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The Reds are the only top-flight side not to taste defeat so far in 2026, and we’re aiming for a fourth straight victory under Michael Carrick, after rousing successes over Manchester City, Arsenal and Fulham.

Spurs stand in our way and, despite the north Londoners’ domestic struggles this term, they will fancy their chances of leaving M16 with a result, as they haven’t lost any of the last eight meetings between the sides.

Here’s what you need to know, before the weekend…

HOW TO WATCH AND FOLLOW

TNT Sports are the UK broadcasters for Saturday’s early kick-off, but don’t forget the MUTV offering on matchday.

Our pre-match show begins from 11:00 GMT, so join Mark Sullivan, John O’Shea and Danny Simpson for breaking team news, exclusive features and more, as we build up to the first whistle.

The United App is the place to be during the contest itself, with radio commentary, up-to-the-minute stats and text updates available. Short highlights can be seen from 17:15 GMT, with longer editions following at midnight.

REMEMBERING MUNICH

Saturday’s fixture is the closest men’s team game to the 68th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster.

Match-going supporters are invited to pay their tributes at a 30-minute matchday memorial service, which will take place at 10.30 GMT under the Munich clock (East Stand).

The service will feature a minute's silence, roll of honour, poems and readings with representation from our Academy teams and Manchester United Foundation.

Flags will fly at half-mast, the team will lay a wreath and the families of the Busby Babes will be in attendance for the game.

Fans are kindly requested to be in their seats for the Flowers of Manchester, which will play 15 minutes before kick-off.

With thanks to The Red Army, the We’ll Never Die surfer banner will be unfurled across the Lower Stretford End and a commemorative drop-down banner will be displayed across Tier 2 of the Stretford End for the player walkout moment.

TEAM NEWS

United were without three first-team players for Sunday’s dramatic late win over Fulham, with Mason Mount joining the list of absentees after suffering a knock during training.

Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu is out, following his withdrawal at Arsenal, while Matthijs de Ligt hasn’t featured since November due to a back complaint. Carrick did have Joshua Zirkzee back in the matchday squad against the Cottages, after the Dutchman’s two-game absence.

Spurs will hope to have first-choice defensive pairing Sergio Romero and Micky van de Ven available, especially as Kevin Danso has been ruled out for a while with a toe injury.

Van de Ven missed the 2-2 draw with Manchester City, while Romero was replaced at half-time through illness, but Frank expects both players to be back for this contest.

Dominic Solanke (ankle) and Djed Spence (calf) seem to be the main concerns for the Lilywhites, as their other eight absentees have longer-term issues.

Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison (both knee) haven’t played at all this term, while Rodrigo Bentancur, Lucas Bergvall, Ben Davies, Mohammed Kudus, Pedro Porro and Richarlison were all added to the casualty list during a difficult January.

Conor Gallagher’s arrival and the return of Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr from AFCON have eased Frank’s issues in midfield a little, while Souza has come in to provide competition for Destiny Udogie at left-back.

FORM GUIDE

Four points separated the two sides at Christmas, but United’s seven-game unbeaten run, coupled with a sequence of six without a win for Spurs, has drastically changed the outlook amid a tight race for the European spots.

Sunday’s second-half performance against Manchester City will have given Spurs hope, with Dominic Solanke scoring twice - the second a sublime scorpion kick - to rescue a point against Pep Guardiola’s title chasers.

There were impressive wins against Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt to secure a fourth-placed finish in the UEFA Champions League’s initial phase, but three points from five league outings in January means the pressure appears to still be on the visitors.

DID YOU KNOW?

In the 21st century, only Chelsea (12 games between 2012 and 2017) have gone longer without defeat against United than Spurs’ current run of eight.

Matheus Cunha has been involved in four goals in his last five Premier League games (3 goals, 1 assist), as many as in his first 16 appearances for Manchester United (3 goals, 1 assist).

Bruno Fernandes is aiming to become only the third United player to register an assist in five straight Premier League matches, after Ryan Giggs (April 2003) and Antonio Valencia (December 2011).

Thanks to Opta.

The Manchester United head coach is set to preview the weekend clash against the club he left to join the Reds in his playing days, Tottenham Hotspur.

The briefing with reporters will be published at 15:00 GMT across our official channels, and should include the latest team news for the visit of Thomas Frank's men, who will be buoyed by their comeback to force a 2-2 draw against Manchester City last time out.

Although Friday is usually our day for hosting press conferences at Carrington, this week it marks the anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster in 1958.

Hence, the focus of the club and staff will be on paying our respects to those lost and affected by the accident, with a memorial service being held at Old Trafford in the afternoon.

The period of remembrance will begin around 14:45 GMT and last half an hour, with supporters invited to gather under the Munich clock outside the East Stand.

The home match with Spurs kicks off at 12:30 GMT, as we look to make it four wins on the trot since Carrick took charge.

After victories against Manchester City, Arsenal and Fulham, the Reds are out to end an eight-match winless run against the capital club, in all competitions.

