Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview: EPL 2007-08

Manchester United is going to play their forth match in English Premier League 2007-2008 against Tottenham Hotspur on 26 August. The match will be held in ManU stadium at Old Trafford. Manchester vs Though in true sense Manchester United is clearly favorite against Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United is in trouble with tier recent performance in the league. You already know that the reigning champion Manchester United start the 2007-2008 season badly. From the first three matches they could yet earn only 2 points and at this moment they occupy 16^th position in the point table of English premier league 2007-2008. Such poor performance definitely does not go with a champion team. Still 35 matches are left in the tournament but the analyst already started thinking that Manchester United would not be able to defend their title this season. On the other hand, Tottenham Hotspur could not start the season expectedly.

Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur match, to be honest, is not an attractive match in English Premier League. However, the present situation of both teams is so bad that players, officials and even fans of these two teams are taking the match seriously. Manchester United is now in 16^th position in the league table whereas Tottenham Hotspur occupies 12^th position at this moment in the league table with 3 points from 3 matches. Manchester United has not seen any win yet in English Premier League 2007-2008 whereas Tottenham Hotspur has won one match in the tournament.

Manchester United started the season with an ordinary goalless draw against underdog Racing. The performance of the ManU players in the first match was really poor and they could play like a champion team in the first match. However, before the second match against Portsmouth it was expected that the situation will change but the same thing happened in the second match as Manchester United could draw against Portsmouth. If the performance of first two matches is bad then the worst performance Manchester United showed in the third match against the cross town team Manchester City. In the first Manchester derby of the season was not a good experience for Manchester Unites as they lost the match by 0-1. However, it is also true that two most important players of Manchester United could not take part in derby match. Wayne Rooney is now out of field because of injury and striker Cristiano Ronaldo got red card in the second match against Portsmouth and thus he is now in three match suspension.

On the other hand, Tottenham Hotspur spent a descent amount for recurring new players in this season. However, their performance is not satisfactory at all in the first three matches of English Premier League 2007-2008. Tottenham Hotspur lost in their first two matches of the season. In the first match Tottenham lost to Sunderland and in the second match they lost to Everton by 1-3. Having suffered two early defeat, it was really hard to come back but Tottenham players could make it possible and in the third match they got a thrashing 4-0 victory over Derby County.

In terms of strength Manchester United is mar more ahead of Tottenham Hotspur. Though Rooney and Ronaldo are absent, Tottenham Hotspur should not be a problem for Manchester United as they have some promising footballers. Argentine striker Carlos Tévez can be well replacement of Roanldo. French forward Louis Saha has proved his performance with Manchester United so he can be the replacement of Rooney. Besides, they have some promising midfielders. Newly recruit Portuguese midfielder Nani has the skill needed for a good play maker. Brazilian midfielder Anderson and English midfielder Paul Scholes are enough to face any premier league club. Captain Gary Neville and his English teammate Rio Ferdinand are very skilled in the defense.

On the other hand, Tottenham Hotspur does not have many star footballers but the team is more or less balanced to face any big team. To tell the truth, Tottenham Hotspur can cause upset against any recognized power. Their goal keeper Paul Robinson does not need any introduction as he is a well-proved performer of English premier league. Irish forward Robbie Keane is their biggest star and the club expects something special from this excellent striker.

In football it is not possible to predict anything beforehand. Rather you can give some assumption regarding the result. I think, Manchester United players now lack of confidence as they have not got any win in the first three matches and two of their front line players are now out of the team. On the other hand, Tottenham Hotspur has got back their confidence as they got a tremendous victory in the last match. If Manchester United players can play their natural game with sheer confidence then it would be difficult for Tottenham Hotspur to take any point from the match. However, the situation is so bad for Manchester United that it would be hard for the players to get back their confidence and play their natural game in the next match.

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