Confirmed Manchester United line-up to face Southampton: Unchanged XI as Casemiro is on bench

Manchester United are set to take on Southampton in the Premier League.

Last time out, Erik ten Hag's men triumphed over Liverpool, beating them 2-1 at Old Trafford for the Red Devils' first win of the season.

The two goals were scored courtesy of Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford, and despite a fight back from Mohamed Salah, United climbed from 20th place to 14th in English football's top flight.

That victory came after two back-to-back defeats to Brighton and Brentford which through immediate spanners in the works for the Dutch manager.

Speaking ahead of this fixture, Erik ten Hag said in his pre-match press conference about Southampton on Friday: "It's a different challenge so I'm really curious: did we learn the lesson from Brentford? Because this will be more or less the same approach.

Manchester United suffered a 4-0 defeat to Brentford earlier this month. (Alamy)

"It's about transition, it's about running, it's about battling and fighting, and then we have to make it our game. So it's a real challenge for us to do that."

"The spirit was already good, but now it is even better (after the Liverpool victory). But it's only one game, so we have to build further. We have to develop and I think everyone is aware of that."

Speaking further on the Liverpool victory, Ten Hag said: "Yeah, I think it helps of course, because as I said before the game, Liverpool is – especially last year – the best playing football team for me in the world, and when you beat them it must give a lot of confidence."

The line-ups have been confirmed:

Manchester United

Starting XI: De Gea, Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Malacia, McTominay, Eriksen, B.Fernandes, Sancho, Rashford, Elanga.

Subs: Heaton, Maguire, Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, Casemiro, Fred, Van de Beek, Garnacho, Ronaldo.

Southampton

Starting XI: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Bella-Kotchap, Salisu, Djenepo, Lavia, Ward-Prowse, Aribo, Elyounoussi, Adams, A.Armstrong.

Subs: McCarthy, Lyanco, Bednarek, Valery, Perraud, Romeu, Diallo, S.Armstrong, Mara.

This fixture may see a debut from the bench for new Manchester United signing Casemiro from Read Madrid.

The defensive midfielder joined the club on Monday for a fee of around £60 million, and has been training for the last few days with the squad.

Speaking on the new signing, Erik ten Hag detailed: "I think he is the cement between the stones, and he can let other players play really well because he is a leader, he is really good with the strategies and he can play a ball as well, he is really intelligent, he brings a lot into the game.

"He will help us, in between, he will be the link, a really important role and I’m really happy to have that role now occupied in our squad.

"We have many options there [in midfield] now with Fred, with Scott, Christian, Casemiro, Bruno, Donny, so we now have options there how we can outbalance the midfield, yeah."