15:00GMT | Tottenham v Man Utd

[GlorifiedJester]

White Hart Lane
Saturday, 2 February
Kick-off: 1500 GMT

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Safe to say there will be plenty of streams for this game(makes a change for us Spurs fans)
Check out the streams available on the day from here http://myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=5635&part=sports from 10am GMT.

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Gilberto and Alan Hutton could both make their Tottenham debuts in the home match against Manchester United.

Defender Ledley King is being assessed to determine whether he will be ready, while striker Darren Bent (knee) has been edging closer to fitness.

Ryan Giggs, Carlos Tevez and Owen Hargreaves are pushing to return to the Manchester United starting XI following the midweek win over Portsmouth.

Louis Saha (knee) and Gary Neville (ankle) remain sidelined.



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Tottenham (from): Cerny, Robinson, Chimbonda, Lee, Gilberto, Hutton, Gunter, Kaboul, Dawson, King, Rocha, Tainio, Jenas, Malbranque, Boateng, Taarabt, Huddlestone, O'Hara, Lennon, Bent, Berbatov, Keane.

Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Brown, O'Shea, Simpson, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Nani, Park, Scholes, Ronaldo, Anderson, Carrick, Hargreaves, Giggs, Rooney, Tevez.

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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson:
" We saw last Sunday there is a wind of change at Tottenham, no question.
"The cup tie was terrifically open and for the first time in a few years at our ground there were some goals in the game.

"The games at Old Trafford have generally been one-goal affairs with more goals being reserved for White Hart Lane.

"Hopefully we can get the result we want but I'm expecting a very tough but open game."

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BIG-MATCH FACTS
Tottenham and Manchester United square up to each other for the second time in a week. Last Sunday, the Red Devils knocked the north Londoners out of the FA Cup with a clinical 3-1 victory, courtesy of a brace from Cristiano Ronaldo, and a Carlos Tevez goal. Tottenham's Michael Dawson also got his marching orders after Robbie Keane had put the visitors in front at Old Trafford.

By kick-off time, United may have been knocked off the top of the table once again by Arsenal. But they go into this match bidding for a fifth straight victory in the Premier League and a seventh in a row in all competitions.

Juande Ramos is looking for a seven maximum from his 14th Premier League game in charge. Spurs are challenging for a fifth league win in a row at the Lane.

These clubs have been awarded more penalties in the Premier League than any others; six each, of which United have converted four, and Spurs three.

If United notch a 24th Premier League victory over Spurs they will complete an eighth double over them in this league and second in successive seasons.
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CLUB FORM

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR



Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 11th
Lowest could realistically fall: 12th

1. Won three and lost one of the last five league and cup games.

2. The goalless draw, away to Everton on Wednesday night was only the fourth time they had failed to score in this Premier League season.

3. It was also their first no score draw of the season, and first in 52 Premier League outings since October 2006.

4. Still the Premier League's most entertaining club to watch for goals; their 24 goals have produced 84 at 3.5 goals per game.

5. Scored 44 Premier League goals; only Arsenal (49) and Manchester United (46) have netted more. Of their 44, 19 have been scored in the first half, making them the joint second highest scorers in the first period behind the Red Devils by just three.

6. No club has conceded more Premier League goals in stoppage time (six).

7. Not lost a league match this season by more than a two-goal margin.

8. Eager to add the scalp of Manchester United to those of Manchester City (2-1), Fulham (5-1), Reading (6-4) and Sunderland (2-0) gained in the last four home league games when a total of 15 goals were scored.

9. Not been beaten at White Hart Lane since an odd goal in five reverse by Birmingham on 2 December.

10. From taking on one of the best, it'll be the other extreme next with a visit to Derby. Then it's the resumption of the Uefa Cup campaign, away to Slavia Prague.

MANCHESTER UNITED

Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 1st
Lowest could fall: 2nd

1. Won the last six in all competitions with an aggregate of 16-1; lost one of 14.

2. Won nine of 10 league games, including the last four against Birmingham (1-0 h), Newcastle (6-0 h), Reading (0-2 a) and Portsmouth (2-0 h).

3. Failed to win their first three Premier League matches, but lost only two of the subsequent 21.

4. Won 75% of their Premier League programme; 18 of 24 - that's more than any other club.

5. Drawn just three league games; fewer than any other club.

6. Scored one goal every 45 minutes of football played on average (48 in 24) and conceded fewer goals than any other club; just 11 at one every 196 minutes (three hours 16 minutes).

7. Opened the scoring in more Premier League matches than any other club (20), conceded the first goal in fewer (three) and kept the highest number of clean sheets (15).

