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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United welcome Tottenham to Old Trafford for Saturday's early kick-off aiming to climb decisively above their title-rivals towards the top of the Premier League table, with both sides currently level on points. Follow the latest here.
- Manchester United vs Spurs kicked off at 12:30 BST
- No Harry Kane for Spurs as Mousa Sissoko starts with Son Heung-min as striker
- United welcome back Eric Bailly from injury
- Marcus Rashford starts despite injury concern
- Spurs can overtake United and move into second with victory
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What time does it start?
Manchester United vs Tottenham kicks off at 12:30
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Football from 11:30. Highlights will be shown at 22:30 on BBC One.
It’s a big game for…
Anthony Martial. Likely to start in place of Marcus Rashford, the young Frenchman could do with one of his more convincing showings. Although his start to the season has been far from disastrous – with a return of nine goals and assists from all competitions – his inconsistency has frustrated Mourinho, who may soon be tempted to look at other starting options after Jesse Lingard’s match-winning brace in midweek.
Best stat…
Four. Mauricio Pochettino has lost more Premier League matches to Jose Mourinho than he has against any other manager in the competition.
Remember when…
Roy Carroll and a slippery ball when these sides met in this fixture in the 2004-5 season: United would love some similar luck on Saturday.
Player to watch…
Son Heung-min. The South Korean has been pushing hard for a starting place with a run of elegant form in recent weeks. Especially with the absence of Kane, his pace and inventiveness will be crucial if Spurs are to come away from Old Trafford with points.
Past three meetings…
Tottenham 2 (Wanyama, Kane) Manchester United 1 (Rooney), Premier League, 14 May 2017
Manchester United 1 (Mkhitaryan) Tottenham 0, Premier League, 11 December 2016
Tottenham 3 (Alli, Alderweireld, Lamela) Manchester United 0, Premier League, 10 April 2016
Form guide…
Manchester United: WWDWLW
Tottenham: WWWDWL
Odds…
Manchester United: 6/5
Tottenham: 28/11
Draw: 23/10
As the last home game at Old Trafford before Remembrance Sunday, a minute's silence will be observed.
1 min: Marcus Rashford makes his presence immediately felt as he gets hold of possession and works his way down the left flank to the byline. It takes two white shirts to scare him off as he checks back on himself to recycle play.
2 min: Lukaku is threaded through on goal down the left and beats the recovering Dier to cut the ball across the goal mouth in search of Rashford. Lloris judges it well to intercept, though, and deny the youngster what would have been the simplest of tap-ins.
5 min: More success for United down the left wing. Young gets the better of Alderweireld, knocking it past the defender into the opposition box before cutting the ball back. He fails to find a red shirt though and the danger is subsequently cleared.
7 min: Barely seven minutes in but it's safe to say United have made the brighter start here. They're pressing their opponents well and enjoying a greater share of possession. Encouraging signs for Mourinho and the home faithful.
10 min: Chance for United. The hosts capitalise on a poor Lloris clearance, with three red forwards surging forward against a depleted-looking Spurs defence. Rashford is nearly put through on goal but a well-timed Dier tackle blocks his route. He gathers himself and shifts play to Lukaku who then lets loose with a shot on his weaker left foot. It's not great. In fact, it's really quite bed and ends up rolling out for a throw-in. Yes, a throw-in. As you were.
12 min: United free-kick. It's a long way out but Rashford's effort causes Lloris some trouble as it moves dangerously through the air. The Frenchman gets down low to his right to push the shot away for a corner, and is back at it again with a punching clearance for the following delivery into the box.
17 min: Donkey alert. Jones tries his best to deal with a misplaced Aurier pass inside his own final third but makes a hash of it and ends up hoofing the ball into the crowd.
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