FA Cup · 3rd Round

Southampton v Manchester United

0–3

Sunday 4th January 2009 · St Marys Stadium · Att: 31,901

Manchester United beat Southampton 3–0 at St Marys Stadium on Sunday 4th January 2009 in the FA Cup. Danny Welbeck (20'), Nani (48') and Darron Gibson (81') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
20' Danny Welbeck 0–1
34' Jonny Evans
37' Ariel Borysiuk
38' Rudi Skacel
42' John O'Shea
Half Time
48' Nani pen 0–2
56' Rodrigo Possebon for Giggs
56' Darron Gibson for Carrick
63' Wayne Rooney for Welbeck
72' Lloyd James
81' Darron Gibson 0–3
Full Time 0–3

Match Facts

Darron Gibson scored his first goal for Manchester United.
A 5th consecutive win in all competitions.
Danny Welbeck's 2nd goal of 2008-2009, and his 2nd for United.
Nani's 4th goal of 2008-2009, and his 8th for United.

Starting XI

Player

17 Luis Nani 48'

19 Danny Welbeck 20'

Substitutes

56' for Giggs

56' for Carrick

81'

Wayne Rooney

63' for Welbeck

Southampton Lineup

Starting XI

1 Kelvin Davis G

2 Chris Perry D

7 Rudi Skacel M

11 Andrew Surman M

17 David McGoldrick F

22 Simon Gillett M

23 Lloyd James M

24 Oliver Lancashire D

35 Ariel Borysiuk F

37 Oscar Gobern M

39 Ryan Smith M

Substitutes

8 Bradley Wright-Phillips

12 Lee Holmes on

13 Tommy Forecast

15 Jason Euell

19 Morgan Schneiderlin on

42 Kayne McLaggon on

43 Lee Molyneux

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

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Jan Poortvliet

Southampton

Match Information

Man Utd Southampton

63%

Possession

37%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Southampton History

Meeting 109 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 109 times: 56W 28D 25L.

4 Dec 2004 W 3–0 PL 12 Mar 2005 W 4–0 FAC 15 May 2005 W 2–1 PL

4 Jan 2009 W 3–0 This match

29 Jan 2011 W 2–1 FAC 2 Sep 2012 W 3–2 PL 30 Jan 2013 W 2–1 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 ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →