Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview

October 27, 2017
By: Deke Hardman

The weekend’s Premier League action kicks off at Old Trafford where Manchester United face Tottenham Hotspur with both sides looking to close the gap on leaders Manchester City.

The hosts sit in second place, above their opponents by virtue of goal difference but fell five points behind their city rivals after suffering a shock defeat at Huddersfield Town last weekend.

Jose Mourinho is expected to recall a number of the players who were rested for the midweek EFL Cup win over Swansea City with David De Gea, Nemanja Matic and Romelu Lukaku among those set to return to the starting line-up.

Eric Baily and Phil Jones have overcome their respective injuries and may feature while Ander Hererra and Marcus Rashford are also available though Marouane Fellaini and Paul Pogba remain out.

Lukaku is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 4.33 (10/3) with a number of firms with Anthony Martial a 7.5 (13/2) chance with Betfred.

The home win is 2.15 (23.20) with a variety of firms with the visitors as highly priced as the 3.8 (14/5) on offer from several bookmakers. The draw can be backed at 3.45 (27/11) with Unibet.

Mauricio Pochettino’s men thumped Liverpool last Sunday to move level on points with the Red Devils though they have an inferior goal difference to the tune of five.

They go into the game on the back of Wednesday evening’s surprise EFL Cup defeat to West Ham United and have been dealt a further blow with the news that Harry Kane will miss the trip to Manchester with a hamstring injury, which could also see him absent from Wednesday’s visit of Real Madrid.

Fernando Llorente is set to lead the line and is priced at 6.75 (23/4) to open the scoring with Unibet ahead of 9.0 (8/1) chance Dele Alli.

The last five meetings between the sides have been won by the home side, while the hosts have failed to concede in five of the last six clashes.

With this is mind you may be tempted to back the home win to nil at 3.5 (5/2) with a number of firms.

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