Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United (2024-25)

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Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United (2024–25)

Tottenham Manchester United 1 0
HT:1–0 Report
Event	Premier League 2024-25
Date	Sunday 16 February 2025
Venue	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
Player of the Match	James Maddison
Referee	Peter Bankes
Attendance	61,383
Weather	3 °C (37 °F)
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Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United was a match which took place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday 16 February 2025.

Match facts

Head-to-head

• Tottenham are unbeaten in their last four Premier League games against Man Utd (W2 D2) and are looking to complete the league double over the Red Devils for the first time since 1989-90.
• Manchester United have conceded at least twice in each of their last four Premier League games against Spurs – the last side they conceded multiple goals against in 5+ consecutive league games was Arsenal (5 between 1975 and 1978).
• Tottenham have already beaten Manchester United twice in all competitions this season, 3-0 in the Premier League and 4-3 in the League Cup quarter-final. Not since 1989-90 have Spurs beaten Man Utd three times in a single campaign, while the last side overall to defeat the Red Devils three times in a season were Chelsea in 2012-13.
• Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou is unbeaten in all three of his Premier League games against Manchester United – only three managers have ever remained unbeaten in each of their first four against the Red Devils (Ruud Gullit, Nuno Espírito Santo and Unai Emery).
• Dominic Solanke has scored in each of his last three Premier League games against Manchester United, netting in both meetings with Bournemouth last season and the reverse fixture for Tottenham this term. The only players to score in 4+ successive appearances against the Red Devils in the competition are Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (5), Sergio Agüero (4), and Mohamed Salah (5).

Tottenham Hotspur

• After their 2-0 win over Brentford, Tottenham are looking to win back-to-back Premier League games for just the second time this season, previously doing so in September – when their two wins were over Brentford and then Manchester United.
• Tottenham are winless in their last seven Premier League home games (D2 L5), their longest such run in the competition since going eight without a win from March to October 2008. Their five defeats in these last seven games are more than they suffered in their previous 17 at home in the league (W13 D0 L4).
• After his assist for Pape Sarr’s goal against Brentford, Son Heung-min became Tottenham’s outright leading assister in the Premier League (69), overtaking Darren Anderton (68). Son has seven assists in the competition this season, only recording more in a single campaign in 2019-20 (10), 2020-21 (10), and 2023-24 (10).

Manchester United

• Since Ruben Amorim took charge in November, only five sides have picked up fewer points in the Premier League than Manchester United (14). Amorim is only the fourth manager to lose 7+ of his first 13 top-flight games in charge of the Red Devils, along with AH Albut (7), John Chapman (10), and Jimmy Murphy (7).
• No player has scored more goals (6) or provided more assists (6) for Manchester United in the Premier League this season than Amad Diallo. However, the Ivorian hasn’t scored or assisted in any of his last three league games, only attempting two shots over this time while creating 10 chances without any leading to a goal.

Match Report

James Maddison scored the winner on his return from injury as Tottenham beat fellow Premier League strugglers Manchester United.

Maddison, who has missed nearly four weeks with a calf injury, was the only player following in after United keeper Andre Onana parried Lucas Bergvall's shot and completed an easy tap-in in the 13th minute.

The visitors did have chances to level, with Alejandro Garnacho lofting an effort over the bar when through on goal in the first half - but this was ultimately another uninspired United display.

Tottenham earned their first win in three games - after cup losses to Liverpool and Aston Villa - and victory will ease some of the pressure on manager Ange Postecoglou. They are now 12th in the table, moving above United.

Ruben Amorim's injury-hit Red Devils, meanwhile, have lost three of their past four league games and drop to 15th - 12 points clear of the relegation zone.

Before the match more than 1,000 Tottenham supporters attended a protest against the club's ownership and chairman Daniel Levy.

Tottenham have been on a poor run, but a large part of their form can be attributed to a string of first-team injuries.

Postecoglou will be thankful he was able to start playmaker Maddison as well as goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, who impressed on his first game back since breaking his ankle in November.

Long-term absentees Brennan Johnson, Destiny Udogie and Wilson Odobert were also fit enough to make the bench.

