Betting tips for Tottenham VS Manchester Utd 13.01.2019

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first big test comes on Sunday afternoon with Manchester United moving to Wembley to face Tottenham in a challenge for the 22nd round of the Premier League. The Spurs arrive here after a win in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals against Chelsea but were not persuaded by the Blues' performance. Manchester United have been 100% victor since the Norwegian manager took over the team, but this will be their first major test, and it remains to be seen how the Red Devils will behave.

Tottenham are in third place with 48 points, with 16 wins and 5 losses, with 46 goals scored and 21 goals conceded. Mauricio Pochettino's side responded well to an unexpected defeat at the hands of Wolverhampton (1-3), and won the following three challenges, beating Cardiff City (0-3), Tranmere Rovers (0-7) for the Cup of England, and finally Chelsea (1-0) for the League Cup. The Spurs start the day only 2 points behind second-placed Manchester City and 4 points above fourth-placed Chelsea, which makes the win in this match very important for the table. The win by the minimum margin over Chelsea was not very convincing, and the north London team may need a lot better than what it showed against a Manchester United who seems to have agreed for life.

At home, the Spurs have 8 games played for the Premier League this season, won 6 and lost the remaining 2, scoring 18 goals and 8 goals conceded. Pochettino has not lost any of his last 6 home games against Manchester United, they have won the last 3 and kept their unbeaten goal in 3 of the last 4. Good news for this match is the smaller medical record with Argentinian coach to start having more options at his disposal, and only Wanyama is confirmed low, by injury, getting Eric Dier and Lucas Moura the two in doubt.

 Manchester United are in 6th place with 38 points, with 11 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, with 43 goals scored and 32 goals conceded. Since José Mourinho was dismissed the team looks completely different, with Solskjaer showing a 100% record in all five games at the helm of the Manchester derby, winning at Cardiff City (1-5), Huddersfield (3-1) Bournemouth (4-1), Newcastle (0-2) and Reading (2-0), the latter for the FA Cup. However, against Reading, United showed some difficulties in getting the win, and it should be noted that none of the last five wins went against a team that was in the top half of the table, suggesting that Solskjaer has yet to face any test "More seriously", and this could be exposed in this trip to Wembley.

In addition, the Red Devils' performances have not been 100 per cent convincing, and the Norwegian coach has a few headaches for this match, with Eric Bailly being punished and Marcos Rojo injured, which suggests that Phil Jones continues to double with Lindelof in the heart of defense. Pogba, Smalling and Sánchez are in doubt for this game. However, the team will be motivated as they enter the weekend only 3 points behind Arsenal and a victory here would be excellent for the confidence of the players, who find themselves facing a difficult schedule until mid-March, with matches against Arsenal (the FA Cup), PSG (Champions League), Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City.


Tottenham have been top in their last home fixtures against the Red Devils, and will be the first test of fire since Solskjaer took command of the Red Devils. None of the teams convinced in the last game they played, one for the League Cup and another for the FA Cup, but the Spurs could prove to be too high a test for a United that has beaten only teams at the end of the table.