Match Preview: Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United











White Hart Lane, London N17 - The World Famous Home of the Spurs
Saturday 12th September 2009, Kick Off 17:30
Premier League, Match 5

Tottenham Hotspur: 2nd Premier League, 12 points from 12
Manchester United: 3rd Premier League, 9 points from 12

Referee: Andre Marriner
Assistant referees: Jake Collin & John Flynn
Fourth official: Stuart Attwell









COMMENT:

Tottenham Hotspur host Premier League Champions Manchester United in Saturday's late afternoon match in the highly unusual position of being above the visitors in the League table. Spurs have generally had a very poor record against United during the Premier League Era (their last win was 3-1 at home on 19th May 2001) but recent matches between the two clubs have been fairly close-fought affairs and Harry Redknapp will be looking to extend Tottenham's excellent start to the season and build on their very fine home form.
Spurs are unbeaten at White Hart Lane in all competitions since 30th November 2008 - a run of 18 matches including the last 8 consecutive Premier League wins.

This will be the first match after the Summer 2009 player transfer window has closed and Spurs can look back on a very successful trading period which has seen four players join the club - Peter Crouch, Niko Kranjcar, Sebastien Bassong and Kyle Naughton - who will all probably see plenty of first team action this season. United have lost two very influential players in Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez and there are serious questions raised over their replacements. Despite already having already lost to newly-promoted Burnley, it would be foolish to write-off United's chances in the League and without any doubt they will still be in with a shout of the title next May.

TEAM NEWS:

Spurs received a very heavy blow with the news that Croatian playmaker Luka Modric had broken his leg in the match agaist Birmingham City and will be out for around six weeks. Injuries to Heurelho Gomes and Jermaine Jenas should have cleared-up by the time the United match comes around and Ledley King looks like he may be available after suffering a groin injury against Birmingham. This leaves Michael Dawson, Jonathan Woodgate and Gareth Bale still under treatment. Niko Kranjcar should make his Spurs debut against United.

There were no injuries reported for the Spurs players on international duty except for Cameroon's Sebastien Bassong who may also be a doubt for Saturday night.

Manchester United have confirmed that Rio Ferdinand could make his first appearance of the season against Tottenham on Saturday after recovering from a thigh injury.

Gary Neville, Fabio and Wes Brown have also been declared fit for the match but John O'Shea is a major doubt with a calf injury.

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is weighing up a move for Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, 23, who currently plays for CSKA Moscow.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Spurs have drawn their last two league matches at home to Manchester United, but haven't beaten the Red Devils since 2001 (16 Premier League games).

• Tottenham have lost ten Premier League games at home to Man Utd, more than against any other opponent.

• In fact Spurs have only beaten Man Utd three times in the Premier League in 34 matches, all at White Hart Lane (4-1 in 1996, 3-1 in 1999 and 3-1 in 2001).

Tottenham Hotspur

• Spurs have not kept a clean sheet in their last six league outings.

• Tottenham are on their longest ever run of consecutive home wins in Premier League history (eight) and if they win it will match their best run of consecutive victories in Premier League history (five).

• They have won 897 Premier League points, conceded 896 times and scored 895 goals.

Manchester United

• Seven of the eight goals Man Utd have scored have been netted in the second half.

• Wayne Rooney has scored four goals in his last four league games against Spurs and Dimitar Berbatov has scored two goals in the last three meetings between Spurs and Man Utd, one for each club.

• Man Utd have won 11 and lost just one of their last 13 Premier League games.

LEADING GOALSCORERS

Tottenham Hotspur

Defoe: 4 goals (4 league); Lennon: 2 goals (2 league)

Manchester United

Rooney: 5 goals (4 league); Owen, Berbatov, Nani: 1 goal (1 league)

LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS

Tottenham Hotspur (W 2-1 v Birmingham, h):
Cudicini, Corluka, King (Hutton 46), Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Palacios, Huddlestone, Modric (Crouch 49), Keane, Defoe (Pavlyuchenko 80).
Subs Not Used: Button, Bentley, Naughton, Giovani.

Manchester United (W 2-1 v Arsenal, h):
Foster, O'Shea, Brown, Vidic, Evra, Valencia (Park 63), Fletcher, Carrick, Nani, Giggs (Berbatov 85), Rooney.
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Neville, Owen, Anderson, Scholes. 

MARK LAWRENSON'S (BBC) PREDICTION:

There are some weekends when you think United can get away without the likes of Rio Ferdinand and Edwin van der Sar, but this is not one of them.

Tottenham are great going forward, but will always give chances and concede goals.

