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Southampton 1-0 Man United - August 31, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 4

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

August 31, 2003

32 066

1 - 0

Man United

(right foot) James Beattie

87'

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60' - Substitution Neil McCannis substituted by Chris Marsden60

66' - Substitution Klébersonis substituted by Cristiano Ronaldo

75' - Substitution Kevin Phillipsis substituted by Brett Ormerod75

76' - Substitution Eric Djemba-Djembais substituted by Nicky Butt

84' - Substitution Fabrice Fernandesis substituted by Anders Svensson84

87' - Goal James Beattie87

88' - Substitution Phil Nevilleis substituted by Quinton Fortune

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

1 - 0

Man United

Southampton Man United

Team line-ups

Southampton

1 Jones

Paul Jones

Wales

B.date18/04/1967

Age36 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

11 Svensson

Michael Svensson

Sweden

B.date25/11/1975

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

5 Lundekvam

Claus Lundekvam

Norway

B.date22/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

3 Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age34 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

33 Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

2 Dodd

Jason Dodd

England

B.date02/11/1970

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Oakley

Matt Oakley

England

B.date17/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

10 McCann60

Neil McCann

Scotland

B.date11/08/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

29 Fernandes84

Fabrice Fernandes

France

B.date29/10/1979

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

7 Phillips75

Kevin Phillips

England

B.date25/07/1973

Age30 years

H1m71

positionStriker

9 Beattie87

James Beattie

England

B.date27/02/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Paul Jones		36	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Michael Svensson		27	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Claus Lundekvam		30	270	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Graeme Le Saux		34	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Paul Telfer		31	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jason Dodd		32	434	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Matt Oakley		26	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Neil McCann	60	29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Fabrice Fernandes	84	23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Kevin Phillips	75	30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	James Beattie	87	25	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

142

Man United

14 Howard

Tim Howard

United States

B.date06/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

27 Silvestre

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

3 P. Neville88

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

2 G. Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age28 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

22 O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age22 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

19 Djemba-Djemba76

Eric Djemba-Djemba

Cameroon

B.date04/05/1981

Age22 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

16 Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age32 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

11 Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

15 Kléberson66

Kléberson

Brazil

B.date19/06/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionPlaymaker

21 Forlán

Diego Forlán

Uruguay

B.date19/05/1979

Age24 years

H1m80

positionSecond striker

10 van Nistelrooy

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
14	G	Tim Howard		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Mikaël Silvestre		26	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Phil Neville	88	26	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gary Neville		28	394	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	John O'Shea		22	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Eric Djemba-Djemba	76	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Roy Keane		32	398	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs		29	549	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Kléberson	66	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Diego Forlán		24	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ruud van Nistelrooy		27	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

191

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	M	Anders Svensson	84	27	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Chris Marsden	60	34	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	F	Brett Ormerod	75	26	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
8	M	Nicky Butt	76	28	356	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Quinton Fortune	88	26	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Cristiano Ronaldo	66	18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Telfer

Rory Delap

OUT

Neil McCann

David Prutton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mikaël Silvestre

Cristiano Ronaldo

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Strachan vs Man United

2 victories

0 draw

13 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 2003

Strachan vs Ferguson

2 victories

0 draw

13 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

929

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Ferguson vs Southampton

23 victories

9 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 2003

Ferguson vs Strachan

13 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 2003

Referee

Mark Halsey

11 victories	4 draws	8 losses	Southampton23 matches	General total	Man United36 matches	25 victories	6 draws	5 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Southampton3 matches	Season total	Man United5 matches	3 victories	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 20, 2013					Latest figure on February 10, 2013

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Key figures

Southampton keeps its 3 matches without conceding any goal at home running (since 03/05/2003).

Man United keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw in Premier League running (since 19/04/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/11/2002-04/02/2003 time period (12 matches).

End of streak for Man United after 22 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League (since 26/12/2002). It was the best streak for the club since 11/10/1958-04/04/1959 (27 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSouthampton 2-0 Wolverhampton09/03/2003

DSouthampton 2-2 Aston Villa22/03/2003

DSouthampton 1-1 West Ham05/04/2003

VSouthampton 3-2 Leeds United19/04/2003

DSouthampton 0-0 Bolton Wanderers03/05/2003

DSouthampton 0-0 Birmingham City23/08/2003

Overall

LArsenal 6-1 Southampton07/05/2003

VManchester City 0-1 Southampton11/05/2003

LArsenal 1-0 Southampton17/05/2003

DLeicester 2-2 Southampton16/08/2003

DSouthampton 0-0 Birmingham City23/08/2003

DLeeds United 0-0 Southampton26/08/2003

Current form

Away

LReal Madrid 3-1 Manchester United08/04/2003

VNewcastle United 2-6 Manchester United12/04/2003

DArsenal 2-2 Manchester United16/04/2003

VTottenham 0-2 Manchester United27/04/2003

VEverton 1-2 Manchester United11/05/2003

VNewcastle United 1-2 Manchester United23/08/2003

Overall

VManchester United 4-1 Charlton03/05/2003

VEverton 1-2 Manchester United11/05/2003

DManchester United 1-1 Arsenal10/08/2003

VManchester United 4-0 Bolton Wanderers16/08/2003

VNewcastle United 1-2 Manchester United23/08/2003

VManchester United 1-0 Wolverhampton27/08/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	8	3
Winless streak	2	4
Goalless streak	2	2
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	5	11
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	6	14
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	3
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.33
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kevin Phillips	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Ruud van Nistelrooy
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ruud van Nistelrooy
Kevin Phillips	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	John O'Shea

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

16 v

17 d

16 l

64 gf

68 ga

Away

50 matches

7 v

10 d

33 l

51 gf

102 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

101 matches

24 v

27 d

50 l

116 gf

171 ga

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

33 v

10 d

7 l

102 gf

51 ga

Away

49 matches

16 v

17 d

16 l

68 gf

64 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

101 matches

50 v

27 d

24 l

171 gf

116 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 3	October 26, 1996
Home	6 - 3	October 26, 1996

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	December 22, 2001
Away	3 - 0	October 03, 1998

Latest head to head

February 01, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Southampton

0 - 2

Man United

November 02, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Man United

2 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

January 13, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Southampton

1 - 3

Man United

December 22, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Man United

6 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

May 13, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Southampton

2 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ron Davies	12 goals	1966 - 1972
Matt Le Tissier	9 goals	1986 - 1999
Alan Shearer	4 goals	1991 - 1992
Egil Ostenstad	4 goals	1996 - 1997
Mick Channon	4 goals	1968 - 1974
Marians Pahars	4 goals	1999 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Mark Hughes	9 goals	1985 - 1994
George Best	9 goals	1968 - 1972
Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1966 - 1973
Ryan Giggs	7 goals	1993 - 2003
Andy Cole	5 goals	1995 - 2000
Ruud van Nistelrooy	5 goals	2001 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Matt Le Tissier	29 matches	1986 - 2000
Mick Channon	23 matches	1967 - 1982
Francis Benali	23 matches	1989 - 2003
Glenn Cockerill	20 matches	1986 - 1993
Jason Dodd	18 matches	1989 - 2002
Nick Holmes	17 matches	1976 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Denis Irwin	25 matches	1990 - 2002
Ryan Giggs	23 matches	1991 - 2003
Bryan Robson	22 matches	1981 - 1992
Mark Hughes	22 matches	1984 - 1995
Brian McClair	22 matches	1987 - 1998
Gary Pallister	21 matches	1989 - 1998