Man United look to continue their resurgence against struggling Tottenham

Manchester United welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Old Trafford for Saturday’s Premier League lunchtime kickoff.

The Red Devils snatched a late 3-2 win over Fulham last time out in the Premier League, thanks to Benjamin Sesko’s 94th-minute winner.

Spurs battled to a 2-2 home draw with Manchester City in their last Premier League outing.

Match preview

Manchester United are winless in their last six league games against Tottenham Hotspur (D3 L3), their joint-longest ever run without a win against them (also 6 between 1914 and 1921).

Tottenham won this exact fixture 3-0 last season – only once have they won consecutive away games against Man Utd in the Premier League, doing so in January 2014.

The Lilywhites are unbeaten in their last eight meetings with United in all competitions (W5 D3). It’s their longest ever run without defeat against them, while in the 21st century only Chelsea have gone longer against the Red Devils (12 between 2012 and 2017).

United are unbeaten in their last seven Premier League games (W4 D3) and have won all three since Michael Carrick returned as manager. The Red Devils last won four in a row in February 2024 under Erik ten Hag, while they last had a longer run without defeat in February 2022 (8 under Ralf Rangnick).

Tottenham are winless in their last six Premier League games (D4 L2), their longest run since their last seven in 2024/25. However, five of Spurs’ seven league wins this season have come away from home.

Spurs are winless in all 10 of their league games when behind at the break this term (D3 L7) and are unbeaten in all six when leading at half-time (W5 D1).

Bruno Fernandes has more assists than any other Premier League player this season, with his 12 also his joint-best tally in a single campaign (level with 2020/21). The last Manchester United player to provide more was Antonio Valencia in 2011/12 (13).

Dominic Solanke, who scored twice against Man City last time out, has scored five goals in his last five appearances against Manchester United in all competitions.

Matheus Cunha has been involved in four goals in his last five Premier League games (3 goals, 1 assist), as many as in his first 16 appearances for Manchester United (3 goals, 1 assist).

Team news

Manchester United

Patrick Dorgu, Matthijs de Ligt and Mason Mount are unavailable due to injuries.

Tottenham Hotspur

Dejan Kulusevski, Mohammed Kudus, James Maddison, Pedro Porro, Richarlison, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ben Davies, Lucas Bergvall and Kevin Danso are sidelined with injuries.

Predicted line-ups

Manchester United: Senne Lammens, Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martínez, Luke Shaw, Casemiro, Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo, Bruno Fernandes, Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo.

Tottenham Hotspur: Guglielmo Vicario, Archie Grey, João Palhinha, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie, Conor Gallagher, Pape Sarr, Randal Kolo Muani, Dominic Solanke, Xavi Simons.