3 TIPS for Manchester United – Southampton 30-12-2017

With the crisis threatening the positions of their coaches, Manchester United and Southampton have their paths crossed on Saturday, December 30, in a match valid for the twenty-first round of the English Championship 2017/2018. At Old Tradfford Stadium, the game is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. (GMT).

The recent performance of Manchester United

The crisis, which was only of results, United was extended by the temperamental Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho. After a 2-2 draw with Leicester, away from home in the nineteenth round, against a rival with one less athlete halfway through the second leg, the coach fired at his players. He said it was an easy match to be won and lacked maturity.
After the 2-2 draw against Bournemouth in the twentieth round, the coach’s goal was Manchester United’s directors. He complained about lack of resources to hire players and said that the money considered short was responsible for the team not being able to dispute the title with Manchester City.
An excuse certainly ragged, because during the period of Mourinho the team made great investments in the hiring of athletes, although it has spent in the period less than the City. However, he was already in high investment periods with Dutchman Van Gaal, who preceded Portuguese in charge.
The declarations seem to signal more that José Mourinho believes that his contract, which runs until the end of the season, will not be renewed. Thus, it fires its revolving machine gun against all the targets in search of responsible for its failure.
Although he has made important achievements like the Europa League in the previous season, the coach did not put United as a candidate for the title in the two Premier League games in which he was in charge. That, in the end, was the main goal. To make matters worse, he has been criticized by former club athletes saying that his way of playing is overly cautious and inconsistent with the reds’ tradition.
It is a clear sign that Mourinho, who has a brilliant career filled with achievements, has not had the ability to accompany both tactical and personnel management changes. Before United, he had shown signs in that direction by creating a series of problems with cast and even members of the coaching staff at Chelsea, where he has a history of winning. He ended up kicking his ass in the middle of the season. With Antonio count, in the next dispute of the Premier League, and without great modifications in the cast, the blues obtained the national title.
Without a win there are three matches (two draws and a loss), United will try to contain the turmoil this Saturday without some athletes who are still delivered to the medical department. They are defenders Eric Bailly (eight games in the English Championship 2017/2018, one goal) and Chris Smalling (14 games, one goal); and Michael Carrick (without performances), Marouane Fellaini (nine games, three goals) and Antonio Valencia (18 matches, two goals).

The current form of Southampton

Even without the same resources as United, Argentine coach Mauricio Pellegrino has also been criticized for his underperforming performance. In the last ten rounds he has only won once, suffered six defeats and drawn three games.
The water drop seems to have been the duel of Tuesday, December 26, against Tottenham. Southampton were beaten 5-2. They remained parked in the 19 points (four wins, seven draws and nine losses). It is only two points more than Bournemouth, which opens the sticking region.
It was enough for Pellegrino to lose the line too and shoot his athletes. He said that some of them were not connected during the whole game, as would be necessary. So he has made constant changes in the team in the last matches and should also promote changes to the duel in Manchester.
Three athletes are doubt for the game. Defensive players Ryan Bertrand (18 matches in the 2017/2018 English Championship, no goal) and Alves Cedric (16 games, no goal) are in injury treatment; and striker Charlie Austin (16 games, six goals).

History of the matches Manchester United vs Southampton
United have not lost to Southampton for four games. He won three times and tied for an opportunity. In the first round of the current Premier League season, the Reds won 1-0 at St. Mary’s.

There is no doubt about the wide technical superiority of Manchester United. However, it seems that the biggest problem of the two teams at the moment is the lack of syntony between coaches and cast. This opens the possibility for risk guesses. Southampton’s success allows for a return of 9.00 per real invested in Rivalo. Draw pays 5.00 and success of the reds rente 1.35 for 1.

– Manchester United win @ 1.35
– DRAW @ 5.00
– Southampton win @ 9.00

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