Verdict: Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Manchester United

PREVIOUS MEETINGS:

Saturday evening's match will be the 175th meeting between Spurs and United. The two clubs met in last season's League (Carling) Cup Final which resulted in a 0-0 draw after extra time and United went on to win in a penalty shoot-out. The clubs also contested the 1967 FA Charity Shield which was shared after a 3-3 draw at Old Trafford and most memorable for a goal scored by Spurs goalkeeper Pat Jennings.
Here are the results of the previous 174 games with Spurs' score shown first:

As Newton Heath
28-Jan-1899 F.A. Cup 1 13,721H D 1 - 1 Joyce
01-Feb-1899 F.A. Cup 1Replay6,000A W 5 - 3 McKay, Joyce (2), McNaught, Smith
As Manchester United
11-Sep-1909Division 1 32,275H D 2 - 2 Steel R (2, 2pens)
22-Jan-10Division 1 8,000A L 0 - 5  
22-Oct-10Division 1 28,000H D 2 - 2 Minter, Humphreys
15-Mar-11Division 1 13,000A L 2 - 3 Birnie, Humphreys
04-Nov-11Division 1 26,000A W 2 - 1 Minter, Middlemiss
09-Apr-12Division 1 14,000H D 1 - 1 Bliss
19-Oct-12Division 1 12,000A L 0 - 2  
31-Mar-13Division 1 12,762H D 1 - 1 Minter
04-Oct-13Division 1 39,000A L 1 - 3 Middlemiss
07-Feb-14Division 1 28,000H W 2 - 1 Minter, Cantrell
21-Nov-14Division 1 11,000H W 2 - 0 Clay (pen), Cantrell
27-Mar-15Division 1 7,000A D 1 - 1 Minter
25-Sep-20Division 1 52,000A W 1 - 0 Grimsdell
02-Oct-20Division 1 34,600H W 4 - 1 Walden (2), Seed (2)
08-Oct-21Division 1 36,113H D 2 - 2 Wilson (2)
15-Oct-21Division 1 40,000A L 1 - 2 Dimmock
03-Feb-23F.A. Cup 2 38,333H W 4 - 0 Lindsay, Handley (3)
17-Oct-25Division 1 26,496A D 0 - 0  
30-Jan-26F.A. Cup 4 43,653H D 2 - 2 Thompson, Lindsay
03-Feb-26F.A. Cup 4 Replay 46,929A L 0 - 2  
27-Feb-26Division 1 25,466H L 0 - 1  
25-Dec-26Division 1 37,287H D 1 - 1 Dimmock
27-Dec-26Division 1 50,665A L 1 - 2 Handley
24-Sep-27Division 1 13,952A L 0 - 3  
04-Feb-28Division 1 23,545H W 4 - 0 O'Callaghan, Armstrong (2), Dimmock
12-Sep-31Division 2 9,557A D 1 - 1 Rowley
23-Jan-32Division 2 19,139H W 4 - 1 Davies (2), Hunt GS, O'Callaghan
10-Sep-32Division 2 23,333H W 6 - 1 Brain, Hunt GS (2), O'Callaghan, Evans W (2, 1pen)
06-Jan-33Division 2 20,661A L 1 - 2 Evans W
21-Sep-35Division 2 34,718A D 0 - 0  
05-Feb-36Division 2 20,085H D 0 - 0  
09-Oct-37Division 2 31,189H L 0 - 1  
19-Feb-38Division 2 34,631A W 1 - 0 Sargent
09-Sep-50Division 1 60,621H W 1 - 0 Walters
13-Jan-51Division 1 45,104A L 1 - 2 Baily
22-Sep-51Division 1 70,882H W 2 - 0 Bennett, Medley
26-Jan-52Division 1 42,668A L 0 - 2  
14-Jun-52Tour - N W 5 - 0 Walters, Bennett, Duquemin, Bailey, Medley      (in Toronto)
15-Jun-52Tour - N W 7 - 1 McClellan, Bennett (2), Duquemin (4)             (in New York)
01-Nov-52Division 1 44,286H L 1 - 2 Walters
25-Mar-53Division 1 20,215A L 2 - 3 Walters, McClellan
26-Sep-53Division 1 52,837H D 1 - 1 Duquemin
13-Feb-54Division 1 37,289A L 0 - 2  
08-Sep-54Division 1 35,162H L 0 - 2  
15-Sep-54Division 1 31,041A L 1 - 2 McClellan
22-Aug-55Division 1 28,713A D 2 - 2 Gavin (pen), Stokes