However, United's confidence is high going into the game, which precedes a trip to the London Stadium to meet West Ham United on Tuesday night.

Spurs 2 United 2: Clips and analysis  Manchester United Website

Highlights: Spurs v United  Manchester United Website

The Slovenian was a second-half substitute in the 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur, the point sealed by a last-minute Matthijs de Ligt header.

Sesko himself had a great chance to restore our lead at 1-1, following Bryan Mbeumo's first-half opener, but the 22-year-old was challenged by Micky van de Ven just before shooting.

Not long after that, the striker went down injured and had to be withdrawn, and the Reds carried on a man down, Amorim having already made all of his allowed substitutions.

Speaking in his post-match press conference, the United boss addressed the injury concern.

"That [his recent form] is not the biggest concern now," Amorim said. "I'm concerned with an injury, because it is in the knee, and I don't know.

"We need Ben [Sesko] to be a better team. We have to check. He has something in his knee. Let's see."

Unfortunately, Sesko was not alone in leaving the Tottenham Hotspur pitch with an injury concern, with both Harry Maguire and Casemiro joining that list.

The pair were withdrawn in the 72nd minute, for Leny Yoro and Manuel Ugarte respectively, with Maguire in clear discomfort before the change.

Amorim said: "When we have to take out Maguire and Casemiro at the same time, then suffer two goals, then losing Ben, you have to overcome everything."

However, we now enter the November international break, giving the trio an extended period of time for recovery ahead of our next game on 24 November, when we welcome Everton to Old Trafford for a 20:00 GMT kick-off.

Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United - English Premier League 08 November 2025  Manchester United Website

Casemiro has started the last four games you’ve been unbeaten. He has an option of a one-year [contract extension]. Would you be in favour of him staying long term at the club?

"Yeah, we don't know what is going to happen. My goal is to continue to count with Casemiro, with Harry Maguire, he has the same problem. I don't know what is going to happen. Let's focus on this season. I'm really happy with Casemiro, he is really important. I'm really happy with Harry, but I know what you guys are asking. Let's focus on this season and then we'll see the next season."

I know you have a long-term plan to get this club back to where you want it to be. At half-time against Forest you were up to second in the table which shows how tight it is at the top. Given that you're not playing European football, do you feel there is an opportunity to do something special this season, exceed expectations and jump ahead in the long-term planning?

"What I think is that we can win any game. If we have this opportunity, let's make everything to win. Let's try to address every detail to try to win every game. I don't want to talk about the new goal. You said yourself that everything is so close, everything's so close up [at the top of the table], and everything's so close down [at the bottom]. Three weeks can change everything. It changed everything. We had a completely different conversation four weeks ago. So, let's focus on the next game, what we can do. I also agree that when you are one down, playing away, feeling in control of the game, knowing that you can be in second place near the top, we could start that second half in the different way. That I can agree [with] and the players felt that and we talk about that during the week. So let's focus just winning [against] Tottenham. Can we win Tottenham? I think we can. Let's do everything to win the next one."

Has Benjamin Sesko started how you would have expected him to start having not played in the Premier League before. It seemed at Forest that Bruno got frustrated with him, he had a good chance when the ball came over [towards Bruno's path and Benjamin shot instead]. Are you quite relaxed with his form at the moment?

"Yeah, I'm relaxed. He's not relaxed. What I mean is that I understand how things are in football and he's going to struggle. That is normal. He has no experience here, and then the first impact when everyone says that you are so good, you are the next big thing, and you hear about that with Sesko, and then you come to one club that is the hardest club. If you don't perform every week, you are going to hear a lot of things from club legends, from pundits, from the media, and sometimes they are right. To have the ability to understand that is normal and still maintain your level of confidence is really hard for a young kid, especially for a young kid that is a control freak, wants to control everything, and he's not going to control everything. So I know, and I say that when I start training with Ben, he has more potential than I was thinking. He’s going to struggle and we need to understand how he likes to play, [and] also to put in our ideas. So, [with] everything, I think I'm quite relaxed with that. He is going to be our striker for the long term. But he's going to have these struggles and these bumps during the ride, and that is a normal thing in football."

Gary Neville said Benjamin Sesko looks miles off it, what did you think of that and do you think players are affected by comments from former players?

"Of course, nobody likes to hear [that], but he struggled a little bit, and that is a fact. So, let's embrace that. It’s not personal, it’s not nothing. That is what I try to explain to the players. That it is not personal. It's an opinion that is going to change in three weeks. Everything that is true today, in three weeks, could be a lie. So, of course, it's hard to hear, but my advice to Ben is you are going to get used [to it]. And then it's going to be natural. It's going to be like your Monday here. So that is part of the process and we are going to help him and we are going to protect Ben because he works really hard and we want to succeed. So he's going to succeed."

You spoke last week about how hard losing the final to Tottenham hit you. They changed coach and this club didn’t. Does that tell you how fine the fine margins are in this industry and the importance of a club backing their manager?

