Premiership · Matchday 03

Southampton v Manchester United

2–3

HT 1–1

Sunday 2nd September 2012 · St Marys Stadium · Att: 31,609

Manchester United beat Southampton 3–2 at St Marys Stadium on Sunday 2nd September 2012 in the Premiership. Robin van Persie (23', 87', 90'+1') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
16' Rickie Lambert Assist: Jason Puncheon 1–0
23' Robin van Persie Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia 1–1
Half Time 1–1
55' Morgan Schneiderlin Assist: Rickie Lambert 2–1
61' Paul Scholes for Cleverley
61' Luis Nani for Kagawa
68' Jos Hooiveld
71' Javier Hernandez for Welbeck
87' Robin van Persie Assist: Rio Ferdinand 2–2
90+1' Robin van Persie Assist: Nani 2–3
Full Time 2–3

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

10 Robin van Persie 23', 87', 90'+1

Substitutes

61' for Cleverley

61' for Kagawa

71' for Welbeck

Southampton Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

1 Kelvin Davis G

2 Nathaniel Clyne RB

4 Morgan Schneiderlin RCM ⚽

5 Jos Hooiveld CD-L

6 José Fonte CD-R

7 Rickie Lambert F ⚽

8 Steven Davis CM-L

13 Daniel Fox LB

16 James Ward-Prowse CM-R

20 Adam Lallana LM

42 Jason Puncheon RM

Substitutes

9 Jay Rodríguez on

12 Paulo Gazzaniga

19 Tadanari Lee

21 Guly do Prado on

22 Frazer Richardson

24 Emmanuel Mayuka on

25 Daniel Seaborne

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

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Nigel Adkins

Southampton

Match Information

Man Utd

4-3-3

Formation

Southampton

4-3-3

Man Utd Southampton

57%

Possession

43%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Southampton History

Meeting 111 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 111 times: 58W 28D 25L.

15 May 2005 W 2–1 PL 4 Jan 2009 W 3–0 FAC 29 Jan 2011 W 2–1 FAC

2 Sep 2012 W 3–2 This match

30 Jan 2013 W 2–1 PL 19 Oct 2013 D 1–1 PL 11 May 2014 D 1–1 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 →