Manchester United vs Southampton Prediction, 2/12/2022 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 2/7/2022

Game: Manchester United vs Southampton

Date: Saturday, February 12, 2022

Location: Old Trafford in Manchester, England

TV: Peacock Premium

Odds/Point Spread: Manchester United (-250) Southampton (+700)

Old Trafford is the venue where Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United (11-5-6, 4th in the EPL) will take on Southampton (5-10-7, 12th in the EPL) on Saturday. The expected starting goalies will be David de Gea for Manchester United and Fraser Forster for Southampton. Manchester United are at -250 while the Saints are at +700. The over/under opens at 2.5.

Manchester United took the field against West Ham United in their last match and walked away with a win by a score of 1-0. In regard to passing, they ended the game with a 86.5% passes received rate by converting 479 of the 554 targeted passes last contest. Manchester United tried 13 dribbles in this match and converted 8 of the dribbles for a rate of 61.5%.

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In terms of shooting accuracy, Manchester United wrapped this game up at a 16.7% clip by putting 3 shots on target of 18 shots. Manchester United is averaging 1.59 goals per 90 min (35 goals in total) and have accounted for 28 assists in all matches for the year.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a guy who should be able to impact this match for Manchester United. He has totaled 140 assists while accumulating 80 yellow card warnings thus far in his career. Ronaldo has had a starting assignment in 562 matchups so far in his career and has 0.87 goals per 90 minutes. The forward born in Portugal has tallied 487 goals scored in 50,597 professional minutes played.

One more player who could decide who wins is Bruno Fernandes, the midfielder born in Portugal. Fernandes has been on the field for 21,619 minutes in 245 career starting assignments and has been given 55 yellow cards. He has helped on a goal 66 times so far in his pro soccer career while he has scored 91 total goals. He scores 0.38 G/90 during his career.

The man who is expected to protect the net for Manchester United is David de Gea. de Gea has played for a total of 37,558 minutes and is sitting with 1,199 saves in his career. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.1 (457 total goals given up) and he has a save percentage of 73.2. The keeper from Spain has seen 1,636 shots attempted against him in 418 career starting assignments. de Gea (222-98-98 mark in his professional soccer career) has totaled 142 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 34.0% shutout rate.

When they last played, Southampton went home with a draw by a final score of 1-1 against Manchester City. They finished this game by connecting on 205 out of their 238 passing attempts earning a percentage of 86.1%. Southampton had a 56.3% successful dribble percentage by converting 9 of the 16 dribbles they tried. Southampton converted 3 shots attempted out of the team's 7 shots attempted which had them at a 42.9% rate in their last outing. Having a total of 24 goals and 15 assists in all their games, Southampton sports an average of 1.09 goals and 0.68 assists per 90 minutes.

Che Adams should be someone to watch for Southampton. He is currently averaging 0.35 goals per 90 and has had a starting assignment in 175 contests so far in his pro soccer career. The forward hailing from England has played 15,819 mins while he has scored 62 goals. He has tallied 16 yellow cards in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 19 times. Be sure to keep an eye out for Adam Armstrong, the forward who is from England. Armstrong has been handed a total of 11 yellow cards in 19,342 minutes played (216 career starting assignments). His goals per 90 average during his career is 0.40. He has scored 87 goals so far in his pro soccer career while helping on a goal 30 times.

Fraser Forster will reside in front of the goal for Southampton. In his career, Forster has surrendered 287 goals while tallying 929 stops in 336 starts. He has conceded 0.86 goals per 90 minutes while holding a record of 208-55-70. He holds a save percentage of 77.2 and his shutout rate is currently at 45.8%. Forster has accumulated 154 shutouts while defending 1,211 shots attempted against him in 30,024 career minutes.

Who will win tonight's EPL game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Manchester United (-250)

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