The 2017 EFL Cup final means different things to Manchester United and Southampton.

The teams will face off Sunday at Wembley Stadium in the 2017 English Football League Cup Final, which offers teams the first chance to win a major trophy in the English soccer season.

For Manchester United, winning the game would mark Jose Mourinho’s first trophy as the Red Devils’ manager and a step in the club’s ascent toward its heights of yesteryear.

Southampton hasn’t won a major trophy since 1976. Victory over Manchester United would give the Saints and their fans a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to march out of a stadium with silverware.

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When: Sunday, Feb. 26, at 11:30 a.m. ET

 Live Stream: FuboTV </s> It’s finally here: the final of the English Football League cup! Manchester United will battle Southampton in Wembley Stadium on Feb. 26, with the winner raising the cup in glory! It’s going to be wild so don’t miss a single second!

It’s the first silverware of the season, and both Manchester United and Southampton FC want to leave Wembley Stadium with the EFL Cup. Jose Mourinho, 54, will push his side to bring the cup back to Old Trafford, while Southampton manager Claude Puel, 55, is in the hunt for his second managerial win against Man U. It’s go big or go home, so when the game kicks off at 11:30 AM ET, be sure you tune in to see who wins the cup!

Manchester United hasn’t won the EFL cup since 2010. Since then, Birmingham City, Liverpool, Swansea City, Chelsea and Manchester City have claimed the EFL title. The Red Devils have four titles under their belt, while The Saints have yet to win their first League cup. This is their first trip to Wembley in over 40 years, according to the Telegraph, so they want to make it a good one.

Southampton may not have as many cup wins, but they got to the final with an impressive victory over Liverpool, putting the Reds away 2-0 on aggregate. They’ve reached this final without conceding a single goal, indicating that the Saints’ defense may be heaven sent. If Nathan Redmond, 22, can score the winning goal like he did in the second leg against Liverpool, it would leave many of Southampton’s fans going “Hallelujah!”

Of course, the Red Devils may just put the Saints through hell. While Wayne Rooney, 31, is unlikely to star this match due to lingering injuries, according to the Express, the team still has Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 35, Marcus Rashford, 19, and Juan Mata, 28, as potential offensive threats.

Who do you want to win the EFL Cup, HollywoodLifers? Do you want Manchester United to claim the silverware or do you think it’s Southampton’s year? </s> The season's first major trophy is up for grabs when Manchester United and Southampton face off at Wembley Stadium in the EFL Cup final.

United are on course for a cup treble this term, having also progressed in the FA Cup and Europa League, and will be favourites to lift the League Cup for a fifth time.

Southampton meanwhile are chasing their first major trophy since beating United in the 1976 FA Cup final and will be encouraged having already knocked out Liverpool and Arsenal this term. Follow all the action here. </s> Manchester United and Chelsea will face off Saturday, May 19 in Wembley Stadium in the FA Cup final.

Man United defeated Tottenham 2-1 back on April 21 to earn its spot in the final. After falling behind 1-0 early in the semifinal match, Manchester United got goals from Alexis Sanchez and Ander Herrera to pick up the victory. With another title, it would match Arsenal for the most all-time with 13.

Chelsea, which is seeking its eight FA Cup title in club history, had a 2-0 victory over Southampton the following day in its semifinal match to advance. The teams were tied at halftime, but Chelsea jumped ahead with a goal in the 46th minute courtesy of Olivier Giroud. Alvaro Morata sealed the contest with a goal in the 82nd.

The teams last played each other in a Premier League match that Manchester United won 2-1.

Here's how to watch the match:

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SI TV is also now available on fuboTV. Watch Planet Futbol TV, SI’s soccer show starring Grant Wahl and Luis Miguel Echegaray, weekly on fuboTV or anytime, anywhere here. </s> Fatigued, tired, mentally weak; phrases we see thrown around on an increasing basis as managers and pundits look for reasons why teams underperform. And what's to blame? Many will say fixture congestion. With most of the top Premier League sides embroiled in either the Champions League or the Europa League, as well as the much loved FA Cup, the EFL Cup can often be overlooked.

It's fair to say José Mourinho enjoys the occasionally moan, but this season is still battling on four fronts - albeit the Premier League title now looking nigh on impossible. This year he has managed to get the balance right between rotating his squad enough to protect from injuries, but not to weaken it too much to fall foul of a cup upset. Compared to the aforementioned FA Cup, the EFL Cup gets less coverage, attention and crowd numbers but leaves plenty of hurdles for the biggest teams to overcome.

