Manchester United vs Tottenham: Last 5 Results, Head to Head and Live Stream

Manchester United prepare for this game coming off the back of a 0-0 Premier League draw versus Newcastle United.

In that match, Manchester United had 63% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Newcastle United had 9 shots at goal with 2 on target.

Matches involving Manchester United have often been exciting affairs lately with plenty of scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past half dozen clashes, the sum of 20 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 11 of those coming from Manchester United. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Coming into this clash, Manchester United have not lost a league tie with Tottenham Hotspur in their previous 3 games.

Tottenham Hotspur will go into the clash after a 2-0 Premier League win with the eclipse of Everton in their last outing.

In that match, Tottenham Hotspur had 62% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Tottenham Hotspur, goals were scored by Harry Kane (59') and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (86'). At the other end, Everton had 4 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

Demonstrating their predisposition for high-scoring encounters, the back of the net has been hit 20 times in the last 6 games in which Tottenham Hotspur have sent out their troops, yielding a mean average of 3.33 goals each clash. Their opponents have got 7 of these goals.

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 04/12/2019 shows us that Manchester United have won 4 of these games and Tottenham Hotspur 1, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 24 in total which averages out at 4 goals per match.

Donny van de Beek (Knock), Harry Maguire (Hamstring Injury), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Unknown Injury) and Anthony Martial (Back Injury) will be missing for Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag.

It’s our opinion that The Red Devils look set to opt for a 4-2-3-1 system this time with David De Gea, Diogo Dalot, Raphael Varane, Lisandro Martínez, Luke Shaw, Casemiro, Scott McTominay, A. Matheus dos, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Japhet Tanganga (Knock) and Dejan Kulusevski (Thigh Problems) will not be playing here.

It’s our belief that Spurs will likely elect for a 3-5-2 lineup, giving starts to Hugo Lloris, Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Ben Davies, Matt Doherty, Yves Bissouma, P. Emil Højbjerg, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ivan Perisic, Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane.

In our opinion, Tottenham Hotspur could find themselves up against it to register a score against this Manchester United team who we think should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore expecting a good battle with a 1-0 victory for Manchester United after 90 minutes.

A close call.

Checking on the latest odds for this match in the WDW market, a victory for Manchester United is best priced at 2.41, a bet on the draw is 3.5 & putting your money on the win for Tottenham Hotspur will get you 2.88. These are the top market prices offered as of now.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match.