Southampton vs Manchester United live commentary: Saints seek first points as Ten Hag looks to improve – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Manchester United travel to the south coast this weekend to face Southampton in the Premier League, and you can watch it exclusively on talkSPORT.

He Red Devils They enter the first international break of the season after two consecutive defeats, and they will want to start turning that situation around here.

Erik the HagLiverpool were booed at Old Trafford after an embarrassing 3-0 home defeat to Liverpool, and the pressure is on the Dutchman to pick up three points.

Meanwhile, Southampton are yet to pick up a point in the Premier League and have been guilty of conceding some poor goals.

Russell Martin likes his team to play out from the back, but Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Brentford have caught them by surprise.

Southampton vs Manchester United: Is Casemiro's job in danger?

After a summer of big spending by United, there has been no real change in the way games are run.

The Red Devils beat Fulham 1-0 in their opening game of the season before being exposed by Brighton and Liverpool, with Casemiro particularly fighting

The Brazilian midfielder made huge mistakes in the build-up to two of Liverpool's goals and was replaced at half time.

Despite this, he could still be a starter against Southamptonbut his long-term place in the United team appears to be in jeopardy with the arrival of Manuel Ugarte.

Ten Hag's men spent a lot of money to sign the Uruguay international for Old Trafford, shelling out just over £50m for his signature.

It may take him a while to adapt to the top flight, but this looks to be the beginning of the end of Casemiro's Premier League career.

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• Southampton are winless in their last 14 Premier League meetings with Manchester United (L8 6) since a 1-0 away win in January 2016.
• Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 12 Premier League away games against Southampton (W7 D5) since a 1-0 defeat in August 2003.
• Manchester United have lost just one of their last 30 Premier League games against promoted sides (W22 D7), winning 15 of their last 17 since a 4-1 defeat at Watford in November 2021.

Southampton vs Manchester United: Date and how to follow

This Premier League match will take place on Saturday, September 14.

Kick-off at St Mary's is scheduled for 12:30pm

talkSPORT will have live and EXCLUSIVE coverage from the south coast, with Reshmin Chowdhury as your presenter.

Commentary will be provided by Sam Matterface and English icon Stuart Pearce.

talkSPORT.com will also have updates on our dedicated website Premier League Blog.

To tune in to talkSPORT via the website, Click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen through talkSPORT Appon DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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• Manchester United have come from behind to beat Southampton in 10 different Premier League games – only Liverpool have more comeback wins against a single opponent in the competition's history (11 vs Newcastle).
• Southampton have lost all three of their Premier League games so far this season. They could become the first team to lose each of their first four in three different campaigns in the competition, having done so in 1998-99 and 2012-13 (the last time they were promoted).
• Manchester United have lost as many as two of their opening three league games in a season for just the second time under Erik ten Hag (also in 2022-23), as many times as in their previous 29 campaigns combined (2018-19 and 2020-21). They last lost three of their first four games in 1986-87.

Southampton vs Manchester United – Team news

The hosts remain without long-term absentee Gavin Bazunu due to a ruptured Achilles.

Striker Ross Stewart is also absent.

However, Aaron Ramsdale is set to make his home debut after starting in the 3-1 defeat to Brentford before the international break.

The saints too He signed several players on the last day of the deadlineincluding the return of Ryan Fraser.

He will be hoping to make his second debut alongside Maxwel Cornet, who arrived on loan from West Ham.

Mateus Fernandes and Lesley Ugochukwu will also be looking to start.

At Manchester United, Ugarte could make his debut.

But they still have plenty of injury problems, with Leny Yoro, Tyrell Malacia, Mason Mount and Rasmus Hojlund out.

However, Victor Lindelof and Luke Shaw could return from their respective problems.

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• Southampton (4) and Manchester United (3) have conceded the most errors in the Premier League this season. All three goals conceded by Manchester United in their defeat to Liverpool last time came from errors, the first time on record they have made so many errors in a single Premier League game (since 2007-08).
• Southampton have lost 399 of their 927 Premier League games. They could become only the fifth team to lose as many as 400 games in the competition, in fewer matches than any other team (West Ham 976, Aston Villa 1,072, Newcastle 1,090, Everton 1,128).
• Manchester United have scored around three fewer goals than their xG suggests they should have so far this season (2 goals, 5.2 xG), the largest such difference in the competition this season. Meanwhile, Southampton have the second-largest difference so far (1 goal, 3.5 xG) and the lowest shot conversion rate of any team (2.4%).
• Since keeping a clean sheet in his opening Premier League game against Manchester United while at Bournemouth in November 2019, Southampton goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has conceded in each of his last eight games against the Red Devils. His 19 goals conceded in these games are the most he has conceded against any opponent in the competition (also 19 against Liverpool).

Southampton vs Man United: What's been said?

After Cristiano Ronaldo After passing the 900-goal mark during the international break, Piers Morgan has criticised Ten Hag for abandoning the Portuguese superstar.

Talking about talkSPORT BreakfastHe said: “Ten Hag is a complete idiot. I'm sorry, he is.

“He's been there ever since he left, hasn't he? He speaks complete gibberish.

“Now he's talking about Harry Potter or something. Ten Hag is everything Ronaldo told me he was in that interview, which led to him leaving United.

“I'm sorry, he is. He has been ever since he went there, right? He speaks in complete gibberish.

“Now he's talking about Harry Potter or something. Ten Hag is everything Ronaldo told me he was in that interview, which led to him leaving United.”