Manchester United vs Tottenham LIVE: Predicted line-ups and latest news as Spurs seek rare away win against under-fire Ten Hag

Manchester United welcome Tottenham for a Premier League encounter between two teams who would have hoped to be doing better.

The Red Devils have won two of their opening five league games, while Spurs are yet to taste victory on the road.

So, this is an important fixture for both, with Erik ten Hag and Ange Postecoglou hoping their team will be in the Champions League places by the end of the campaign.

However, if that is to be the case, there needs to be some major improvement.

Tottenham have struggled to be clinical in front of goal at times, while the Red Devils have looked disorganised against the better teams so far.

Manchester United vs Tottenham: Dom’s off the mark

In the build-up to Tottenham’s 3-1 win over Brentford last weekend, new £65million man Dominic Solanke hadn’t scored.

Of course, he missed a couple of games through injury, while he didn’t get a sniff in the north London derby.

So when he saw James Maddison‘s saved shot fall to his feet, he must have been relieved to tap in his first of what should be many Spurs goals.

It’s always the same for any new striker – they just want to get off the mark, and he’s done that now.

And he followed it up with another goal in Europe on Thursday, teeing him up for three in a row this weekend.

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• Manchester United have won 24 Premier League home games against Tottenham – only Arsenal have beaten an opponent more often at home in the competition’s history (25 vs Everton).
• Manchester United have lost seven of their last 19 Premier League home games (W9 D3), including a 3-0 loss to Liverpool in their last such match. They had been unbeaten in 20 at Old Trafford before this current run (W17 D3).
• After a run of four straight Premier League defeats against Manchester United between 2021 and 2022, Tottenham are now unbeaten in their last three against them in the league (W1 D2).

Manchester United vs Tottenham: Date and how to follow

This Premier League game takes place on Sunday, September 29.

Kick-off at Old Trafford is scheduled for 4:30pm.

The match will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League.

Sky Go customers can also stream the action through their laptops and mobile devices.

Alternatively, a NOW TV pass can be purchased.

talkSPORT will have updates from the red half of Manchester throughout, and talkSPORT.com will have coverage on our dedicated Premier League blog.

To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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• Since picking up 14 points from their first six Premier League away games under Ange Postecoglou (W4 D2 L0), Tottenham have picked up just a further 14 points from their last 15 on the road (W3 D5 L7). Indeed, among ever present sides over the last two seasons, no side has won fewer Premier League away games since the start of November than Spurs (3).
• Since the start of last season, only Manchester City (31) have gained more points from losing positions in the Premier League than Tottenham (28), with Spurs coming from behind to beat Brentford 3-1 last time out.
• Manchester United have kept four clean sheets in their last six Premier League games, which is more than they had in their previous 24 combined (3). However, they’ve lost both games in which they’ve conceded during this run (W3 D1).

Manchester United vs Tottenham: Team news and predicted line-ups

United’s injury problems are starting to ease, but they are still without a few important players.

Luke Shaw isn’t expected back until after the international break, while Tyrell Malacia is still out.

They join Leny Yorro and Victor Lindelof on the sidelines.

Ten Hag has a few players who are nailed-on starters – Andre Onana, Diogo Dalot, Lisandro Martinez, Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo.

Martinez should be partnered by Matthijs de Ligt, with Dalot at left-back and Noussair Mazraoui at right-back.

Christian Eriksen has partnered Mainoo in recent games, but given Tottenham’s style, Manuel Ugarte could make his first Premier League start.

Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho are competing for a place on the left, but the England international is looking better, so should get the nod.

Amad Diallo will be on the right, and then up front, there is a choice between Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund.

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For Spurs, Richarlison remains out, and Wilson Odobert is also injured, but bar those, Posteocoglou has a full squad to choose from.

Guglielmo Vicario, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Pedro Porro, Destiny Udogie, Maddison and Solanke will start.

In midfield, Spurs have plenty of options, but given the problems Liverpool caused United in the middle of the park, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur.

On the right, there will be a battle between Brennan Johnson and Dejan Kulusevski, but the Swede’s guile and creativity should see him get the nod.

Heung-min Son is a slight doubt after picking up an injury in midweek, but Postecoglou is hopeful that he’ll be fit.

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• Manchester United have the third highest xG in the Premier League this season (9.6) but have scored just five goals – only Southampton have a bigger negative difference between their goals (2) and expected goals (7.1) so far this term.
• As a team, only Liverpool players (282) have made more off the ball runs into the opposition’s box than Tottenham’s (263) in the Premier League this season. For individual players, Tottenham’s Son Heung-Min (54) and Dejan Kulusevski (43) rank joint first and joint third for this respectively.
• Man Utd’s Bruno Fernandes has had more shots without scoring than any other Premier League player this season (17). Meanwhile, only Cameron Archer (2.3) and Evanilson (2) have amassed a higher xG without finding the net so far than Fernandes (1.9).
• Tottenham’s Son Heung-Min has created more chances from open play than any other player in the Premier League this season (13). He’s also had a hand in five goals in his last seven league appearances against Manchester United, scoring four and assisting one.

Man United vs Tottenham: What has been said?

Ahead of the game, Postecoglou was asked whether he will be trying to put the fact Ten Hag is under pressure into his game plan.

However, he wasn’t entertaining the question…

“I don’t mate. There’s always some manager under pressure,” he said.

“I think it’s must be one of those spinning boards with all our faces on it and whatever it lands on he cops it for a week or two.

“I think Erik in a real tough job has done really well. He keeps mentioning he’s won two trophies and he has mate. I don’t think that’s insignificant.

“People keep telling me that’s what I have to do, but it’s obviously not all you have to do, because even when you do that, there’s more.

“There’s always more and I think he’s done a great job in a difficult job. At Old Trafford, it’s tough there.

“You look at their record and irrespective of the managers, it’s still a fairly compelling record and they’ve got some real quality players.

“We had a really good game there last year. It was 2-2 and a cracking game. One we’re going to be ready for.”