Manchester United v Tottenham: United shaky favourites to beat Spurs
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Man Utd v Tottenham betting tips and odds
Arsenal’s clash with champions Manchester City would have been the biggest of all the midweek Premier League games, but the Gunners’ rearranged Europa League clash with PSV means that honour instead falls at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils are seven points adrift of third-placed Tottenham, who are 9/5 underdogs to win a fourth successive game in all competitions.
We have previewed a handful of this week’s games in our Premier League betting tips, but here we’re delving a bit deeper into this battle between top-four rivals.
Man United v Tottenham form
United shared the spoils in their first game since Erik ten Hag took over the reins with Sunday’s goalless draw against Newcastle in which Cristiano Ronaldo started only his second Premier League game of the season, but was the only player to be substituted, coming off for Marcus Rashford 18 minutes from time.
The former Real Madrid and Juventus striker was predictably unhappy with the decision to bring him off, having had two goals ruled out – the first for offside and the second for thinking Fabian Schar had taken a free-kick by touching the ball back to keeper Nick Pope who stood motionless as Ronaldo nipped in to slot the ball into an unguarded net.
Newcastle were unlucky not to be ahead at the break as Magpies striker Callum Wilson had an early penalty appeal turned down and Joelinton hit the crossbar and then the post from the rebound, although the hosts picked up after the break and went close to winning it at the death when Rashford headed Casemiro’s cross wide of the target.
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— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 17, 2022
United have now lost just one of their last seven Premier League games, a 6-3 drubbing at Manchester City, and took seven points off Liverpool, Arsenal and the Magpies at Old Trafford since losing to Brighton, so their home record this season looks promising.
Overall, though, their form remains patchy and it took a stoppage-time strike from Scott McTominay to seal a 1-0 Europa League group win against Omonia Nicosia last week.
Spurs will go 10 points clear of fifth-placed United with victory on Wednesday and a draw would be enough to see them leapfrog champions Manchester City into second place, so the motivation to get a result is high.
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Antonio Conte’s side made it five successive home wins in the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Everton on Saturday, but they have only lost once on the road this season, a 3-1 defeat at north London rivals Arsenal, like Spurs one of only two teams to score in every match this season.
United’s three clean sheets have come against teams outside the traditional top six, so goals at both ends is a possibility at 8/15 or in our #GetAPrice – Both Teams market, we go 11/8 on both teams to score, over 2.5 goals and either team to win.
Back-to-back draws for United can be backed at 5/2, with goals thrown into the equation at 3/1, while it’s 5/1 on goals in both halves and the match to end all square in our #GetAPrice – Both Teams section.
Man United v Tottenham head to head
Spurs look tempting at 9/5 despite Richarlison being ruled out with a calf injury and Dejan Kulusevski also potentially absent, but United have won the last three meetings and are the 27/20 favourites.
All three matches involved at least three goals and the hosts to win that way can be backed at 12/5. Despite Sunday’s goalless draw, two-thirds of United’s matches have produced at least three match goals and that’s been the case in half of Tottenham’s matches.
There have also been goals at both ends in the first 45 minutes in three of the last six contests between these teams, an option which is available at 29/10.
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— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 17, 2022
Both teams have scored in all but one of the last six encounters so it’s perhaps not surprising that outcome is 8/15, although BTTS in both halves, like last season when Ronaldo’s hat-trick sealed a 3-2 win, is 9/1.
Although we talked about the prospect of a draw earlier, the points have been shared in just one of the previous 15 Premier League matches, so recent history suggest there will be a winner on Wednesday.
Four of the last six matches have involved both teams scoring and at least three goals and that combination can be backed at 10/11 in our Man Utd v Tottenham betting tips.
Man United v Tottenham team news
Richarlison should be fit for the World Cup despite leaving the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on crutches.
Defensive midfielder Yves Bissouma made a big impact when he came on for the Brazilian forward, completing all 28 of his passes and his introduction allowed Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Rodrigo Bentancur to get forward more as they did in combining for the second goal.
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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 17, 2022
Conte confirmed Spurs are “working day by day” with Kulusevski, who has been out for a month with a hamstring injury.
United are without injured striker Anthony Martial, so either Rashford, who had been feeling under the weather at the weekend, or Ronaldo are likely to start up front, while Harry Maguire is out with a hamstring problem, although he is thought to be ready to resume training soon.
Midfielder Scott McTominay returns from suspension and Christian Eriksen is back in training having recovered from illnesss.
Goalscorer odds
Kane scored for a fifth successive Premier League game and is understandably the 7/2 favourite to break the deadlock as he did in his last two matches.
🎙 “The injury is not so serious. I'm happy for the player, to play in the World Cup is a dream for every player.”
Antonio Conte spoke to the media ahead of Wednesday night's trip to Old Trafford ⤵️
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 17, 2022
Ronaldo is the 4/1 favourite from the United contingent to draw first blood or 7/5 to score, but Rashford looks better value at 7/1 and 5/2 in the two options.
Antony has struck in two of his last three top-flight games and is 6/1 and 11/5 in the two options, while Jadon Sancho is available at 17/2 and 3/1.
Son Heung-min bagged a double in last week’s 3-2 Champions League win against Eintracht Frankfurt and is 9/2 to open the scoring, 8/5 to breach United’s defence or 9/1 to net at least twice.
Of the outsiders, Bentancur catches the eye at 40/1 and 12/1 in our Man Utd v Tottenham betting tips.
Match Info
Where: Old Trafford
When: 20:15, Wednesday 19th October
How to watch: Amazon Prime
All odds and markets are correct as of the date of publication
