This game could provide another piece of evidence that the old order is fading. Liverpool have already been beaten at White Hart Lane and the Manchester United squad is not as redoubtable as it has been in previous years. The main difficulty for Tottenham will lie in showing that they now have the mentality to continue a run of wins in the Premier League. There is still a certain slackness about a team that has conceded a goal in each of the five matches it has played this season in league and Carling Cup. Kevin McCarra

Venue White Hart Lane

Tickets Sold out

Last season Tottenham 0 Manchester United 0 Referee A Marriner

This season's matches 2 Y3, R0, 1.50 cards per game

sportingbet odds Tottenham 37-20 Man Utd 6-5 Draw 12-5

Tottenham

Subs from Cudicini, Walker, Naughton, Hutton, Bentley, Rose, Jenas, Giovani, Pavlyuchenko, Bale, Crouch

Doubtful Bale (knee), Bassong (knee), Gomes (thigh), Jenas (calf), King (groin)

Injured Bostock (ankle, Oct), Dawson (achilles, Oct), Woodgate (groin, Oct), Modric (broken leg, Nov)

Suspended None

Form guide WWWW

Disciplinary record Y8 R0

Leading scorer Defoe 4

Manchester United

Subs from Kuszczak, Fletcher, Evans, Anderson, Giggs, Neville, Gibson, Welbeck, Macheda, Fabio, Valencia, Tosic

Doubtful Ferdinand (calf)

Injured O'Shea (calf, 19 Sep), Obertan (calf, Oct), Rafael (shoulder, Oct), Van der Sar (finger, Oct), Hargreaves (knee, Nov)

Suspended None

Form guide WWLW

Disciplinary record Y7 R0

Leading scorer Rooney 4

Match pointers

• Tottenham have lost at home to Manchester United 10 times in the Premier League – more than against any other side

• Wayne Rooney has scored four goals in his last four games against Tottenham

• If Tottenham win they will match their best-ever run of consecutive Premier League victories (five)

• United have not lost a league game at White Hart Lane since May 2001

• Jermain Defoe scored three goals against United while at West Ham but has not managed any since for either Portsmouth or Tottenham