Maddison was the only player on his toes after Onana's early save and tapped in to score his first Premier League goal since September. The England midfielder was brought off in the 63rd minute as a precaution.

Spurs looked good going forward, with new signing Mathys Tel lively on his first league start since joining on loan from Bayern Munich. The 19-year-old Frenchman forced Onana into a low save after Son Heung-min's first-half cutback.

Dejan Kulusevski also went close with a similar effort midway through the second period.

Despite taking the lead, Spurs struggled to assert control over the game at times - particularly in midfield - and United created opportunities to equalise which they could not take.

Tottenham and Postecoglou, though, will take a narrow win however it was earned, having picked up just four points from their previous eight league games and been knocked out of both domestic cups this month.

While Tottenham look to be recovering from their injury crisis, United's continues to get worse.

This week, Amad Diallo, their top scorer in the league, was ruled out for a long spell with an ankle injury, while Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte and Toby Collyer also picked up knocks on the training ground.

With Christian Eriksen and Leny Yoro both missing the match through illness, Amorim was forced to hand veteran midfielder Casemiro his first start since 30 December, and the 32-year-old was often exposed against Maddison, Son and Tel.

Meanwhile, all the players on United's bench, except 30-year-old Victor Lindelof, were teenagers who had not made a first-team appearance for the club.

Amorim did not make a substitution until the 90th minute when 17-year-old striker Chido Obi replaced Casemiro for his United debut.

Still, United had plenty of talent on the pitch and should have equalised when Bruno Fernandes played in Garnacho before the break only for the Argentine to blast well over the bar.

Garnacho had a one-on-one saved by Vicario in the second half, while Joshua Zirkzee headed Noussair Mazraoui's cross narrowly wide from a good position in the closing stages.

Defeat was United's 13th of the season in all competitions and their ninth since Amorim took charge in November.

Match

Details

16 February 2025 16:30 GMT Live on Sky Sports	Tottenham	1–0	Manchester United	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Attendance: 61,383 Referee: Peter Bankes
	Maddison  13'	HT:1–0 Report

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester United

01 Guglielmo Vicario 23 Pedro Porro 04 Kevin Danso 78' 33 Ben Davies 79' 24 Djed Spence 15 Lucas Bergvall 64' 30 Rodrigo Bentancur 78' 10 James Maddison 64' 21 Dejan Kulusevski 11 Mathys Tel 07 Son Heung-min 87' Substitutes: 08 Yves Bissouma 78' 13 Destiny Udogie 14 Archie Gray 78' 22 Brennan Johnson 64' 28 Wilson Odobert 87' 29 Pape Matar Sarr 64' 31 Antonín Kinský 44 Dane Scarlett 47 Mikey Moore Manager: Ange Postecoglou

24 André Onana 03 Noussair Mazraoui 05 Harry Maguire 04 Matthijs de Ligt 20 Diogo Dalot 08 Bruno Fernandes 18 Casemiro 90+1' 41' 13 Patrick Dorgu 90' 11 Joshua Zirkzee 17 Alejandro Garnacho 09 Rasmus Højlund Substitutes: 02 Victor Lindelöf 26 Ayden Heaven 41 Harry Amass 42 Sékou Koné 50 Elyh Harrison 55 Tyler Fredricson 56 Chido Obi-Martin 90+1' 57 Jack Fletcher 64 Jack Lee Moorhouse Manager: Ruben Amorim

Man of the Match: James Maddison Assistant referees: Eddie Smart Nick Greenhalgh Fourth official: Michael Salisbury VAR: Paul Tierney Assistant VAR: Gary Beswick

Match rules 90 minutes, no extra time or penalties. Three points awarded to winner, none to loser. One point awarded to each in the event of a draw. Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions

Match Stats

Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester United

Possession ball
57%	43%

Shots
22	16

Shots on target
7	6

Corners
10	5

Fouls
13	9

See also

• 2024–25 Premier League: Match day 25

External links

• Match report at BBC.co.uk
• Match report at Premier League.com