"It’s completely different. I said already, I'm really lucky to be here, and I know that. That is also important, for someone to understand how lucky I am to have this opportunity. If you see the game, I think we deserve to win. In the end, it doesn't matter. It's hard to see a coach that wins a European cup to go away and the other guy stays. But sometimes it's the difference of maybe in the future to win more important titles. So that's, I think, what Manchester United is thinking. Let's give time to the coach and see what's happening. And then we'll see. So I just want to say about that question, that I'm really lucky to have the support that I have in this club."

Bruno Fernandes is obviously hugely important for this club. His appearance record is incredible. He’s a little older than when he first came here. Is there a point when you think about rotating or resting him or do you monitor him and give him days off if he needs them?

"We have one game per week. He's always available. It's really hard. I said already, we have good things on that to play just one game, but then there's a lot of players that should be playing, should be dividing the minutes, should be fighting for their places in a different way. But we don't have the space. So I'm not thinking about now the rotation of the players. In the future, yes, is something that Bruno needs to understand: in this league, if you want to win every game that you are part [of], with European games, [you're] going to have to rotate. So, good question, just for Bruno to put in his head that maybe next year he's going to be in rotation in the team."

Prior to a helter-skelter climax, it looked like the Reds were holding on for a brilliant victory after Bryan Mbeumo continued his rich vein of form and scored his fifth goal of the season.

But late goals from Mathys Tel and Richarlison flipped the thrilling match completely on its head, and it appeared to be a heartbreaking conclusion.

However, United’s spirit shone through, and with everyone including goalkeeper Senne Lammens forward for a corner, our Dutch defender wriggled free in the sixth minute of stoppage time to take a point back to M16, much to the joy of the supporters at the other end of the stadium.

FIRST HALF - MORE BRILLIANCE FROM BRYAN

United made a nervy start, as De Ligt’s backpass was miskicked by Lammens and the ball trickled out for a very early corner.

It took a quarter of an hour for the first chance to arrive and it came the way of the hosts. Brennan Johnson clipped in a tempting cross towards Richarlison, who really should have done better with his header.

We may have failed to register a shot in the opening 15 minutes of a Premier League game for the first time this season, but the tempo was quick to increase.

First, Matheus Cunha was kept at bay by Pape Matar Sarr, before more good work from the forward had our fans behind the goal appealing for a penalty. It wasn’t forthcoming, but the opener was.

Mbeumo profited from a delicious Amad delivery, before the in-form forward squeezed between Johnson and Pedro Porro and planted his header perfectly into the corner of the net.

Mbeumo just loves playing Spurs. He has now had a hand in six goals across his last five league games against Tottenham Hotspur, and his fifth Premier League goal for Ruben's Reds further underlined his flying start.

The first half was a tale of one header taken and one not, and United went in ahead.

SECOND HALF - AGONY THEN ECSTASY

Spurs, who hadn't lost any of their four league games this season that have come after playing in Europe in midweek, threw everything at us early in the second half.

Lammens saved instinctively and impressively from Cristian Romero’s flick before he then denied Joao Palhinha.

With Ruben Amorim attempting to stem the flow with a tactical change, Benjamin Sesko was introduced for Noussair Mazraoui. Amad moved to wing-back as we were forced to sit a little deeper.

Johnson, who of course scored the only goal in May’s Europa League final between the two clubs, had the ball in the net. But unlike in Bilbao, this time it didn’t stand, the Welsh forward straying offside.

United’s switches appeared to have stifled Spurs, with much of their attacking intent seen in the opening to the second half now contained. But from nowhere, things changed.

Tel, thanks to a slight deflection, put the home side on level terms. De Ligt was so unlucky as the France international substitute powered his shot beyond Lammens to restore parity.

It wasn’t the end of the scoring, and Spurs were the ones to strike next, but only after Micky van de Ven had brilliantly denied Sesko. The Slovenian pulled up injured, leaving United with 10 men to see out the game.

That soon became costly as another Tottenham replacement, Wilson Odobert, let fly from the edge of the box, his shot grazed the forehead of Richarlison and found the net.

Defeat from the jaws of victory? Not quite.

The scoring wasn’t done there and when Bruno Fernandes went deep with his corner, there was an unchecked De Ligt to send the supporters wild at the other end. The Dutch defender headed home to rescue a point when it was the least the team deserved.

Ruben Amorim has shaken things up a little after the 2-2 draw at Nottingham Forest, making three changes to the side that started at The City Ground.

Harry Maguire returns to the XI for the first time since his winner at Anfield, coming into the backline in place of Leny Yoro.

There is also changes at wing-back, as Noussair Mazraoui and Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu are expected to start on the flanks.

That could mean that Amad, scorer of a brilliant equaliser at Forest seven days ago, features further forward, as Benjamin Sesko joins Diogo Dalot in dropping to the bench.

Jack Fletcher is in a matchday squad for the first time in 2025/26, while Kobbie Mainoo is absent with a knock.

Man Utd players train ahead of trip to Tottenham Hotspur on 8 Nov  Manchester United Website