In their run to Sunday's final Manchester United have encountered the likes of Northampton Town, but also Premier League rivals West Ham United and a resurgent Hull City. Ultimately both Manchester United and Southampton have succeeded where others have failed, and both sides would be delighted were the trophy to be going home with them at full time on Sunday.

League Cup can be just one of many

Mourinho may have far greater plans for the Red Devils than a League Cup victory, but it gives the squad some much-needed confidence after the turmoil at the club since Sir Alex Ferguson's departure. Many have described the air around Old Trafford as a new era since Mourinho’s arrival, and that will only be fuelled further with a piece of silverware. Often forgotten too are the fans. For Southampton, it's a rare sight of silverware with top ten Premier League placings thought of as a success. With the unpredictability of the FA Cup, the League Cup provides another chance for fans to experience the memorable feeling of a day out with their club at Wembley - the home of English football.

For Manchester United, there's more to Sunday's game than just a win. Not only could it signal the start of Mourinho's era at United, it would also put him alongside the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough in winning the League Cup a record fourth time. For the club itself, a win would mean them leapfrogging Liverpool as the most successful English club with 42 major trophies.

Another overused term in modern day football is a ‘winning mentality’, but in this case. perhaps it is perfectly justified. For the likes of Northampton Town, the EFL Cup could be the highlight of their season, the chance to knock out a club with millions of pounds more resources and astounding player transfer fees they could only dream of. Manchester United arrived to win the game, as true professionals focused on getting into the next round and not their opposition or the headlines they could have made for all the wrong reasons.

It may not be the biggest accolade on Jose Mourinho’s CV and Southampton fans may not have imagined they would reach this stage, but for United and Saints fans come Sunday, there will be no doubting of the importance of the EFL Cup. </s> FA Cup final: Chelsea and Manchester United go head to head at Wembley

Manchester United beat Tottenham 2-1 in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley last month thanks to goals from Alexis Sanchez and Ander Herrera.

And the travelling United supporters have been allocated the same pubs to drink in before and after today’s Chelsea showdown as they were against Spurs.

It includes the famous Green Man, the biggest pub in Wembley.

While Chelsea supporters have just the Copper Jug carried over from last season’s FA Cup final with Arsenal, which they lost 2-1. </s> Zlatan Ibrahimovic's late goal meant that Manchester United are now the most successful team in England.

It took a late winner from Zlatan Ibrahimovic to seal the deal for Manchester United at Wembley, who managed to beat Southampton 3-2 to win the 5th league cup in their history. The Red Devils went 2-0 up thanks to goals from the Swedish striker and Jesse Lingard, but the Saints levelled it with a brace from Manolo Gabbiadini who scored on either sides of half-time.

Ultimately, it was left to United’s star forward, who is now the highest goal scorer in England this season, to head the ball home after a brilliant cross from Ander Herrera. The win not only saw Manchester United overtake Liverpool as the country’s most successful domestic club with 42 trophies, but also placed Jose Mourinho in the company of Sir Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough as the only manager to have won four league cup trophies.

Here are the 5 things we learnt from the game:

No matter how expensively assembled your squad is, it is always a mammoth challenge to deal with playing in four different competitions at the same time. Manchester United have been doing just that, and the results have been pretty satisfying so far.

They are 6th in the league, but are only five points away from 2nd place and are in the Round of 16 of the Europa League as well. The way United’s midfield got run over by Steven Davis and Oriol Romeu last night pointed clearly to the fact that exhaustion had set in, as the Red Devils had to play four games since the last time Southampton played theirs.

