Tottenham vs. Manchester United: Preview and betting tips

Both Tottenham and Manchester United did not perform ideally at the start of the league season, but while the Red Devils got 3 points in the table, Spurs only got a point for a 2-2 draw. What will be the outcome of the game?

Tottenham lost their key scorer Harry Kane to Bayern Munich shortly before the start of the new Premier League season. That this will be felt was confirmed in the first encounter with Brentford when both goals were scored by defenders.

A definite positive was the performance of James Maddison, who assisted both the goal by Cristian Romero, who instead of celebrating subsequently went to the booths due to concussion, and then Emerson, who equalised for the final 2-2.

It all happened in the first half. In the second, Tottenham had 73% of the ball possession and sent 10 shots at Mark Flekken’s goal, but none ended up behind his back.

It was Manchester United who were dominant against Wolves, especially in the first half. In the second half, the visitors started to assert themselves more, but they didn’t hit anything besides the post. Raphael Varane scored the winner for the Red Devils in the 76th minute.

An unconvincing performance will certainly make Erik ten Hag think. It’s possible that we will see a different line-up, as some of the players certainly didn’t convince.

The friendly matches then look clearly better for Manchester United, who have won 4 out of the last 5. In each of these matches they have scored at least 2 goals.

Spurs stopped their streak of 4 losses only in the spring of this year, when they drew with their Saturday opponents 2-2. However, it must be added that after the first half they were 2-0 down.

Manchester United, however, were the more active team and a similar scenario can be expected on Saturday. This is despite the fact that the Red Devils did not look confident in the opening game.

Anyway, goals are a given in mutual duels and that’s why Over 2.5 is quite appropriate here.

Betting Tip | Over 2.5 at odds of 1.65