Premier League updates from 8pm GMT kick-off at St Marys Live scoreboard! All the goals from the UK and abroadSend thoughts to simon.burnton@theguardian 7.25pm GMT Manchester Uniteds number has finally been drawn, and they will travel to either Accrington or Yeovil. 7.22pm GMT Manchester United are still undrawn, with balls running out. Chelsea are also still in the hat … 7.18pm GMT Heres the Press Association take on the teams:Wayne Rooney returned to lead Manchester Uniteds strike force in Mondays Premier League clash at Southampton. The United captain was given the all-clear after concerns over a knee problem, with Paddy McNair replacing Ander Herrera in defence and Jonny Evans on the bench after ankle trouble. Maya Yoshida and Sadio Mane replaced injured duo Jack Cork and Toby Alderweireld in Southamptons line-up. 7.15pm GMT Southampton have been drawn, and they will play Ipswich at home. 7.14pm GMT In that Cup draw, United have ball No25, and Southampton are No35. 7.10pm GMT Incidentally, the FA Cup third-round draw is being covered live by us here. Ill bring you news concerning tonights teams, though, as soon as their balls are plucked. So to speak. 7.09pm GMT Louis van Gaal has been a-chattin with Sky.They are usually a good playing team, on ball possession, and they have the players for that. And they are not only playing long balls but also a possessional game. But when they dont find the solution in the ball possession then they look for Pelle. They are a fantastic team. Its not so easy to beat them here. But if we do that tonight then I think we have momentum, the media have been saying this for several weeks and OK, maybe then we can say that.[Asked if Michael Carrick is particularly important] All the players are vital. I dont want to say that one player is vital. Every player has his own contribution. I dont believe in one player or two players, I believe in 11 players. [And about Wayne Rooney] Wayne is always important. Hes not only a captain, also he makes goals and because of his attitude hes an example for the rest of his team. 7.06pm GMT The teams, according to Twitter, shall be thus:TEAMSHEET: Heres how #SaintsFC line up for tonights game with @ManUtd. Maya Yoshida and Sadio Mané the two changes. pic.twitter/4z2szUUbLfUnited XI: De Gea, McNair, Smalling, Rojo, Valencia, Carrick, Fellaini, Young, Mata, Rooney, van Persie #mufclive pic.twitter/Eg47561mjH 7.00pm GMT Hello world!For fans of a certain age, this fixture will forever call to mind an afternoon fully 18 years ago now, when Manchester United travelled to Southampton in a grey shirt and didnt like it. They lost 3-1, but then won their last four games of the season (theyd won 15 of the 16 before it too, in all competitions) to take the title anyway and the FA Cup final to boot (when Liverpools kit, or at least their pre-match Armani suits, became even more infamous). A few years ago I asked Lee Sharpe, who was in the team that day, about it. And this is what he said: It was a roasting hot day at The Dell. We didnt have a great record there anyway, but this game went really badly - we were a goal down pretty quickly, and three behind by half-time. Obviously something had to change.Im not sure if any of the players mentioned the kit. Personally I felt that we were playing really poorly, and that we couldnt really blame anything or anyone but ourselves. Having said that, it was a bit tricky to see players. It was all right if you had a bit of time to look up and see what was happening, but you didnt see much if you only had time to glance. I think the weather had something to do with it too - the fact that it was so bright made our dull grey harder to make out. Continue reading...
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:31:25 +0000