Third meets fourth in the Premier League this weekend as Manchester United host Southampton. The Red Devils somehow stole a victory from St. Mary's Stadium in December during a poor run for the Saints, and Ronald Koeman's men will be looking to exact revenge.A strong bet when seeking a new game plan would be to revert to the width-based tactics on which they founded their successful start to the season. The chance to push Clyne and Bertrand high up and have them run at awkward wing-backs or even more more awkward stand-in centre-backs is too good to pass up.
There's no way Evans, Jones or Lingard—and likely not Di Maria, either—can keep up with and shut down either of Koeman's speedsters. If Saints can get the ball wide early and ask them to carry it, a whole world of options will open up once they've beaten their man.A prime example of how manning up like this, and how it can be hugely successful, arrived last weekend in the form of Valencia's 2-1 victory over Real Madrid, chronicled by the excellent Zonal Marking. It was a high-risk strategy to let Lucas Orban mark Gareth Bale, Nicolas Otamendi mark Karim Benzema and Shkodran Mustafi mark Cristiano Ronaldo, as Los Che went three versus three (and one versus one individually) at the back.
There are some coaches, such as Marcelo Bielsa, who always retain a spare man to sweep up. He will always play three at the back versus two strikers and bring on a defender if an opponent switches from one to two during a game. Koeman will retain a back four no matter what; Fonte must buck the current trend and remain watertight against a world-class striker if Southampton are to win this one.
Source http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2324083-manchester-united-vs-southampton-tactical-preview-of-premier-league-game
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