Southampton produced the perfect smash and grab away performance at Old Trafford on Sunday, securing a 1-0 victory over Manchester United. That was Southampton’s first league win at the Theatre of Dreams in 27 years. In grabbing the victory, the Saints managed to not concede a single goal on target in the match.
Now the Saints are on a fantastic run of form again, unbeaten in their last five in the English top flight (W4 D2). During that stretch of games, the Saints have beaten Arsenal, Everton and now Manchester United, as well having earned a point against league leaders Chelsea.
Substitute Dusan Tadic was the hero of the day for the Saints, and has confirmed that Ronald Koeman’s men are now firmly in the fight for a top three finish. The three points at Old Trafford saw Southampton move two points ahead of the Red Devils into third place.
Now online betting site Sky Bet are offer 7/4 against the Saints to book themselves an automatic Champions League spot at the end of the season. The bookmaker also had to trim odds on Arsenal for a top four finish, moving them to 4/9 from 1/2 after Alexis Sanchez inspired the Gunners to a 3-0 home win over Stoke.
There was some relief for online betting site Sky Bet following Southampton’s victory, as they had boosted a Super Sunday Price Boost of Man United and Arsenal to win (enhanced from to 3/1 from 6/4) which went against the punters.
Sky Bet’s Sandro Di Michele said: “Yesterday Everton saved us a massive payout as the Soccer Saturday Price Boost went our way and Southampton was the key result today, especially after Arsenal’s demolition job on Stoke.”
