Southampton vs Manchester United: Premier League match preview and confirmed team news as Nemanja Matic starts at centre-back

Southampton vs Manchester United: Premier League match preview and confirmed team news as Nemanja Matic starts at centre-back
Jose Mourinho and Mark Hughes are in desperate need of a win as Southampton host Manchester United on Saturday, live on talkSPORT.Mourinhos side need to bounce back after a disappointing goalless home draw to Crystal Palace last weekend, while under-pressure Hughes has guided Saints to just one league win this season.Manchester United are winless in two Premier League games4
Manchester United are winless in two Premier League games
Southampton were dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Leicester on Tuesday and a heavy defeat to the Red Devils could cost the Welshman his job.

What the managers are saying

Mark Hughes (Southampton): In this day and age sometimes there are media outlets that find it is in their interest to try and set the agenda, when really it is not backed up by the actual facts and reality of the situation within the club.We have to deal with that. But the truth of the matter is, and I have said this for several weeks, if you gain good results, the pressure goes away to somebody else.Mark Hughes is under increasing pressure at Southampton4
Mark Hughes is under increasing pressure at Southampton
Jose Mourinho (Manchester United):We have a Champions League match in December but it’s a different Champions League match. We can now just focus on the Premier League and we need points. We need to improve our position in the table, we want to close the gap to the top four.We want to be smelling these positions. If not there then behind, but just smelling that for the second part of the season, so we need points.But everybody for different reasons needs points. We are going to have a very difficult match against a team that I know is not going to have any problems.

Team news

Hughes revealed Southampton will be without influential duo Danny Ings (hamstring) and Ryan Bertrand (back) for the visit of Manchester United.Alexis Sanchez has been ruled out for six weeks with a hamstring problem.Victor Lindelof is expected to be sidelined for about a month after suffering a hamstring injury against Palace last weekend.Meanwhile, there is no Chris Smalling in the Manchester United squad and it seems Nemanja Matic will fill in at centre-back alongside Phil Jones.Phil Jones played in Manchester United’s midweek Champions League win over Young Boys4
Phil Jones played in Manchester United’s midweek Champions League win over Young Boys
Luke Shaw is available for league action after serving his one-match domestic ban.

Confirmed line-ups

Southampton: McCarthy, Yoshida, Vestergaard, Stephens, Valery, Hojbjerg, Lemina, Armstrong, Cedric, Redmond, Obafemi.Subs: Hoedt, Davis, Austin, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Gabbiadini, Gunn.Man United: De Gea, Young, Jones, Matic, Shaw, McTominay, Ander Herrera, Fellaini, Pogba, Lukaku, Rashford.Subs: Mata, Martial, Lingard, Rojo, Fred, Dalot, Romero.Paul Pogba was dropped to the Manchester United bench against Young Boys4
Paul Pogba was dropped to the Manchester United bench against Young Boys

Where can you listen?

Full commentary of Southampton vs Manchester United will be LIVE on talkSPORT, kick-off 17:30.Click below or here for the live commentary stream.You can also listen through the talkSPORT App, on DAB Digital Radio or on MW 1053 or 1089.

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