{"id":268591,"date":"2025-11-07T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/268591\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:30:09","slug":"tottenham-vs-manchester-united-premier-league-team-news-start-lineups-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/268591\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham vs Manchester United: Premier League \u2013 team news, start, lineups | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who: Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United
What: English Premier League
Where: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
When: Saturday at 12:30pm (12:30 GMT)
How to follow:\u00a0We\u2019ll have all the build-up on\u00a0Al Jazeera Sport<\/a> from 09:30 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream.<\/p>\n

The weekend\u2019s Premier League action begins in north London where sixth-placed Tottenham Hotspur welcome eighth-placed Manchester United.<\/p>\n

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Provisional second place in the table is up for grabs in a grudge game for Ruben Amorim\u2019s United side after Spurs beat them 1-0 in last season\u2019s Europa League final<\/a> to prevent the Red Devils from playing in the Champions League this season.<\/p>\n

While the hosts are seeking to bounce back from a home defeat by Chelsea last weekend, the visitors are unbeaten in their last four Premier League matches \u2013 a sequence that includes a 2-1 win<\/a> over champions and archrivals Liverpool, as well as last weekend\u2019s battling 2-2 draw<\/a> away at Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n

Frank \u2018happy\u2019 with Spurs response to Chelsea defeat<\/p>\n

Following an insipid defeat to Chelsea last weekend, Spurs have now lost three Premier League games at home this season. Their record at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium over the last 12 months is even worse \u2013 they have won just four out of 20 home league games, drawing four and losing 12.<\/p>\n

Tottenham did at least get a boost in midweek as Spurs thrashed Copenhagen 4-0 at home to record their biggest win since manager Thomas Frank took charge.<\/p>\n

Frank was reluctant to point to the victory over a team from his native Denmark as a turning point after a difficult spell of one win in five, but it lifts the mood before Saturday\u2019s visit from Manchester United.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talk a lot about that bounce-back mentality because in life and football there will be setbacks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery team will experience that and it\u2019s how we react to that to come out after a bad game or a bad spell and come back to it. That\u2019s part of a good team. I\u2019m very happy with the response the players came with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Van de Ven makes amends with wonder goal<\/p>\n

Micky van de Ven got back in favour with Frank as the Tottenham defender\u2019s stunning solo goal during the rout of Copenhagen drew comparisons to Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n

Van de Ven and Djed Spence were forced to apologise to Tottenham boss Frank this week after they ignored his plea to applaud fans following Saturday\u2019s loss to Chelsea.<\/p>\n

But Van de Ven retained his place in the starting lineup and produced a moment of magic, running over half the length of the pitch before delivering a clinical finish to score.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like we had Lionel Messi turned into Micky van de Ven, roaring down from his own goal all the way to the other end and scored a fantastic goal,\u201d Frank said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s our top scorer in all competitions, so he can keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TottenhamVan de Ven celebrates after scoring Tottenham\u2019s third goal against FC Copenhagen on Tuesday [AFP]\u2018We are a better team\u2019<\/p>\n

United will not need motivation against Spurs, having lost all four games they played against Tottenham last season.<\/p>\n

When asked how United had changed since the Europa League final, Amorim replied: \u201cFirst of all, the characteristics of the players. So, we are a better team, we play better, we understand the game better. I think we are more confident.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe reached that final confident that we could win because we were doing well in Europe, but in this moment we play with a different confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe manage the moments of the game better. But if you remember that game, they have that shot on the goal, they won the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I expect a different game, that we can play better, but also to have a little bit luck to help us to win the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SoccerAmorim celebrates after United beat Brighton last month [Phil Noble\/Reuters]Amorim hits back at Ronaldo criticism<\/p>\n

Cristiano Ronaldo, who won eight trophies at United, said this week that United were \u201cnot in a good path\u201d<\/a> after a wretched season in which the Red Devils finished 15th, and warned that Amorim was \u201cnot going to do miracles\u201d at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Amorim, who took over from Erik ten Hag in November 2024, hit back by urging fans and pundits alike to look forward rather than dwell on the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, he has a huge impact in everything he said,\u201d Amorim said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we need to focus [on] is in the future. We know that we as a club made a lot of mistakes in the past, but we are trying to change that. So let\u2019s not focus on what happened. Let\u2019s focus [on] what we are doing now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are changing a lot of things in the structure, the way we do things, the way we want the players to behave. We are doing that and we are improving.\u201d<\/p>\n

Head-to-head<\/p>\n

The two clubs have faced each other 204 times, with United winning 96 of those games, Tottenham winning 57 and 51 ending as draws.<\/p>\n

Despite doing the league double over Man United last season, Spurs have only won four of their last 12 Premier League games against the Red Devils, with three of their last five victories coming at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

As well as beating United 1-0 in the Europa League final last season, Spurs also won a wild League Cup quarterfinal 4-3 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n

The last time United beat Spurs was back in October 2022, when goals from Fred and Bruno Fernandes gave the Red Devils a 2-0 win at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s team news<\/p>\n

Spurs could be missing as many as 10 players for United\u2019s visit, with\u00a0James\u00a0Maddison,\u00a0Dejan Kulusevski, Dominic Solanke, Radu Dragusin, Yves Bissouma, Ben Davies, Archie Gray and Kota Takai all ruled out through injury.<\/p>\n

Winger Mohammed Kudus is a doubt after he missed the win over Copenhagen with a knock, potentially opening the way for Brennan Johnson to start on the right.<\/p>\n

Midfielder Lucas Bergvall is unlikely to feature due to concussion protocols following a blow to the head that forced his substitution against Chelsea last weekend.<\/p>\n

Tottenham\u2019s predicted starting lineup<\/p>\n

Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Bentancur, Palhinha, Sarr; Johnson, Richarlison, Simons<\/p>\n

Manchester United\u2019s early team news<\/p>\n

United\u2019s only reported injury concern is with centre back\u00a0Lisandro Martinez, who has returned to training after being sidelined since February with a knee injury but is still regaining full fitness.<\/p>\n

Harry Maguire returned to the bench for United\u2019s 2-2 draw at Nottingham Forest last weekend after recovering from a knock, so Amorim could recall the defender or stick with Leny Yoro in the back three.<\/p>\n

United\u2019s predicted starting lineup<\/p>\n

Lammens; Yoro, De Ligt, Shaw; Amad, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dalot; Mbeumo, Cunha; Sesko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who: Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester UnitedWhat: English Premier LeagueWhere: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, LondonWhen: Saturday at 12:30pm (12:30 GMT)How…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,2057,596,44,588,85,3586],"class_list":{"0":"post-268591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sport","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}