Mourinho summed it up succinctly when he said that the win meant he has one less competition to worry about. The coming few weeks will see them face Bournemouth in the league, FC Rostov in the Europa League, and Chelsea in the FA Cup, things are only going to get tougher and it will be interesting to see how Mourinho copes with it. </s> Hello, and welcome tolive coverage of the EFL Cup final between Southampton and Manchester United.Jose Mourinho claims that he has already won a trophy with United after claiming the Community Shield but in many people's eyes, this is his opportunity to break his duck at Old Trafford.The Portuguese has already won three League Cups as manager of Chelsea but while his team are favourites to win at Wembley Stadium, they face a Southampton team who are yet to concede a goal in this year's competition.The Saints have beaten the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool in order to reach the final, and Claude Puel will back his side to complete the job on Sunday afternoon.: De Gea, Valencia, Bailly, Smalling, Rojo, Herrera, Pogba, Lingard, Mata, Martial, IbrahimovicRomero, Blind, Young, Carrick, Fellaini, Rooney, Rashford: Forster, Soares, Yoshida, Stephens, Bertrand, Romeu, Davis, Ward-Prowse, Tadic, Redmond, GabbiadiniHassen, Long, Rodriguez, Caceres, Boufal, Hojbjerg, McQueenTo their credit, Southampton are straight back onto the offensive but nothing comes from a corner. It's going to be difficult for them to channel their emotions after the last 10 minutes. They should be leading, yet they are behind.This is going to do little to improve Puel's mood. United take the lead against the run of play as Ibrahimovic curls a free kick into the corner for his 25th goal of the season. He's barely featured in this match but what's it matter when he can do that?Romeu goes into the referee's book for a late challenge on Herrera. Ibrahimovic is going to have a chance to shoot on goal from 25 yards out.Puel looks really hard done by on the touchline and so he should. His team are having the better of the play as well but United have come back into it over the past minute.Looking back at replays of the goal which was ruled out, it's a terrible decision from the assistant. He had no hesitation in raising his flag but he has got it badly wrong. Massive let-off for United.Controversy at Wembley! Southampton have the ball in the net but it has wrongly been chalked off! Soares's miscued shot finds the run of Gabbiadini and he converts from close range. He's onside, but the assistant has ruled that Bertrand - who was standing behind him - was offside. Puel will be fuming.Better from Southampton as Redmond gets a shot on goal from 20 yards but it is deflected marginally wide of the post. A couple of corners follow but United defend them well.United are starting to dominate possession now. They are attempting to draw Southampton out because they are currently defending relatively deep but so far, it's working.Southampton can't afford to gift Pogba this kind of shooting opportunity. Ibrahimovic tees up the Frenchman to get an effort on goal from 25 yards but his well-struck attempt is straight at Forster.Southampton get us underway. </s> Manchester United have won the League Cup for a fifth time

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's late winner secured the EFL Cup and gave Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho his first success since his summer appointment, as brave Southampton were beaten at Wembley.

Southampton were the better side for most of this final but were left heartbroken by a controversial offside decision - and the inspiration provided by the 35-year-old Swede as he took his tally to 26 goals this season.

Saints' striker Manolo Gabbiadini saw a goal contentiously ruled out before United took an undeserved two-goal lead through Ibrahimovic's superb 19th minute free-kick and Jesse Lingard's measured finish seven minutes before the interval.

Southampton, as their performance merited, were on terms with two predatory strikes from Gabbiadini either side of half-time.

Oriel Romeu hit the woodwork before Ibrahimovic stole in on Ander Herrera's cross three minutes from time to give United a victory that looked beyond them for long spells.

Mourinho back in winners' enclosure

Mourinho was a subdued figure throughout this final - perhaps unable to disguise his discontent at what was a wretched performance by United for the most part at Wembley.

Inside, however, he will be ecstatic at holding silverware aloft once more, making himself a success with United in his first season at Old Trafford and performing the same trick he used at Chelsea to ease any pressure on himself and reassure supporters they have a winner at the helm.

Mourinho made it his business to target this trophy in his first season at Chelsea, beating Liverpool in the 2005 final, and it was his first success in his second spell at Stamford Bridge as Spurs were beaten here at Wembley in the 2015 final.

He is now level with Sir Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough as the most successful manager in the League Cup after his fourth triumph and takes another step on the road to rehabilitation after his sacking at Chelsea last season.

He had a warm, sympathetic exchange with his Southampton counterpart Claude Puel at the final whistle, the realist Mourinho probably realising United were outplayed for large portions of a highly entertaining final.

Jose Mourinho is the first manager in Manchester United's history to win a major trophy in his first season

It will not mention that in the record books, though.

Mourinho is back among the silverware as this serial winner puts his name on United's honours board.

Zlatan the talisman

Ibrahimovic was Manchester United's man with the Midas touch, dragging them from a mire of mediocrity with his 25th and 26th goals of the season, as he secured his first success in England.

He is the leader of this developing United side, no argument brooked as team-mates stood back to let him send a 19th-minute free-kick past Southampton keeper Fraser Forster from 25 yards - although the effort was within reach of the giant stopper.

And in the closing moments, when Wembley looked for a match-winner to decide a thrilling final and prevent extra time, it was Ibrahimovic who found space among tiring Southampton defenders to power Ander Herrera's cross past Forster from six yards.

It was a goal that cements his cult status among United fans and confirms Mourinho's masterstroke in luring him to Old Trafford in one of the greatest free transfers the Premier League has seen.