31-Aug-55Division 1 27,453H L 1 - 2 Clarke
24-Nov-56Division 1 57,724H D 2 - 2 Harmer (pen), Robb
06-Apr-57Division 1 60,583A D 0 - 0  
30-Nov-57Division 1 43,307A W 4 - 3 Smith R (3), Blanchflower og
12-Apr-58Division 1 59,836H W 1 - 0 Harmer (pen)
20-Sep-58Division 1 62,277A D 2 - 2 Smith R (2)
07-Feb-59Division 1 47,401H L 1 - 3 Norman
12-Sep-59Division 1 55,641A W 5 - 1 Mackay, Harmer, Smith R (2), Dunmore
23-Jan-60Division 1 62,602H W 2 - 1 Smith R (2)
03-Sep-60Division 1 55,442H W 4 - 1 Smith R (2), Allen (2)
16-Jan-61Division 1 65,535A L 0 - 2  
09-Sep-61Division 1 57,135A L 0 - 1  
20-Jan-62Division 1 55,225H D 2 - 2 Greaves (2)
31-Mar-62F.A. Cup SF 65,000SF W 3 - 1 Medwin, Greaves, Jones
20-Oct-62Division 1 51,314H W 6 - 2 Medwin (2), Greaves (3), Jones
09-Mar-63Division 1 43,416A W 2 - 0 Saul, Jones
09-Nov-63Division 1 57,513A L 1 - 4 Gregg og
03-Dec-63ECWC 2 (1L) 57,447H W 2 - 0 Mackay, Dyson
10-Dec-63ECWC 2 (2L) 59,597A L 1 - 4 Greaves
21-Mar-64Division 1 56,292H L 2 - 3 Brown L, Greaves (pen)
26-Sep-64Division 1 53,362A L 1 - 4 Robertson
06-Feb-65Division 1 58,639H W 1 - 0 Henry
16-Oct-65Division 1 58,051H W 5 - 1 Johnson, Clayton, Gilzean, Greaves, Robertson
18-Dec-65Division 1 39,511A L 1 - 5 Jones
10-Sep-66Division 1 56,295H W 2 - 1 Greaves, Gilzean
14-Jan-67Division 1 57,365A L 0 - 1  
12-Aug-67Charity Shield 54,106A D 3 - 3 Jennings, Robertson, Saul
23-Sep-67Division 1 58,779A L 1 - 3 Gilzean
27-Jan-68F.A. Cup 3 63,500A D 2 - 2 Chivers (2)
31-Jan-68F.A. Cup 3 Replay57,200H W 1 - 0 (a.e.t)  Robertson
03-Feb-68Division 1 57,690H L 1 - 2 Chivers
28-Aug-68Division 1 62,649A L 1 - 3 Greaves
09-Oct-68Division 1 56,205H D 2 - 2 Jones, Gilzean
22-Nov-69Division 1 53,053A L 1 - 3 Chivers
13-Apr-70Division 1 41,808H W 2 - 1 Gilzean, Chivers
05-Dec-70Division 1 55,693H D 2 - 2 Gilzean, Peters
06-Feb-71Division 1 48,416A L 1 - 2 Peters
13-Nov-71Division 1 54,058A L 1 - 3 Chivers
04-Mar-72Division 1 54,814H W 2 - 0 Perryman, Chivers
28-Oct-72Division 1 52,497A W 4 - 1 Peters (4)
24-Mar-73Division 1 50,017H D 1 - 1 Chivers
10-Nov-73Division 1 42,756H W 2 - 1 Knowles, Chivers
23-Mar-74Division 1 36,278A W 1 - 0 Coates
06-Sep-75Division 1 51,641A L 2 - 3 Chivers, Jones
17-Jan-76Division 1 49,189H D 1 - 1 Duncan
04-Sep-76Division 1 60,723A W 3 - 2 Coates, Pratt, Moores
12-Feb-77Division 1 46,946H L 1 - 3 Jones
16-Dec-78Division 1 52,026A L 0 - 2  
10-Mar-79F.A. Cup 6 51,800H D 1 - 1 Ardiles
14-Mar-79F.A. Cup 6 Replay54,510A L 0 - 2  
21-Apr-79Division 1 36,665H D 1 - 1 Jones
29-Aug-79League Cup 2 (1L) 29,163H W 2 - 1 Pratt, Hoddle
05-Sep-79League Cup 2 (2L) 48,292A L 1 - 3 Armstrong
01-Dec-79Division 1 51,389H L 1 - 2 Hoddle
05-Jan-80F.A. Cup 3 45,207H D 1 - 1 Ardiles
09-Jan-80F.A. Cup 3 Replay53,762A W 1 - 0 Ardiles
12-Apr-80Division 1 53,151A L 1 - 4 Ardiles
06-Sep-80Division 1 40,995H D 0 - 0  
17-Feb-81Division 1 40,642A D 0 - 0  
07-Oct-81League Cup 2 (1L) 39,333H W 1 - 0 Archibald
28-Oct-81League Cup 2 (2L) 55,890A W 1 - 0 Hazard
21-Nov-81Division 1 35,534H W 3 - 1 Roberts, Hazard, Archibald
