It is a long time since this fixture had an aura of rivalry about it. Tottenham last beat Manchester United in May 2001 and have lost 15 of 19 subsequent meetings with Sir Alex Ferguson's side. Harry Redknapp's men have taken great strides to reach the last 16 of the Champions League, but this squad could do better on the domestic front. Although the visitors are unbeaten in the Premier League, their away form has still been rather drab and Tottenham should have a real prospect of distressing United for a change. Kevin McCarra

Venue White Hart Lane, Sunday 4.10pm

Tickets Sold out

Last season Tottenham 1 Manchester Utd 3

Referee Mike Dean

This season's matches 18 Y66, R1, 3.72 cards per game

Odds Tottenham 2-1 Manchester Utd 13-8 Draw 12-5

Tottenham

Subs from Cudicini, Pletikosa, Corluka, Kaboul, Bassong, Pavlyuchenko, Palacios, Giovani, Crouch, Kranjcar, Keane, Sandro

Doubtful None

Injured O'Hara (back, 29 Jan), Huddlestone (ankle, Feb), King (groin, unknown), Woodgate (match fitness, unknown)

Suspended None

Form guide LWWWDD

Disciplinary record Y31 R2

Leading scorer Van der Vaart 9

Manchester Utd

Subs from Kuszczak, Lindgaard, Neville, Smalling, Anderson, Brown, Fábio, Bébé, Gibson, Owen, O'Shea, Evans, Scholes, Obertan

Doubtful Lindegaard (illness), Rooney (ankle), Scholes (groin), Van der Sar (illness), Vidic (unknown)

Injured Hargreaves (hamstring, 29 Jan), Valencia (broken leg, Mar)

Suspended None

Unavailable Park (international duty)

Form guide WWDWWW

Disciplinary record Y30 R0

Leading scorer Berbatov 14

Match pointers

• Tottenham have recouped more points from losing positions (16) than any other team in the division

• United are one of only two sides to have scored more than once in a Premier League game at Spurs during the Harry Redknapp era (45 games)

• Peter Crouch has assisted six of Rafael van der Vaart's 11 goals in all competitions

• United have conceded the most headed goals (13) in the top flight

• Willem Korsten scored twice for Spurs the last time they beat United in what turned out to be the final match of his career