71' Scott McTominay 6–0
86' Jan Bednarek
87' Bruno Fernandes pen 7–0
89' Stuart Armstrong
90' Anthony Martial 8–0
90+3' Daniel James Assist: Bruno Fernandes 9–0
Full Time 9–0

Match Facts

United's biggest win over Southampton at the time, in their 129th meeting.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka's 2nd goal of 2020-2021, and his 2nd for United.
Marcus Rashford's 16th goal of 2020-2021, and his 83rd for United.
Edinson Cavani's 6th goal of 2020-2021, and his 6th for United.
Anthony Martial's brace took him to 7 in 2020-2021 and 78 for United.
Scott McTominay's 5th goal of 2020-2021, and his 12th for United.

74%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Mike Dean

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

2 Victor Lindelof

5 Harry Maguire

7 Edinson Cavani 39'

10 Marcus Rashford 25'

11 Mason Greenwood

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

18 Bruno Fernandes 87'

23 Luke Shaw

29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka 18'

39 Scott McTominay 71'

Substitutes

Donny van de Beek

45' for Shaw

Anthony Martial

45' for Cavani

69', 90'

Daniel James

60' for Rashford

90'+3

Southampton Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

1 Alex McCarthy G

3 Ryan Bertrand LB

5 Jack Stephens CD-L

8 James Ward-Prowse CM-R

9 Danny Ings CF-L

10 Ché Adams CF-R

12 Moussa Djenepo RM

17 Stuart Armstrong LM

31 Kayne Ramsay RB

35 Jan Bednarek CD-R

64 Alexandre Jankewitz CM-L

Substitutes

11 Nathan Redmond on

40 Daniel N'Lundulu

41 Harry Lewis

44 Fraser Forster

47 Will Ferry

52 Ryan Finnigan

62 Allan Tchaptchet on

65 Caleb Watts

72 Kgagelo Chauke

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

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Ralph Hasenhuttl

Southampton

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Southampton

4-4-2

Man Utd Southampton

74%

Possession

26%

4.7

Expected Goals (xG)

0.5

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.80

Avg Player Rating

5.20

26.2

Avg Age

25.9

United vs Southampton History

Meeting 129 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 129 times: 67W 35D 27L.

31 Aug 2019 D 1–1 PL 13 Jul 2020 D 2–2 PL 29 Nov 2020 W 3–2 PL

2 Feb 2021 W 9–0 This match

22 Aug 2021 D 1–1 PL 12 Feb 2022 D 1–1 PL 27 Aug 2022 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 →