Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United Preview

January 31, 2018
By: Deke Hardman

Wednesday evening’s Premier League action from Wembley sees Tottenham Hotspur take on Manchester United, in the pick of fixtures from matchday twenty-five.

The hosts go in to the game on the back of back-to-back 1-1 draws having shared the spoils with Southampton last time out in the league before League Two side Newport County took them to a replay in their FA Cup fourth round tie at the weekend.

A return to winning ways here would see them extend their advantage over rivals Arsenal, who were beaten by lowly Swansea City on Tuesday evening and again move the to within two points of the top four after Liverpool thumped Huddersfield Town by three goals to nil.

Manager Maurico Pochettino could call on Hugo Lloris, Christian Eriksen, Danny Rose and Erik Lamela who are all back in contention though Toby Alderweireld, Serge Aurier and Harry Winks are all out.

Top scorer Harry Kane is favourite to open the scoring at 5.0 (4/1) with Sky Bet with Dele Alli a 7.5 (13/2) shot with Unibet.

Ladbrokes have the home win at 2.37 (26/19) with the visitors as highly priced as the 3.3 (23/10) on offer from Sky Bet. The draw can be backed at 3.45 (27/11) with Unibet.

Jose Mourinho’s side go in to the game on the back of Friday evening’s 4-0 demolition of League Two Yeovil Town in the cup – their fifth straight victory in all competitions and sixth straight clean sheet.

Whilst the title is almost certainly out of their reach, the Red Devils will be keen to keep winning as they aim to keep the pressure on neighbours Manchester City and hold an advantage over Chelsea and Liverpool, both of whom are just three points behind them in third and fourth respectively.

Alexis Sanchez is set to make his league debut, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Eric Bailly their only absentees.

Romelu Lukaku is widely available at 6.5 (11/2) to get the first goal of the game ahead of Sanchez, who can be backed at 7.0 (6/1).

An Anthony Martial goal was enough to separate the sides at Old Trafford back in October, the sixth time from seven meetings between the pair where the home side have kept a clean sheet and you can back that outcome this time around at 3.25 (9/4) with Coral.

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