Southampton vs Man United

Below you can find more on each part of Mark O'Haire's bet builder tips for Southampton vs Man United, with the option to back each individual leg directly through oddschecker at best price. At the time of writing, it pays 7/2 with Sky Bet, Paddy Power & BetMGM.

Manchester United to Win

Southampton were unlucky not to pinch a share of the spoils on MD1 against Newcastle, but Saints have been second-best since. The St Mary’s club lost the shot count 23-5 at home to Nottingham Forest and faced another 20 efforts against Brentford last time out, with each opponent fashioning six Big Chances.

For all Manchester United’s flaws, the Red Devils have a tendency to thrive against the Premier League’s lesser lights under Erik ten Hag. United have posted W13-D1-L2 when travelling to bottom-eight teams under the Dutchman, a sample that includes six victories from six when playing away at newly-promoted clubs.

Under 3.5 Goals 

As well as largely dominating against the Premier League’s bottom-half on the road, Manchester United matches in this particular element tend to be relatively low-scoring.

Include all away days at bottom-half opposition and United’s road trips are avergaing only 2.25 goals with 18 (90%) of those encounters featuring Under 3.5 Goals.

Considering Southampton are struggling in the final-third, I’m happy to oppose a high goals count at St Mary’s on Saturday.

Bruno Fernandes Over 0.5 Shots on-Target

Bruno Fernandes has failed to hit the target in his past two Manchester United outings but the Red Devils skipper remains a real menace in forward areas.

The Portuguese star averages 1.36 on-target attempts per-90 over the past 30 league fixtures and landed this part of the wager in 12 of 13 previous EPL dates before his back-to-back blanks. 

Over 7.5 Corners 

A chunky 80% of Premier League matches have seen Over 7.5 Corners collect this season with the division averaging a hefty 10.97 following the first three matchdays.

Southampton’s dates have delivered 15-14-10 corner counts with Manchester United following suit with 15-8-7, whilst last season all 19 away days produced 8+ flag-kicks.