Tottenham Hotspur will be looking to bounce back from a humiliating 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Newcastle when they host Manchester United on Thursday night.
While Spurs were humbled at St James’ Park on Sunday, Man Utd booked their place in the FA Cup final with a penalty shootout win over Brighton at Wembley.
Fifth-placed Tottenham now find themselves six points behind fourth-placed Man Utd in the Premier League table, while the Red Devils have two games in hand.
Remarkably, Spurs found themselves 5-0 down after 21 minutes on Sunday, with braces from Jacob Murphy and Alexander Isak embarrassing the visitors.
Although Harry Kane pulled a goal back for his team after the break, Tottenham ended up suffering a dismal defeat as Callum Wilson came off the bench to score Newcastle’s sixth.
As a result, Spurs parted ways with interim manager Cristian Stellini, leaving Ryan Mason in charge until the end of the season.
Having won just one of their last five games – suffering a 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth before Sunday’s thrashing – Tottenham find themselves in a state of disarray.
As for Manchester United, they played out a goalless draw with Brighton after 120 minutes before winning on penalties to reach the FA Cup final.
The Red Devils have now lost one of their last six matches in all competitions, picking up four wins along the way, with only three defeats coming in their previous 23 outings.
Not only have Erik ten Hag’s men won each of their last three Premier League matches, but they have also kept three successive clean sheets.
Having avoided defeat in each of their last 14 home league games – securing 11 victories in the process – United will be confident of piling more pressure on sorry Spurs.
Head-to-head: Manchester United claimed a 2-0 victory in the reverse fixture back in October, meaning they have won each of their last four league meetings with Spurs.
It is also worth noting that United have won six of their previous eight Premier League matches against Tottenham, scoring over 1.5 goals in five of those victories.
Team news: Tottenham look set to be without the injured quintet of Hugo Lloris, Rodrigo Bentancur, Yves Bissouma, Ryan Sessegnon and Emerson Royal on Thursday.
On the flip side, Man Utd’s injury list contains Lisandro Martinez, Donny van de Beek, Raphael Varane and Alejandro Garnacho, while Bruno Fernandes and Scott McTominay are doubts.
Given what happened at the weekend, Man Utd will fancy their chances of securing a dominant win at the Tottenahm Hotspur Stadium.
Forebet predicts that Manchester United will score over 2.5 goals on their way to dispatching Tottenham Hotspur.
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