Successive defeats might have given Southampton an unwelcome wake-up call had their performance at Arsenal not been so impressive. They will consider a visit from Manchester United as an opportunity to regain lost momentum, though injuries are starting to test the depth of Ronald Koeman’s squad. Louis van Gaal will have no sympathy on that front given his own list of absentees. United have won four in a row and are upwardly mobile. This test is awkward, but less daunting than it would recently have appeared. Dominic Fifield

Kick-off Monday 8pm

Venue St Mary’s

Last season Southampton 1 Man Utd 1

Live Sky Sports 1

Referee K Friend

This season G9, Y41, R2, 4.7 cards per game

Odds H 9-5 A 17-10 D 5-2

Southampton

Subs from K Davis, Gazzaniga, Cropper, McCarthy, Targett, Gardos, McQueen, Isgrove, Mayuka, Tadic

Doubtful Tadic (foot)

Injured Gallagher (knee, 13 Dec), Ward-Prowse (foot, 21 Dec), Cork (ankle, unknown), Schneiderlin (thigh, unknown), Alderweireld (hamstring, unknown), Rodriguez (knee, Jan)

Suspended None

Form WWWDLL

Discipline Y19 R0 Leading scorer Pellè 6

Manchester United

Subs from Lindegaard, Vermijl, Mata, Thorpe, Rothwell, Anderson, Janko, Pereira, Fletcher, Januzaj, Blackett, McNair, Valencia, Falcao, Jones, Da Silva

Doubtful Da Silva, Evans, Falcao, Jones (all match fitness)

Injured Lingard (knee, unknown), Shaw (ankle, Dec), Di María (hamstring, unknown), Blind (knee, Dec)

Suspended None

Form DLWWWW

Discipline Y26 R3

Leading scorer Rooney 5