Premiership · Matchday 05

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United

1–3

Saturday 12th September 2009 · White Hart Lane · Att: 35,785

Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 at White Hart Lane on Saturday 12th September 2009 in the Premiership. Ryan Giggs (25'), Olivera Anderson (41') and Wayne Rooney (78') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
1' Jermain Defoe 1–0
24' Wilson Palacios
25' Ryan Giggs 1–1
41' Olivera Anderson 1–2
45' Nemanja Vidic
Half Time
52' Ledley King
59' Paul Scholes
62' Michael Carrick for Berbatov
73' Jermaine Jenas
78' Wayne Rooney 1–3
81' Luis Nani for Anderson
Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

3 Patrice Evra

5 Rio Ferdinand

8 Oliveira Anderson 41'

9 Dimitar Berbatov

10 Wayne Rooney 78'

11 Ryan Giggs 25'

Substitutes

62' for Berbatov

81' for Anderson

Tottenham Hotspur Lineup

Starting XI

6 Tom Huddlestone CM-L

7 Aaron Lennon RM

10 Robbie Keane LM

12 Wilson Palacios CM-R

15 Peter Crouch CF-R

18 Jermain Defoe CF-L ⚽

19 Sébastien Bassong CD-L

22 Vedran Corluka RB

23 Carlo Cudicini G

26 Ledley King CD-R

32 Benoît Assou-Ekotto LB

Substitutes

1 Heurelho Gomes

2 Alan Hutton on

5 David Bentley

8 Jermaine Jenas on

9 Roman Pavlyuchenko

16 Kyle Naughton

21 Niko Kranjcar on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Harry Redknapp

Tottenham Hotspur

United vs Tottenham Hotspur History

Meeting 170 of 207

207

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

326

Goals For

274

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th January 1899. After this match United had played Tottenham Hotspur 170 times: 79W 45D 46L.

24 Jan 2009 W 2–1 FAC 1 Mar 2009 D 0–0 LC 25 Apr 2009 W 5–2 PL

12 Sep 2009 W 3–1 This match

1 Dec 2009 W 2–0 LC 24 Apr 2010 W 3–1 PL 30 Oct 2010 W 2–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	103	67	17	19	195	107	65.0
Away	100	28	35	37	128	162	28.0
Neutral	4	1	1	2	3	5	25.0

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →