Manchester United take on fellow strugglers Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Saturday evening with both sides in desperate need of a result.
While United sit eight places above Spurs in the Premier League table, their return of five points from a straightforward series of fixtures has led to speculation around Michael Carrick's job.
Carrick desperately needs a win against his former club, while Robert De Zerbi can ill-afford another defeat with his side already on a five-game winless run to start the season.
The Football Betting Club have put together a four-leg Bet Builder as they look to capitalise on the Red Devils' poor form.
Manchester United v Tottenham Prediction & Tips
Bet Builder:
- Tottenham/draw double chance
- Savio 1+ shots on target
- Rodrigo Bentancur 2+ fouls
- Tottenham over 11.5 shots
Pays 15/1
Mark Stinchcombe said: "Happy to oppose United at odds-on post-Ferguson at Old Trafford as a general rule. Do we want to side with Spurs? I think at the prices, I think the answer's yes and that's because I think there's a ray of light for Tottenham despite being a winless start to the season.
"Last time out against Aston Villa they went off odds-on after opening at 11/8 and I think if they'd made the breakthrough in that first 30 minutes when they were all over Villa I think things would be looking a lot different.
"Carrick's record is decent since he's been at United in the Premier League -- won 13, drawn five, lost five -- De Zerbi a bit of a mix and match, won three, drawn four, lost five, but if you look at expected points since De Zerbi's arrival, there's only a couple of points in it across 12 games and I think that broken down is only 0.2 points per match and I don't think that translates into odds of 4/6 for United.
"United were 8/13 in this fixture in February but that was against Thomas Frank's Spurs. With the £300m investment, plus an upgrade in terms of De Zerbi, surely Spurs are a bit better.
"As much as the pressure is on Spurs, the pressure is creeping onto Carrick a bit with one win in five and the collapse against Brighton in the cup, and now that they're back in Europe, the fixtures are coming thick and fast.
"Instead of backing Spurs on the handicap, because I think Spurs are quite fragile, if they go behind it could be 2-0 or 3-0, so I'm happy to take a bigger price and take Spurs double chance."
Gavin Horsfall said: "I like goals here, both seem a bit chaotic for me. I'd love a shootout. This has been a game that's had plenty of shootouts in the past and there are plenty of ex-Man City in that Spurs lineup as well which I think is an interesting angle.
"Savinho cutting in from the right looked plenty productive enough in the defeat to Villa. He had three shots on target there, he's even money to get one shot on target at Old Trafford."
Nathan Joyes said: "Spurs shots, over 11.5 at Evens. It's only failed once this season and that was 9 against Brentford when that game was dead and buried at a certain point, but 17 against Newcastle, 11 against Forest, 14 against Everton, 17 against Liverpool and 20 against Villa, so there have been plenty of chances and that line seems a little bit low for me."
Matthew O'Regan said: "[Rodrigo] Bentancur 2+ fouls at 6/4. It's landed seven of the last 10 times. United have been racking up fouls from centre mid, Chema made three and was booked for Brighton, [Enzo] Fernandez made four and was booked for City, one of the Sabah centre mids made two and was booked, [Harrison] Armstrong was harshly booked after his first foul, [Sasa] Lukic made three for Ipswich and was booked, and [Matt] Crooks and [Regan] Slater made two fouls for Hull with Crooks booked.
"So one centre mid has been booked against United bar Fulham, so Bentancur for two or more fouls at 6/4."
Key Match Stats
Manchester United snapped an eight-game winless run against Spurs when winning 2-0 last season
Manchester United's last clean sheet at home came against Tottenham in February
Tottenham have won two away games in 2026
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