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Manchester United Need to Improve as They Travel to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League

Tottenham vs Manchester United - 19/08/2023

Manchester United Need to Improve as They Travel to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League
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The penultimate fixture on the 19th of August in the English Premier League is between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United.

The game will be played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the hosts begin the weekend in 9th place on 1 point while the visitors are in 7th place on 3 points.

Spurs come into the match on the back of a 2-2 draw at Brentford in their opening game of the 2023/24 Premier League season.

It was Spurs who opened the scoring in the 11th minute but Brentford equalised from the penalty spot 16 minutes later.

Brentford took the lead in the 36th minute but there was still time for Spurs to go level at the end of the first half. Spurs could not breakdown the Brentford defence in the second half.

It was a decent performance from Spurs in their first league game under the guidance of Ange Postecoglou.

However, the draw means they have won only 1 of their 4 most recent Premier League fixtures.

The win came over Leeds United away towards the end of last season but there have been defeats against Aston Villa away and Brentford at home in the league.

Trends show Spurs are having a period of 13 straight Premier League clashes in all of which they have scored 1 or more goals.

They have seen over 2.5 goals in their last 4 league games. Home form in the Premier League shows Spurs have won 1 of their last 4 matches.

Manchester United travel to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium having beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 at home in their opening Premier League fixture of the season on Monday night.

Despite winning the match, it was a poor performance from the Red Devils and they could easily have lost the game if Wolves had taken their chances.

Nonetheless, the win over Wolves means Manchester United have won each of their last 5 Premier League fixtures.

The additional victories from last season were over Wolves, Chelsea, and Fulham at home plus Bournemouth away.

Away form in the Premier League shows Manchester United have won only 1 of their last 4 games.

There have been defeats against Brighton and West Ham plus a draw with Spurs.

Manchester United have no losses in 37 of their 44 most recent encounters with Spurs in the league and have scored at least 2 goals in their last 5 Premier League clashes with Spurs.

Team news: Spurs are without the injured duo of Ryan Sessegnon and Bryan Gil. Goalkeepers Hugo Lloris and Fraser Forster are doubts.

Manchester United make the trip to London without the injured quartet of Rasmus Højlund, Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo, and Tyrell Malacia.

Spurs fans will be buoyed by their teams performance at Brentford whereas Manchester United need to improve dramatically from their opening weekend win.

However, Manchester United have won 4 of the last 5 games against Spurs in the Premier League and they could come out on top by hitting the hosts on the break in this match. We expect to see an away victory, with both teams scoring.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
272648
2
1 - 2
2.89
23°
2.30
3.00 3.50 2.30 no no no
FT
2 - 0(0 - 0)
-
- - -
Premier League
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Arsenal 83 36 26 5 5 60
2
Manchester City 82 35 25 7 3 54
3
Liverpool 78 36 23 9 4 43
4
Aston Villa 67 36 20 7 9 20
5
Tottenham 60 35 18 6 11 11
6
Newcastle United 56 35 17 5 13 22
7
Chelsea 54 35 15 9 11 11
8
Manchester United 54 35 16 6 13 -3
9
West Ham 49 36 13 10 13 -14
10
Bournemouth 48 36 13 9 14 -11
11
Brighton 47 35 12 11 12 -4
12
Wolverhampton 46 36 13 7 16 -11
13
Fulham 44 36 12 8 16 -4
14
Crystal Palace 43 36 11 10 15 -8
15
Everton 37 36 12 9 15 -11
16
Brentford 36 36 9 9 18 -8
17
Nottingham Forest 29 36 8 9 19 -18
18
Luton Town 26 36 6 8 22 -29
19
Burnley 24 36 5 9 22 -35
20
Sheffield United 16 36 3 7 26 -65

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