United looked jaded as they were in Europa League action in Saint-Etienne on Thursday, while Saints had a two-week break - Zlatan helped refresh tired legs.

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Lady luck deserts superb Saints

Southampton's players dropped to their knees in desolation at the final whistle - and who could blame them after a superb performance left them with nothing but heartbreak?

They will complain long and hard about the decision to rule out Gabbiadini's first-half effort - a poacher's strike ruled out for offside against Ryan Bertrand, who was way out of the action at the far post while the Italian was clearly onside.

They shrugged off that disappointment to restore parity either side of half-time through the predatory Gabbiadini but had no luck whatsoever, Romeu's header bouncing back off the post with David de Gea well beaten.

Manolo Gabbiadini has scored five times in three appearances for Southampton since joining from Napoli

De Gea saved well from James Ward-Prowse and Dusan Tadic and United had several near-misses before snatching victory right at the death.

Southampton can be proud of one of the finest performances in defeat the modern Wembley has seen - but that will be no consolation to Puel's devastated players.

Man of the Match - Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic provided the attacking threat which proved wrong those who felt his days as a big-game player were over. Lovely goal from a free-kick to open the scoring and a great header to clinch the trophy.

'This is what I came for' - reaction

Manchester United match-winner Zlatan Ibrahimovic: "This is a team effort. This is what I came for - to win, and I am winning. The more I win the more satisfied I get.

"You appreciate it more the older you get. Wherever I have gone I have won. I think this is trophy number 32 for me. This is what I predicted. My friend, I keep doing it. I'm enjoying it in England."

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho: "Honestly, Ibrahimovic won the game for us because he was outstanding. I can see a couple of performances - Pogba similar level - but he was outstanding.

"In a match where the opponent was better than us for long periods - they deserved to go to extra time - he made the difference and he gave us the cup.

"I'm a bit emotional yes. It's not easy to win titles and so many times. It's not easy to cope with the pressure I put myself under.

"It was a game I was feeling the difficulty. I want to pay homage to Southampton and what they deserve. We have the cup in our hands and probably should be in extra time."

Southampton manager Claude Puel: "We came back with quality. Perhaps we deserve better. It's football and congratulations to Manchester United and their players.

"Manolo Gabbiadini scored three good goals [including the disallowed goal]. There's a lot of disappointment of course. We had a fantastic game without the reward. I hope we can continue on this level."

Why Lingard loves Wembley - the stats

Jesse Lingard has scored in each of his past three appearances at Wembley for Manchester United (2016 FA Cup Final, Community Shield and League Cup final this season).

Jose Mourinho has won all four of the League Cup finals he has contested (2005, 2007, 2015 and 2017).

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has now scored six goals in his past five domestic cup finals (four goals in four games with PSG).

These were Ibrahimovic's 25th and 26th goals of the season in all competitions, the most of any Premier League player this season.

Ibrahimovic's opening goal was the first Southampton have conceded in the League Cup this season, going 468 minutes without shipping a goal in the competition.

Manolo Gabbiadini is the fourth Italian to score in the League Cup final (Fabrizio Ravanelli, Roberto di Matteo and Fabio Borini the others).

Gabbiadini is the second player to score twice in a League Cup final against Manchester United after Dean Saunders.

Manchester United have won each of their past six games at Wembley.

Only Liverpool (8) have won the League Cup more times than Manchester United (5).

What's next?

It's back to Old Trafford for Manchester United's cup winners, with Bournemouth the Premier League visitors on Saturday (12:30 GMT).

On the same day, Southampton turn their attention back to the league when they face Watford at Vicarage Road (15:00 GMT). </s> The difficult period Manchester, England, is experiencing has made friends out of foes.

Manchester City used Twitter on Wednesday to congratulate Manchester United for its 2-0 win over Ajax in the 2017 UEFA Europa League final. Manchester City blended the clubs’ colors in a poignant message it sent seconds after the final whistle and two days after a suicide bomber detonated a device, which killed 22 people and hospitalized at least 59 following an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena.

Just 3.8 miles separate Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium from Manchester United’s Old Trafford. The teams have become fierce rivals in recent years, with Manchester City supplanting Manchester United as the most powerful team in the city.

But the bombing seems to have united the city, and its teams, in both grief and healing.

Manchester United and Manchester City will compete in the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League next season. Should they face off, they’ll now do so in a greater spirit of brotherhood than ever before.

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Manchester United beat Southampton 3–2 at Wembley Stadium to win the 2016–17 EFL Cup.