LONDON. Manchester United was eventually too strong for Tottenham Hotspur with the goal of C. Ronaldo (39′), E. Cavani (64′) and M. Rashford (86′). Tottenham Hotspur lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Stuart Attwell who was helped by Harry Lennard and Simon Long. The 4th official was Simon Hooper. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.4 degrees Celsius or 50.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Tottenham Hotspur had a strong ball possession 58% while Manchester United was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Tottenham Hotspur was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 0 were on target. Nevertheless, Manchester United succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Tottenham Hotspur shot 9 times, 0 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Manchester United shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards (C. Romero and B. Davies). On the opposite side, Manchester United received 3 yellow cards (Fred, H. Maguire and L. Shaw).

Standings

After playing this match, Tottenham Hotspur will stay with 15 points to stay in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Manchester United will have 17 points like West Ham United and Arsenal to stay in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur will play away with Everton on the 7th of November with a 13-7 head to head statistic in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (13 draws).

Manchester United will host Manchester City on the 6th of November with a 14-14 head to head stats.

Tottenham Hotspur – Formation

Tottenham Hotspur started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo decided to play with the following team: Hugo Lloris (5.8), Emerson Royal (7.6), Cristian Romero (6.5), Eric Dier (6.9), Ben Davies (6.4), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (6.3), Oliver Skipp (6.1), Lucas Moura (7.6), Giovani Lo Celso (7.8), Heung-Min Son (6.4) and Harry Kane (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Sergio Reguilón, Steven Bergwijn (6.3), Pierluigi Gollini, Matt Doherty, Joe Rodon, Dele Alli (6.4), Davinson Sánchez, Japhet Tanganga and Tanguy Ndombélé (6.7).

Substitutions

Tottenham Hotspur made 3 changes: Lucas for S. Bergwijn (54′), O. Skipp for T. Ndombele (66′) and G. Lo Celso for D. Alli (73′).

Best player: Giovani Lo Celso​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tottenham Hotspur was Giovani Lo Celso.

His rating is (7.8) with 51 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.

Manchester United – Formation

Manchester United started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

On the other side, Ole Gunnar Solskjær played with: David De Gea (6.8), Victor Lindelöf (7.0), Raphaël Varane (6.8), Harry Maguire (7.4), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (6.7), Scott McTominay (7.2), Fred (6.2), Luke Shaw (7.0), Bruno Fernandes (7.4), Edinson Cavani (7.6) and Cristiano Ronaldo (8.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Donny van de Beek, Nemanja Matić (7.4), Eric Bailly, Dean Henderson, Jesse Lingard (6.1), Diogo Dalot, Marcus Rashford (7.3), Jadon Sancho and Mason Greenwood.

Manchester United could not rely on the presence of J. Lingard (injured).

Substitutions

Manchester United made 3 changes: C. Ronaldo for M. Rashford (71′), B. Fernandes for N. Matic (76′) and E. Cavani for J. Lingard (82′).

Best player: Cristiano Ronaldo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester United was Cristiano Ronaldo.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 28 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Leicester City – Arsenal – 0-2
• Burnley – Brentford – 3-1
• Liverpool – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-2
• Manchester City – Crystal Palace – 0-2
• Newcastle United – Chelsea – 0-3
• Watford – Southampton – 0-1
• Tottenham Hotspur – Manchester United – 0-3