SCORE: 1st Half

MANCHESTER UNITED (Ibrahimovic) 1-0 SOUTHAMPTON

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Barclays Premier League Tie between Manchester United and Southampton

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Date: August 19th, 2016

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Kick off BST: 20:00

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Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

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Starting XI's:

Manchester United F.C.	Southampton F.C
De Gea	Forster
Valencia	Targett
Bailly	Van Dijk
Blind	Fonte
Shaw	Soares
POGBA	Davis
Fellaini	Hojberg
Rooney (C)	Romeu
Mata	Tadic
Martial	Long
Ibrahimovic	Redmond

Man Utd F.C. SUBS: Romero, Smalling, Herrera, Young, Mkhitaryan, Schneiderlin, Rashford

Southampton F.C. SUBS: McCarthy, Yoshida, Clasie, Ward-Prowse, Pied, Rodriguez, Austin

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Team news:

• POGBA STARTS!!!!

• Mata retains his place in the side. Mkhitaryan, Rashford, Young, and Herrera are the attacking options off the bench.

• Fellaini is paired with POGBA in midfield.

• Bailly and Blind are our CB duo today.

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UPDATES:

FIRST HALF UPDATES:

0' KICK OFF

0' The teams are out. United in red, Southampton in black. The excitement is palpable...

0' United kick off! We're attacking the Stretford End for the first half.

1' Southampton have a free kick in a dangerous position after Pogba gives the ball away in midfield.

1' Tadic smacks the ball into the wall and it's a Southampton throw in. United eventually get it clear.

5' Valencia picks the ball up from Rooney in midfield and bursts down the wing and wins United the first corner of the game. Mata swings it in but it's cleared by Southampton. It's back to Mata again but Southampton get it clear.

10' Valencia has been heavily involved early on and interplay between himself and Mata wins us another corner. Romeu is injured and will need replacing. Clasie is going to come on.

11' SOUTHAMPTON SUBSTITUTION Clasie ON || Romeu OFF

13' Pogba gets our first shot on target. Mata plays a ball over the top to Ibrahimovic who eventually lays off Pogba, but his shot is straight at Forster.

17' Southampton have grown into the game now and have had quite a bit of possession in the past few minutes. No real chances yet but they're playing good passes in dangerous areas.

20' United surge forward and it ends with Shaw playing Rooney in but instead of taking a left-footed shot at goal, he tries to chip the ball into Mata and Forster cuts it out.

15' Southampton have a free kick that's drilled into the box and it eventually falls to Long but he swivels and shoots and hits the side netting.

28' Great play by United and it eventually results in Ibra hitting a bicycle kick over the bar! Pogba receives the ball on the wing and links it into Mata who flicks it on with a lovely header and Ibra swivels and almost scores a spectacular strike!

29' Mata has looked incredible so far with his range of passing and his intelligence. He just played Ibra in and we have another corner. Nothing comes from it though.

31' United are playing a high line and are looking vulnerable to counters and through-balls. Mata gives the ball away in midfield and Long is played through but his left-footed shot is poor and straight to De Gea.

33' Rooney picks up the ball about 25 yards from goal and tries a strike but it's straight at Forster and was never troubling the goalkeeper.

36' MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL IBRAHIMOVIC SCORES!!! VALENCIA PLAYS THE BALL TO ROONEY NEAR THE CORNER FLAG AND ROONEY DELIVERS A GREAT CROSS INTO THE CENTRE OF THE BOX THAT IBRA ABSOLUTELY THUNDERS PAST FORSTER WITH A GREAT HEADER!

MANCHESTER UNITED (Ibrahimovic) 1-0 SOUTHAMPTON