Tottenham's supporters could be forgiven for feeling a sense of foreboding bearing in mind the harrowing defeat at Manchester City and the fact they have not beaten Manchester United on their own ground since 2001. United put in their best performance of the David Moyes era against Bayer Leverkusen in midweek. Spurs also won, but Europa League 2-0 victories against Tromso only go so far when the manager is under pressure. The question for André Villas-Boas is whether his team have got the 6-0 pummelling against City out of their system. A win would certainly go a long way towards strengthening his own position. Daniel Taylor

Kick-off Sunday Noon

Venue White Hart Lane

Last season Tottenham 1 Man Utd 1

Live BT Sport1

Referee M Dean

This season G08, Y28, R2, 4.0 cards per game

Odds H 9-5 A 17-10 D 5-2

Tottenham Hotspur

Subs from Friedel, Gomes, Naughton, Chiriches, Fryers, Capoue, Dembélé,

Lamela, Chadli, Lennon, Soldado

Doubtful Adebayor (groin)

Injured Rose (toe, 15 Dec), Eriksen (ankle, 21 Dec), Kane (back, 15 Dec)

Suspended None

Form LLDWWL

Discipline Y25 R0

Leading scorer Soldado 4

Manchester United

Subs from Lindegaard, Buttner, F da Silva, R da Silva, Anderson, Zaha, Hernández, Nani, Young, Welbeck

Doubtful R da Silva (foot) Vidic (concussion), Van Persie (groin)

Injured Fletcher (match fitness, 7 Dec) Carrick (achilles, 26 Dec)

Suspended None

Form DWWWDW

Discipline Y26 R0

Leading scorer Van Persie 7