Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Sreya

Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur – Manchester United hosts Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on 28th October, Saturday in an English Premier League fixture.

Manchester United suffered a shocking 2-0 defeat to Huddersfield last week and there have been some causes for concern in the last few weeks, with Jose Mourinho’s side not winning any of their last two league matches.

Tottenham Hotspur, however, have won all of their previous four league matches and are in the third position with twenty points, trailing Jose Mourinho’s second-placed side on goal difference only.

Team News

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick are sidelined through injuries while Marcos Rojo and Paul Pogba are yet to regain match fitness. Eric Bailly and Phil Jones will face late fitness tests, but are likely to feature this weekend.

Victor Wanyama is Tottenham’s main injury concern while Harry Kane is likely to recover from the knock which kept him out in midweek. Erik Lamela is yet to regain match fitness though.

Manchester United Possible Starting Lineup: David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Victor Lindelof, Eric Bailly, Ashley Young, Nemanja Matic, Ander Herrera, Juan Mata, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku.

Tottenham Hotspur Possible Starting Lineup: Hugo Lloris, Toby Alderweireld, Davinson Sanchez, Jan Vertonghen, Kieran Trippier, Harry Winks, Eric Dier, Dele Alli, Serge Aurier, Christian Eriksen, Harry Kane.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur H2H Stats, the last five games between these two clubs have resulted in two wins for Tottenham Hotspur and three wins for Manchester United.

While Manchester United are undefeated in their last twenty-one home matches, Tottenham Hotspur have won their last six away games in the league.

Although Jose Mourinho’s side have kept a clean sheet in their previous five home games, Tottenham have scored at least 3 goals in 5 of their last 6 away matches.

It should be a closely contested affair but a 2-1 win for Tottenham Hotspur is the most likely result.