Juan Mata has been handed his first Manchester United start for their Barclays Premier League encounter with Cardiff – and Robin van Persie returned too as David Moyes’ men looked to kick-start their season.

Southampton 2 Tottenham 3

Tottenham interim manager Tim Sherwood made four changes for the Barclays Premier League clash at Southampton.

Newcastle 1 Southampton 1

Sunderland 2 Southampton 1

Southampton 2 Bristol City 0

Liverpool forward Iago Aspas earned a recall to the starting line up for the visit of Southampton as replacement for injured playmaker Philippe Coutinho.

Summer signing Nicolas Anelka was included in West Brom’s starting line-up for their Barclays Premier League opening-day clash with Southampton at the Hawthorns.

Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino hopes to have Artur Boruc and Adam Lallana fit for tomorrow’s trip to Reading.

Southampton 3 Liverpool 1

Southampton 3 Liverpool 1

Southampton left-back Luke Shaw is a doubt for tomorrow’s clash with reigning Barclays Premier League champions Manchester City.

Southampton captain Adam Lallana could make his first start in nearly two months when Mauricio Pochettino’s side face Wigan in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday.

Man United 2 Southampton 1

Southampton 0 Everton 0

Southampton’s new manager Mauricio Pochettino must decide whether to bring top scorer Rickie Lambert back into the starting line-up for the clash with Everton.

Chelsea 2 Southampton 2

Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert made four changes for the home Barclays Premier League relegation encounter with Southampton.

Southhampton 1 Chelsea 5

Demba Ba has been handed his Chelsea debut in today’s FA Cup third round tie with Southampton at St Mary’s.

Adam Lallana will again miss out when Southampton face Chelsea in the FA Cup tomorrow.

Southampton will again be without captain Adam Lallana when Arsenal visit St Mary’s tomorrow.

Adam Lallana is again likely to be missing when Southampton travel to Fulham on St Stephen's Day.

Gaston Ramirez will be available for Southampton’s clash with Reading tomorrow despite spending the week in Uruguay.

Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva will make his first appearance for three months after being selected to face Southampton at Anfield.

Southampton 2 Newcastle 0

Frazer Richardson and Richard Chaplow will be missing for Southampton’s Premier League trip to fellow strugglers QPR tomorrow.

Southampton goalkeeper Artur Boruc is back in contention for tomorrow’s clash with Swansea after an alleged incident in their last home game with Tottenham.

Leeds 3 Southampton 0

Southampton will be missing record signing Gaston Ramirez for tomorrow’s trip to West Ham.

Southampton 2 Fulham 2

Southampton 2 Fulham 2

Arsenal 6 Southampton 1

Arsenal 6 Southampton 1

New singings Gaston Ramirez and Maya Yoshida could be involved for the first time when Southampton travel to Arsenal tomorrow.

Southhampton 2 Man Utd 3

Southampton 0 Wigan 2

It was as if the last three eventful sporting months — an Olympic Games for the ages, a European Championships for England and Ireland to forget — had never happened.

Adam Le Fondre came off the bench to fire Reading ever closer to the Barclays Premier League at promotion rivals Southampton last night.

OWEN HARGREAVES enjoyed a sensational Manchester City debut as he opened the scoring in his side’s 2-0 Carling Cup triumph over Birmingham at the Etihad Stadium.

Defender Jos Hooiveld has moved from Celtic to FC Copenhagen on loan for the remainder of the season, the Clydesdale Bank Premier League leaders have announced.

Celtic will have James Forrest available for the Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash at Hibernian after submitting an appeal over his red card against Hamilton.

Georgios Samaras has been ruled out of Celtic‘s Clydesdale Bank Premier League game against Hamilton.

Skipper Scott Brown returns from suspension for Celtic‘s Scottish Cup fourth-round clash with Berwick Rangers at Shielfield.