Man Utd vs Tottenham Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are both under immense pressure as they return to Premier League action with a clash at Old Trafford.

Kick-off date/time: 10 October 2026 at 5:30 pm

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / USA – NBC

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / USA – Peacock

Man Utd preview: Under pressure Carrick

Manchester United finished last season well as they achieved a third place finish after the mid-season appointment of Michael Carrick but The Red Devils have now managed just two victories in their seven matches across all competitions so far this season.

After capitulating to defeat having been 2-0 up against Brighton and Hove Albion at Old Trafford in the EFL Cup, Matheus Cunha snatched a point with a late equaliser for United in a 1-1 draw against winless Fulham in their most recent outing.

Tottenham preview: Under pressure De Zerbi

Having survived relegation on the final day of last season and spent heavily over the summer with a full pre-season under Roberto De Zerbi, Tottenham Hotspur have again started slowly as they search for a first Premier League win.

Goalless draws against Nottingham Forest and Everton are Spurs’ only points thus far as they begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting rock-bottom after a 3-2 defeat to Aston Villa a few weeks ago with the scoreline flattering Spurs.

Man Utd team news: International issues

Patrick Dorgu sustained an injury on international duty with Denmark and so he is now a major doubt alongside Noussair Mazraoui and Benjamin Sesko, who had to withdraw from the Slovenia squad.

England international duo Kobbie Mainoo and Marcus Rashford opted to withdraw, too, from international duty but both would be expected to be involved here.

Further details will appear here following pre-match press conferences…

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw; Mainoo, Tielemans; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Rashford; Cunha

Unavailable: Ugarte (Injured)

Questionable: Darlow (Injured), Heaton (Injured), De Ligt (Fitness), Mazraoui (Injured), Dorgu (Injured), Mainoo (Fitness), Diallo (Injured), Rashford (Fitness), Sesko (Injured)

Tottenham team news: A few issues

Jan Paul van Hecke picked up an injury while on international duty with the Netherlands, while FIFA World Cup winning right-back Pedro Porro missed the break due to injury and he remains sidelined.

As well as that, Spurs have a few injuries in attack with Mykhaylo Mudryk alongside longer-term absentees such as Xavi Simons and Wilson Odobert.

Further details will appear here following pre-match press conferences…

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Kinsky; Gray, Senesi, Van de Ven, Robertson; Bentancur, Tonali; Savio, Fernandes, Marmoush; Solanke

Unavailable: Porro (Injured), Kulusevski (Fitness), Simons (Injured), Odobert (Injured), Mudryk (Injured)

Questionable: Van Hecke (Injured)

Key stats

• Man Utd have won 40 of 68 Premier League meetings with Tottenham (D15 L13). At Old Trafford the record is W25 D4 L5. 
• Between September 2001 and March 2012, Man Utd went 22 Premier League games unbeaten against Spurs (W17 D5). 
• Spurs have won two of their last six Premier League visits to Old Trafford: 6-1 in October 2020 (the biggest away win in this fixture) and 3-0 in September 2024. 
• Man Utd won the most recent meeting 2-0 at Old Trafford in February 2026, which was also their last home clean sheet. 
• Man Utd have 5 points from five games, equalling 2014/15 as their lowest total at this stage of a Premier League season. 
• Man Utd are winless in three (D2 L1) since beating Ipswich 5-2. Coming into Matchweek 6, they are one of four teams without a clean sheet, having conceded in all five league games. 
• Man Utd won 13 of 19 home games last season (D3 L3) on their way to third place, and have won eight of their last 10 home Premier League games. 
• Coming into Matchweek 6, Tottenham are bottom with 2 points. That equals their lowest after five games of a Premier League season (2008/09), and their two goals equal their fewest at this stage (2006/07). 
• Spurs have failed to score in four of their five league games. Their last Premier League win was 1-0 against Everton on 24 May 2026. 
• Spurs do have two clean sheets this season, both goalless draws (0-0 at Forest, 0-0 v Everton), and their matches have averaged just 2.00 goals. 
• Spurs are winless in their last three Premier League away games. 
• Man Utd have won 63.2% of their Premier League games on a Saturday (390 of 617). 

Man Utd vs Tottenham prediction

Spurs’ performances have been relatively reasonable but they struggle to defend when things begin to go against them and remain toothless and guilty of over-complicating things on a consistent basis going forward. United’s best under Carrick saw them capable of counter-attacking very effectively and that may well be a style they can deploy here against a De Zerbi-coached side and so siding with the hosts would appear the way to go for this one.

Man Utd vs Tottenham tip: Double chance – Man Utd to win or draw