Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Southampton F.C.
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The 2020–21 Premier League football match between Manchester United and Southampton was played at Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, on 2 February 2021. The match finished 9–0 to Manchester United, a joint-record winning margin for a Premier League match, shared with their own 9–0 win at home to Ipswich Town in March 1995, Leicester City's 9–0 away win over Southampton in October 2019 and Liverpool's 9–0 home win against Bournemouth in August 2022.
Event | 2020–21 Premier League | ||||||
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Date | 2 February 2021 | ||||||
Venue | Old Trafford, Trafford, Greater Manchester | ||||||
Man of the Match | Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) | ||||||
Referee | Mike Dean (Cheshire) | ||||||
Attendance | 0[note 1] |
Seven different players scored for United (excluding Jan Bednarek's own goal), equalling the all-time Premier League record of most goalscorers for the same team in a single match, set when Chelsea beat Aston Villa 8–0 in December 2012.[1] This record was broken on 24 September 2023, when Newcastle United had eight different scorers in an 8–0 win against Sheffield United.
The match is the joint-seventh highest-scoring Premier League match in history.