Tottenham vs Man Utd preview, prediction, team news and head-to-head

Tottenham and Manchester United have been picking up steam in recent weeks and will be desperate to go into the final international break of the year on a winning note.

Thomas Frank’s men generated some much-needed momentum in midweek as they thrashed Copenhagen 4-0. That was the perfect response to last week’s horrendous showing in a 1-0 home defeat to Chelsea.

That performance against Chelsea was poor from start to finish, but they have shown a capacity to bounce back, and beating Manchester United at home after a mid-week European victory is the perfect response.

Manchester United visit the capital on the back of a 2-2 draw away at Nottingham Forest, in which they needed a late equaliser to snatch a point.

The result still stretched their unbeaten run to four matches (W3, D1), their joint-best run in the competition under Ruben Amorim. He’ll now be targeting improvements on the road as the Red Devils have won just one of their last 11 domestic away games

The hosts have been hugely successful in this fixture over the past few years, especially since Erik ten Hag's tumultuous second season.

Tottenham won all four meetings last season, most notably winning in the final of the Europa League. That forms part of a seven-match winless run for United in this fixture (D2, L5).

Tottenham are still without the services of Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall, Dominic Solanke, Radu Dragusin, Kota Takai, Ben Davies, and Archie Gray.

Mohammed Kudus and Yves Bissouma might also miss out due to fitness issues.

Lisandro Martinez is not yet fully fit to be a part of the Manchester United squad for their upcoming fixture.

Tottenham: Vicario (GK); Porro, Romero, Van de Van, Spence; Bentancur, Sarr; Odobert, Simons, Johnson; Richarlison

Man Utd: Lammens (GK); Yoro, De Ligt, Shaw; Amad, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dorgu; Mbeumo, Cunha; Sesko

Tottenham have bossed this fixture over the past two seasons, particularly last season, when they won all four meetings.

United have improved drastically over the past month, but it is hard to bet against the hosts, which makes a draw seem like the more sensible outcome here.

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