In a mid week match on Wednesday Oct 19th, in week 12, Manchester United will play host to Tottenham Hotspur in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. Manchester United sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Omonia Nicosia. Scott McTominay scored the first goal for Manchester United in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Omonia Nicosia couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester United ran away with the shutout win. Manchester United looks to continue their winning ways, having won 8 of their last 10, while tottenham Hotspur is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Everton. Harry Kane struck first for Tottenham Hotspur in the 59th minute on a penalty kick, then Pierre-Emile Højbjerg added another in the 86th minute on a feed from Rodrigo Bentancur In the end, Everton was frustrated by Tottenham Hotspur’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Tottenham Hotspur ended the match with the shutout victory. Tottenham Hotspur is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Manchester United won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Tottenham Hotspur is glad to have Harry Kane in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Anthony Martial has been the most prolific scorer on Manchester United in the last five matches with three goals
Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United squad will be without Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Harry Maguire and Tyrell Malacia, while Lucas Moura, Dejan Kulusevski and Japhet Tanganga are unavailable to play for Antonio Conte’s team.