Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur - prediction, team news, lineups

Premier League basement nine Tottenham Hotspur volition endeavour to extremity their winless streak erstwhile they question to Old Trafford to look different bottom-half nine successful Manchester United connected Saturday evening.

These 2 teams butt heads 8 months connected from the Red Devils securing a 2-0 location triumph implicit Spurs, courtesy of goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Bruno Fernandes.

Match preview

After finishing past play connected a precocious by securing a third-placed decorativeness successful the Premier League, Man United person accumulated conscionable 5 points from their opening 5 games this term, the club’s joint-lowest tally astatine this signifier of a top-flight run (also picking up 5 successful 2014-15).

The Red Devils are without a triumph successful their past 4 home matches (D2 L2), with a achy 3-2 location decision to Brighton successful the EFL Cup – 1 they had led by 2 goals successful the archetypal fractional – followed by a last-gasp 1-1 gully astatine Fulham earlier the planetary break, courtesy of a deflected 89th-minute equaliser from Matheus Cunha.

Sitting 12th successful the Premier League table and already 10 points down rivals Man City astatine the summit, Man United caput manager Michael Carrick is not bothered by the off-field ‘noise’ astir his position. However, helium volition beryllium alert that the borderline for mistake is slim arsenic helium tries to recapture the pragmatic magic that rescued their erstwhile campaign.

Improvements successful defence are required if Carrick wishes to technologist a swift turnaround, arsenic the Red Devils person kept conscionable 1 cleanable expanse successful 7 matches crossed each competitions this play – a 4-0 Champions League triumph implicit Sabah – conceding astatine slightest doubly successful 4 of those fixtures.

Man United person besides won conscionable 1 of their past 9 encounters with Tottenham (D3 L5), though that was the aforementioned two-goal occurrence astatine Old Trafford past season; the Red Devils past won back-to-back games implicit Spurs betwixt March and October 2022.

For the archetypal clip since the 2008-09 season, Tottenham beryllium stone bottommost of the Premier League array aft their archetypal 5 matches, and they are besides 1 of lone 3 teams (along with Bournemouth and Fulham) inactive searching for their archetypal top-flight triumph of the campaign.

Spurs ended their miserable four-game extremity drought successful the Premier League by netting 2 precocious strikes against Aston Villa anterior to the planetary break, but it was not capable to equine a memorable comeback arsenic they fell to a 3-2 location defeat – their 3rd league nonaccomplishment of the season.

Head manager Roberto De Zerbi has taken afloat work for Tottenham’s mediocre start, but helium has urged his new-look squad – filled with implicit £300m worthy of summertime signings – to amusement much ‘fight’ and amended defensively aft conceding ‘unacceptable’ and ‘stupid’ goals against Villa.

Spurs’ semipermanent slump is laid bare by the information that their haul of 18 Premier League points successful 2026 is the lowest of immoderate squad to stay successful the part passim the calendar year.

Furthermore, extending their winless streak to six matches this play would correspond conscionable the 4th lawsuit successful the club’s past that they person started a league play without a azygous triumph from their opening six fixtures.

However, Tottenham tin instrumentality immoderate comfortableness from having won 3 of their past 4 PL matches distant from home, portion De Zerbi is bidding to go conscionable the 5th Premier League manager successful past to triumph his archetypal 2 visits to Old Trafford, having antecedently prevailed determination arsenic Brighton brag successful 2023 (3-1).

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Team News

Man United trio Manuel Ugarte (knee), Matthijs de Ligt (back) and Tom Heaton (thigh) each stay unavailable for selection, but determination is anticipation that Amad Diallo (ankle) tin instrumentality to the matchday squad and marque his archetypal quality of the season.

Benjamin Sesko (shin), Patrick Dorgu (hamstring) and Noussair Mazraoui (back) each picked up injuries implicit the planetary interruption and person emerged arsenic doubts, portion Kobbie Mainoo, Marcus Rashford and Karl Darlow volition person unspecified issues assessed.

Summer signing Carlos Baleba should beryllium disposable to marque his long-awaited debut, either from the commencement oregon arsenic a substitute, and could rival Mainoo - if acceptable - Youri Tielemans and Andrey Santos for a spot successful midfield, down skipper Fernandes, who has scored 3 of his 4 goals against Spurs astatine Old Trafford.

As for Tottenham, Dejan Kulusevski (knee/fitness), Xavi Simons, Wilson Odobert (both knee) and Mykhaylo Mudryk (ankle) each stay sidelined, portion Micky van de Ven (finger) and Jan Paul van Hecke (foot) are some doubts aft picking up injuries connected planetary work with the Netherlands.

Marcos Senesi and Tosin Adarabioyo are some contenders to commencement successful the bosom of the defence if either Van de Ven oregon Van Hecke are not acceptable to feature, portion Archie Gray is expected to capable successful astatine right-back erstwhile again successful the lack of Pedro Porro (thigh).

Mohammed Kudus volition beryllium pushing to commencement his archetypal crippled of the season, but De Zerbi whitethorn alternatively opt for erstwhile Man City duo Savio and Omar Marmoush retired wide, portion Dominic Solanke – who has scored 3 goals successful his past 4 games versus Man United – is acceptable to pb the line.

Manchester United imaginable starting lineup:

Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw; Mainoo, Tielemans; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Rashford; Cunha

Tottenham Hotspur imaginable starting lineup:

Kinsky; Gray, Senesi, Van de Ven, Robertson; Gallagher, Tonali, Fernandes; Savio, Solanke, Marmoush

We say: Manchester United 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Man United volition beryllium hopeless to onslaught archetypal to exploit a devastating inclination that has seen Tottenham neglect to triumph immoderate of their past 48 matches crossed each competitions erstwhile conceding the opening goal, with 37 of those games coming successful the Premier League (D8 L29).

Both sides person looked compromised by antiaircraft vulnerabilities and present person mounting wounded concerns to woody with, but the Red Devils should yet person the indispensable firepower to outscore their visitors and instrumentality to winning ways connected location soil, leaving De Zerbi’s men stone bottom.

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