8. All three league defeats have been on the road; to Manchester City, Bolton and West Ham.

9. The poignant Manchester derby with City at Old Trafford follows this on Sunday, 10 February when the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster will be commemorated. Thereafter follow two more huge games, home to Arsenal in the fifth round of the FA Cup, and away to Lyon in the Champions League.
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KEY PLAYER NOTES
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR


Robbie KEANE is Tottenham's leading scorer with 18 goals, and top Premier League marksman, with 11.

Darren BENT is a hat-trick shy of 100 club career goals (Ipswich, Charlton and Tottenham).

If on the field from the outset:-

Steed MALBRANQUE will be making his 200th English league start (Fulham and Spurs).

MANCHESTER UNITED


Cristiano RONALDO is Manchester United's top scorer with 27 goals, including nine in his last five games.

RONALDO is also their leading Premier League marksman with 19, and leads the race for the Barclays Golden Boot.

Wayne ROONEY is a hat-trick shy of 50 Premier League goals for Manchester United.

Edwin VAN DER SAR leads the race for the Barclays Golden Glove, having kept 11 clean sheets.

If selected:-

RONALDO will be making his 150th career Premier League appearance - all in United colours.

If on the field from the outset:-

Wes BROWN will be making his 250th club start for the Red Devils.

Chris EAGLES will be making his 50th club league start (Manchester United, Watford and Sheffield Wednesday).

Long term injury, Gary NEVILLE will be making his 350th Premier League start for Manchester United.
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HEAD TO HEAD
Spurs have not won in 13 Premier League meetings with United, since a 3-1 home victory on 19 May 2001, when a brace from Willem Korsten and a Les Ferdinand goal made it a victorious end to the season.

The Red Devils have won their last four league games against Tottenham, and kept clean sheets in the last three.

The 31 Premier League matches between these clubs have yielded 81 goals.

Home and away
League (inc PL): Spurs 35 wins, Man United 70, Draws 36
Prem: Spurs 3 wins, Man United 22, Draws 5

at Spurs only
League (inc PL): Spurs 25 wins, Man United 23, Draws 22
Prem: Spurs 3 wins, Man United 10, Draws 2
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COYS!

[berby999]

thanks for that report jester! Ithink we an take them at the lane. we should have at old trafford. spurs3-1manure

[thfcstu1974]

is there going to be a sopcast stream for this does anyone know

[scottenham]

I hope we do them after the abuse from the south coast man u fans i know, they do my head in.

Still upset about Defoe a true yido. But onwards with the new signings

[yaniv4321]

i hope i will have it on tv tomorrow
but not sure so have links?

[firekreve2j]

this morning i woke up to an unpleasent message from my dad "defoe left spurs to portsmouth".. i thought to myself NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

[IG3N1987]

Should be a great game, cant wait

[yaniv4321]

firekreve2j hahahaha

[badda]

Hope that we get a great stream....dont want to miss this important match

[Admin]

Man utd = always many streams

[IG3N1987]

Man utd = always many streams

Aye man utd have many fans around the world <3 china, japan, taiwan etc which make most of these games possible to watch for me

[uggla]

as admin says some teams are on allways defo 2 good teams to watch this fixture

[badda]

Man utd = always many streams

Yes but the match against Portsmouth wasnt broadcasted by that many channels, especially not on nice streams....most of the channels had either bad quality or low buffering....

[berby999]

oh look at all them lovley strems to choose from....thanks admin!

[talisman]

Should be a good game this one. I'm expecting Spurs to get a result at home.

[berby999]

Should be a good game this one. I'm expecting Spurs to get a result at home.

we should have last week, what with being at home and the new signings i am aswell, who liverpool got this week?

[talisman]

we should have last week, what with being at home and the new signings i am aswell, who liverpool got this week?

Sunderland.

[berby999]

even liverpool should win that then!

[Tony07]

Well jester I hope your lot are up for this today and don't roll over like they usually do against the manure, you have the makings of a good team so I hope they put up a good fight. Obviously from my part I hope you win because you could do us a favor, I just hope your lot give a good account of themselves, they have been the brunt of a lot of shite in the past so I hope they come out fighting.

[GlorifiedJester]

The first 60 mins are normally good with us playing at a high tempo. Under Ramos our closing down speed has really improved. Ramos like's the Zonal way of playing, which Spurs now have a good squad of technical players to fulfil .Tainio is really making the holding midfielders roll his own. If has carries on improving, either him or Jenas would be up for most improved player award this season..
Huddlestone going back to his derby days playing @ centre back is a master stroke for Spurs. It gives us the ability to have aquarter back type passer
in front of the back line to the front 2.
If we can keep the pressure on and not lower our consentration levels in the last 30-35 minutes..Spurs have gotta a chance..

Ronaldo is on fire, so the stream should be good for this game. Alot of neuterls wanting to watch Ranoldo should increase the stream traffic.