Manchester United vs Tottenham - Competition: English Premier League
Manchester United team enjoyed a decent pre-season campaign. Van Gaal's men lost
their last warm-up match 2-0 to Paris Saint-Germain but they have won
all other three friendlies (including a 3-1 win over Barcelona).
Robin
van Persie, Di Maria and Falcao have left the club has
enjoyed arguably the strongest summer transfer-window of any side in the
English top-flight. New signings Bastian Schweinsteiger, Memphis Depay,
Matteo Darmian and Morgan Schneiderlin are all likley to start. Daley
Blind will play at the centre of defence while Rooney will lead the
line. David De Gea will not play as he is in the process to move to Real
Madrid while Marcos Rojo is unlikely to feature having returned late to
pre-season from Copa America duty.
Tottenham were thoroughly unimpressive in pre-season, losing against
both the MLS All Stars and Real Madrid, They finally won their 2nd Audi
Cup match against Milan, courtesy of Chadli and Carroll's goal. The
man to watch will be Kane. The 22 year-old scored 21 goals in the English Premier League last season and 31 in all competitions.
Tottenham have
sold Younes Kaboul, Vlad Chiriches, Etienne Capoue, Benjamin Stambouli
and Paulinho this summer and look seriously light in midfield and
up-front. Toby Alderweireld will be the only new signing to start the
match while Dembelè, Eriksen and Chadli will support Harry Kane
up-front. Midfield trio Ryan Mason, Andros Townsend and Alex Pritchard
are unlikely to make the trip
These two teams last met in March
when United produced one of their best displays of the season to win 3-0
with first-half goals from Marouane Fellaini, Michael Carrick and Wayne
Rooney. Anyway, Spurs were unbeaten in 5 against the Red Devils before
losing in March.
Probable lineups:
Manchester United: de Gea – Jones, Smalling, Blind – Valencia, Schneiderlin, Herrera, Young – Mata, Rooney, Depay.
Tottenham: Lloris – Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose – Bentaleb, Mason – Lamela, Eriksen, Chadli – Kane.
Match date: 08 August 2015
Kick Off Time: 12:45 BST
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester