These opponents are not too strong but these matches won't be easy for Manchester United by taking into account their current poor form. If Manchester United can take advantage of these not too tough matches, they can exit the crisis but if they continue to get bad results, the mini crisis will be fueled and become bigger and more severe.
Southampton is at the bottom of the standings and will host Man United, I think Man United will be able to win the match if the ego of the players is able to lower to get points in this match, even though they will face Southampton at least Man United can win easily if they know how to win the match, even though playing as a guest but in the game is very different from Southampton, Man United is much more superior but the mistake that Man United often makes is the lack of contribution from all players who have such big egos and in the end continue to experience decline and find it difficult to get full points.
Everyone is currently collecting 3 points through Southampton, so it shouldn't be a very difficult task for Manchester United even though they'll be playing away from home, well we all know how poor they're when it comes to away games but that's not an excuse if they fail to win Southampton, what i think is that Erik Ten Hag is doing everything possible to get his team back together after the International break and winning Southampton would buy the heart of fans once more and calm the current pressure on him, failure to do so would bring more questions on the media as to if Erik Ten Hag is the right manager to handle the team. You're right to say Manchester United is more superior though they've had a very poor start this season but they've got a squad that's capable of beating Southampton at ease and that's what they need to do, it's not only beating them but doing so with a good goal margin, about 3 or more goals.
I somuch believe that Manchester United will be defeating southamton in that match, although the red devils has not been impressive in their games and I won't judge them on that because sometimes is like that for some teams but the only thing I feel their manager should do now is to use all the available strategy in his disposal to reposition his team so that they can be up and running, I must say that there last match with Liverpool was a disaster, no doubt that such can happen to any team but my concern is centered on the fact that it is too early for a well known team like Manchester United to suffer such a humiliating defeat from Liverpool although that's by the way, yes of course, it is required of the manager to get his team in the right track to avoid putting his work at risk because no management is ready to entertain excuses when it comes to the business of football and I think the earlier the better for him and the entire team.
Superiority doesn't really count most time in football though we know the team that's more superior among the two teams however, what actually matters is the result at the end of the football session, Manchester United should get it right this time to avoid dashing the hope of their supporters.