Tottenham are set to be handed an enormous harm enhance because the membership return to Premier League motion towards Manchester United.
Spurs’ hopes of ending their 17-year trophy hoodoo suffered a double blow final week following two cup exits within the area of 4 days.
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Ange Postecoglou’s facet had been dumped out of the FA Cup by Aston Villa on Sunday following a 2-1 defeat – their sixth lack of 2025 from 11 matches.
That ensured the north Londoners don’t have any likelihood of reaching Wembley this season, having bowed out of the Carabao Cup semi-finals to Liverpool days prior.
Tottenham’s unbelievable harm disaster has compounded the membership’s distress, however mild is regarded as on the finish of the tunnel.
A uncommon spotlight from the season was the reverse fixture on the finish of September, the place Spurs ran out 3-0 winners at Previous Trafford.
One other victory this weekend would at the very least see Postecoglou’s males leapfrog the Purple Devils within the backside half of the desk.
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11 gamers had been lacking from the defeat to Villa final weekend, however there may be hope at the very least three stars might be again in rivalry right here.
Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario has been out injured since fracturing his ankle within the 4-0 win towards Manchester Metropolis on November 23.
Within the 12 Premier League matches Vicario has missed, Spurs have misplaced on eight events – conceding 24 objectives – leading to them slipping down into 14th spot.
Czech Antonin Kinsky has been deputising in his absence following his arrival in a £12.5million deal firstly of final month.
Nonetheless, following a clear sheet on his debut, the 21-year-old has began to wrestle, with high-profile errors in each cup exits.
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Vicario, Future Udogie, and James Maddison are all regarded as pushing to be in rivalry for the go to of Ruben Amorim’s workforce.
Udogie’s return may see Djed Spence revert to the suitable to offer Pedro Porro a uncommon breather, with the Spaniard having tacked up over 2900 minutes already throughout all competitions.
Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner and Wilson Odobert are additionally pushing to rejoin coaching, however the latter pair aren’t anticipated to start out right here.
Dominic Solanke just isn’t regarded as far behind along with his restoration from a knee harm however might be absent alongside Richarlison.
Captain Son Heung-min is more likely to lead the road, with Bayern Munich loanee Mathys Tel additionally making his league debut for the membership.
Archie Grey should still be required in an unorthodox centre-back function alongside new signing Kevin Danso, with Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven not rushed again into motion and Radu Dragusin a long-term absentee.
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- Tottenham are unbeaten of their final 4 Premier League video games towards Man Utd (W2 D2) and wish to full the league double over the Purple Devils for the primary time since 1989-90.
- Manchester United have conceded at the very least twice in every of their final 4 Premier League video games towards Spurs – the final facet they conceded a number of objectives towards in 5+ consecutive league video games was Arsenal (5 between 1975 and 1978).
- Tottenham have already overwhelmed Manchester United twice in all competitions this season, 3-0 within the Premier League and 4-3 within the League Cup quarter-final. Not since 1989-90 have Spurs overwhelmed Man Utd 3 times in a single marketing campaign, whereas the final facet general to defeat the Purple Devils 3 times in a season had been Chelsea in 2012-13.
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The guests’ harm woes have cleared up in current weeks however their inconsistent performances have left Amorim scratching his head.
Patrick Dorgu made his debut within the 2-1 FA Cup comeback win over Leicester and is anticipated to be handed his Premier League bow.
Luke Shaw lately suffered a contemporary setback in coaching, with the opposite participant deputising on the left below Amorim, Lisandro Martinez, going through an prolonged interval out of motion resulting from a severe knee harm.
Neither Mason Mount nor Jonny Evans are anticipated again, with Friday’s matchwinner Harry Maguire beginning once more on the again.
Alejandro Garnacho’s vigorous cameo as an alternative in that sport will probably be sufficient for him to take up one of many No.10 positions.
Amad Diallo will declare the opposite vacant function behind Joshua Zirkzee following Ramus Hojlund’s continued struggles in assault.
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- After their 2-0 win over Brentford, Tottenham wish to win back-to-back Premier League video games for simply the second time this season, beforehand doing so in September – when their two wins had been over Brentford after which Manchester United.
- Tottenham are winless of their final seven Premier League residence video games (D2 L5), their longest such run within the competitors since going eight with out a win from March to October 2008. Their 5 defeats in these final seven video games are greater than they suffered of their earlier 17 at residence within the league (W13 D0 L4).
- Since Ruben Amorim took cost in November, solely 5 sides have picked up fewer factors within the Premier League than Manchester United (14). Amorim is simply the fourth supervisor to lose 7+ of his first 13 top-flight video games accountable for the Purple Devils, together with AH Albut (7), John Chapman (10), and Jimmy Murphy (7).
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- Tottenham supervisor Ange Postecoglou is unbeaten in all three of his Premier League video games towards Manchester United – solely three managers have ever remained unbeaten in every of their first 4 towards the Purple Devils (Ruud Gullit, Nuno Espírito Santo and Unai Emery).
- After his help for Pape Sarr’s objective towards Brentford, Son Heung-min grew to become Tottenham’s outright main assister within the Premier League (69), overtaking Darren Anderton (68). Son has seven assists within the competitors this season, solely recording extra in a single marketing campaign in 2019-20 (10), 2020-21 (10), and 2023-24 (10).
- No participant has scored extra objectives (6) or offered extra assists (6) for Manchester United within the Premier League this season than Amad Diallo. Nonetheless, the Ivorian hasn’t scored or assisted in any of his final three league video games, solely trying two pictures over this time whereas creating 10 probabilities with none resulting in a objective.
Tottenham vs Man United: What has been stated?
Jamie O’Hara believes Postecoglou’s time at Spurs has run its course.
“It is time to go now, Ange is out of his depth. [Unai] Emery is on a unique planet in comparison with him and his gamers bopped us off the park. Ought to have been 5, we’re like reserve workforce taking part in in academy video games that do not matter, it is loopy,” O’Hara wrote on X.
In the meantime, Postecoglou has declared an agenda towards him following the response to the membership’s FA Cup exit.
Pressed on whether or not he would get given time to show issues round, Postecoglou remarked: “I am not speaking about me.
“Individuals can decide me, they’ll say I’ve performed a foul job, I am lower than it or no matter, that is superb.
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“What I am saying is you possibly can’t be essential of gamers and gamers’ efficiency throughout this time.
“Should you do, then try this with everybody else after they’ve acquired 9 or ten or 11 gamers out – none of them have – and for each sport.
“I am not simply saying we needed to do it right now. We have been doing this for the reason that center of November.
“You’ll be able to’t decide the efficiency of those gamers or critique them on what they’ve performed. All they’ve performed is give all they’ll and that is all you possibly can ask for.
“My accountability at this membership is that this group of gamers and workforce to get them to play within the method I would like them to that may carry us success.
“Whether or not individuals suppose I can try this or not is for others to evaluate however there’s acquired to be a greater appreciation for what a really small group of gamers have been doing for the final two and a half months.
“It may’t be that individuals suppose that’s an excuse. That is simply not wherever close to near goal evaluation. That is simply agenda-driven stuff.
“If it is to eliminate me that is superb, good on you, go for it one million instances.
“However by way of this group of gamers, what they’ve given during the last two and a half months has been excellent.
“It is a credit score to them, I am unable to communicate extremely sufficient of them.”