17-Apr-82Division 1 50,724A L 0 - 2  
13-Nov-82Division 1 47,869A L 0 - 1  
11-May-83Division 1 32,803H W 2 - 0 Roberts, Archibald
04-Jun-83Tour/RSHT - N L 1 - 2 Archibald                                (Match played in Swaziland)
11-Jun-83Tour/RSHT - N W 2 - 0 Perryman, Mabbutt                  (Match played in Swaziland)
16-Dec-83Division 1 33,616A L 2 - 4 Brazil, Falco
12-May-84Division 1 39,790H D 1 - 1 Archibald
20-Oct-84Division 1 54,516A L 0 - 1  
12-Mar-85Division 1 42,918H L 1 - 2 Falco
16-Nov-85Division 1 54,575A D 0 - 0  
19-Apr-86Division 1 32,357H D 0 - 0  
07-Dec-86Division 1 35,267A D 3 - 3 Mabbutt, Allen C, Moran og
04-May-87Division 1 36,692H W 4 - 0 Thomas M (2), Allen C (pen), Allen P
26-Sep-87Division 1 47,601A L 0 - 1  
23-Feb-88Division 1 25,731H D 1 - 1 Allen C
28-Mar-88Friendly/Test - H L 2 - 3 Archibald, Hodge
01-Oct-88Division 1 29,318H D 2 - 2 Walsh, Waddle
05-Feb-89Division 1 41,423A L 0 - 1  
22-Nov-89League Cup 3 45,759A W 3 - 0 Lineker, Samways, Nayim
16-Dec-89Division 1 36,230A W 1 - 0 Lineker
21-Apr-90Division 1 33,317H W 2 - 1 Gascoigne, Lineker
01-Jan-91Division 1 29,399H L 1 - 2 Lineker (pen)
20-May-91Division 1 46,791A D 1 - 1 Hendry
28-Sep-91Division 1 35,087H L 1 - 2 Durie
02-May-92Division 1 44,585A L 1 - 3 Lineker
19-Sep-92FA Prem 33,296H D 1 - 1 Durie
09-Jan-93FA Prem 35,648A L 1 - 4 Barmby
16-Oct-93FA Prem 44,655A L 1 - 2 Caskey
15-Jan-94FA Prem 31,343H L 0 - 1  
27-Aug-94FA Prem 24,502H L 0 - 1  
15-Mar-95FA Prem 43,802A D 0 - 0  
01-Jan-96FA Prem 32,852H W 4 - 1 Sheringham, Campbell, Armstrong (2)
24-Mar-96FA Prem 50,508A L 0 - 1  
29-Sep-96FA Prem 54,943A L 0 - 2  
05-Jan-97F.A. Cup 3 52,495A L 0 - 2  
12-Jan-97FA Prem 33,026H L 1 - 2 Allen
10-Aug-97FA Prem 26,359H L 0 - 2  
10-Jan-98FA Prem 55,281A L 0 - 2  
02-Dec-98League Cup 5 35,702H W 3 - 1 Armstrong (2), Ginola
12-Dec-98FA Prem 36,097H D 2 - 2 Campbell (2)
16-May-99FA Prem 55,189A L 1 - 2 Ferdinand
23-Oct-99FA Prem 36,072H W 3 - 1 Iversen, Scholes o.g., Carr
06-May-2000FA Prem 61,629A L 1 - 3 Armstrong
02-Dec-00FA Prem 67,583A L 0 - 2  
19-May-01FA Prem 36,072H W 3 - 1 Korsten (2), Ferdinand
29-Sep-01FA Prem 36,038H L 3 - 5 Richards, Ferdinand, Ziege
06-Mar-02FA Prem 67,059A L 0 - 4  
21-Sep-02FA Prem 67,611A L 0 - 1  
27-Apr-03FA Prem 36,073H L 0 - 2  
20-Dec-03FA Prem 35,910H L 1 - 2 Poyet
20-Mar-04FA Prem 67,634A L 0 - 3  
25-Sep-04FA Prem 36,103H L 0 - 1  
03-Jan-05FA Prem 67,962A D 0 - 0  
22-Oct-05FA Prem 67,856A D 1 - 1 Jenas
17-Apr-06FA Prem 36,141H L 1 - 2 Jenas
09-Sep-06FA Prem 75,453A L 0 - 1  
04-Feb-07FA Prem 36,146H L 0 - 4  
26-Aug-07FA Prem 75,696A L 0 - 1  
02-Feb-08FA Prem 36,075H D 1 - 1 Berbatov
27-Jan-08F.A. Cup 4 75,369A L 1 - 3 Keane
13-Dec-08FA Prem 35,862H D 0 - 0  
24-Jan-09F.A. Cup 4 75,014A L 1 - 2 Pavlyuchenko
01-Mar-09League Cup Final  88,217Wembley D  0 - 0  (a.e.t - Spurs lost 1-4 on pens)
25-Apr-09FA Prem 75,458A L 2 - 5 Bent, Modric
12-Sep-09FA Prem H
24-Apr-10FA Prem A

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