Manchester Utd – Tottenham

The London team is extremely troublesome for the home side.

Manchester United in this season is one of the key newsmakers of the English Premier League. It has become quite traditional that from the early rounds of the championship pressure was placed on Ruben Amorim, appointed last season, and any failure triggered a wave of criticism. Perhaps it is fairly logical to demand only victories from a team with such a name, but the Portuguese manager and his players could not cope with this pressure. In mid-January the appointment of Michael Carrick as head coach was greeted by the Mancunian family with great enthusiasm. First, the new manager is a new hope for the long-suffering fans of the Red Devils. Second, Carrick knows Manchester United inside out and is considered one of their own here. Tottenham this season has been protected from a managerial change only by their successes on the European stage. The situation is very similar to last year. Recall that Spurs finished seventeenth in the Premier League last season, but won the Europa League, which is why Ange Postecoglou was dismissed only in the off-season. Now under Thomas Frank's guidance the London club occupies fourteenth place. Bookmakers have made the home side favorites for the upcoming match, offering odds of 1.66 on their victory. Manchester United, with the new coach, hit their stride and began playing as if every player had shed five kilograms of extra weight from each leg. Interestingly, victories over Manchester City and Arsenal came to the team more easily than over Fulham. It seems the main component of the winning run is psychological. At the same time one should not forget that emotional surges have their time limits, and the goals conceded at 85 and 90+1 minutes by Fulham in the last round indicate that the Red Devils' on-field problems have not disappeared. And who else to expose them if not Tottenham? In recent years Tottenham has been Manchester United's most troublesome opponent. The last victory over Tottenham by the Mancunians came in 2022, after which in eight meetings they lost five times and drew three. Tottenham have a large number of injuries in their squad, but that did not prevent them from taking a point from Manchester City (2-2) in the last round. The visitors will not let themselves be beaten easily.