Manchester United need a win today as they welcome a Tottenham side who have played three times in three different competitions over the previous week.
A controversial 3-2 win at Brighton last time out was United’s first three-point return of the season and came courtesy of a penalty scored after the full-time whistle had blown.
Spurs were also on the end of a controversial penalty, though not in favour, as Newcastle scrapped a draw last time out in the league.
A defeat for United will start to increase the pressure on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ahead of the transfer deadline 24 hours later.
TEAM NEWS
Manchester United’s Harry Maguire is available despite injuring his ankle in the Premier League win over Brighton last Saturday.
Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has no new fitness concerns in his squad.
Giovani Lo Celso is a doubt with an unspecified injury, while Gareth Bale is not yet ready to feature.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Manchester United are unbeaten in the past three league meetings.
- The Red Devils have only won more Premier League games against Everton than the 35 victories they have enjoyed versus Spurs.
- There has not been a draw in the past 14 league matches at Old Trafford between these sides.
- Tottenham’s last six top-flight away wins against Manchester United have all come under different managers, in a run stretching back to Bill Nicholson in March 1974.
Manchester United
- Manchester United are looking to avoid losing their opening two home games to a league season for only the fifth time, and first since 1986-87.
- They last conceded multiple goals in each of their first three fixtures of a top-flight season in 1972-73.
- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side have scored in 15 successive Premier League matches, the longest current run in the division.
- Their 40 Premier League games since the start of last season have produced 20 penalties (15 for and five against), which is second only to Leicester City’s total of 22.
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Tottenham Hotspur
- Tottenham have won just three of their last 30 Premier League away matches against other established top-six sides.
- Spurs’ two clean sheets in their past 27 Premier League away games came against relegated Watford and Bournemouth.
- Jose Mourinho is winless in his last six away league fixtures against sides he previously managed.
- However, Mourinho has only lost three of his 22 matches against Manchester United in all competitions. All three defeats were at Old Trafford, with one apiece for Chelsea, Inter Milan and Spurs.
- Harry Kane’s tally of five assists in the Premier League this season is a joint record after three matches, emulating Ruel Fox for Newcastle in 1994-95 and Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Manchester United in 2017-18.
PREDICTION: 2-1
