Manchester United continue their top-four push against Tottenham Hotspur in a huge Premier League clash.
Victory would see Man Utd stay fourth in the table, whilst Tottenham can climb to 13th with a win.
Team News
Mason Mount is ruled out for Man Utd after he missed their 3-2 victory at home to Fulham due to a knock last weekend.
Patrick Dorgu (hamstring) and Matthijs De Ligt (back) are still ruled out.
Tottenham could start Dominic Solanke from the bench again as he continues to rebuild his match fitness, despite having scored twice in their 2-2 draw at home to Manchester City as a substitute.
Cristian Romero (illness), Mickey van de Ven (knock) and Djed Spence (calf) could feature if fit.
Kevin Danso (toe), Pedro Porro, Rodrigo Bentancur, Richarlison (all hamstring), Lucas Bergvall, Ben Davies (both ankle), Mohammed Kudus (quad), James Maddison (ACL) and Dejan Kulusevski (knee) are still ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Man Utd host Tottenham at Old Trafford on Saturday 7 February at 12:30pm GMT, live on TNT Sports 1 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Man Utd are winless in their last six league meetings against Tottenham (D3, L3).
- Tottenham have claimed seven points in their last five visits to Man Utd (W2, D1, L2).
- Three of Man Utd’s last six league clashes against Tottenham ended in 2-2 draws.
- Four of Matheus Cunha’s six league goals for Man Utd this season were scored in the second half.
- Tottenham have scored twice in each of their last two away games (D1, L1).
Prediction
With a steady grip on fourth place and still yet to lose since Michael Carrick took charge, Man Utd certainly do look like they’re back to their creative free-flowing self because their energy against Fulham was just a great watch even after they conceded two late goals then snatched the winner.
Tottenham meanwhile are like footballing’s version of a dice because they were passively sloppy in the first half against Man City and comfortably outclassed to go 2-0 down, yet they turned on the sharp energetic attacking discipline in the second half to snatch a draw so more of the latter is needed consistently now.
Their defence however have a tough ask to keep the likes of Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes and Cunha quiet but both teams do have mistakes in them, so another draw feels plausible if Utd don’t win this.
Prediction: Man Utd 1-1 Tottenham
Result: Man Utd 2-0 Tottenham
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