Manchester United Data
Premiership · Matchday 07

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

1–0
Saturday 21st September 2002 · Old Trafford · Att: 67,611

Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 21st September 2002 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (63') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 27' Dean Richards
  3. 27' Ruud van Nistelrooy
  4. Half Time
  5. 63' Ruud van Nistelrooy pen 1–0
  6. 76' Gary Neville for Solskjaer
  7. 76' Diego Forlan for Veron
  8. 85' Danny Pugh for Giggs
  9. Full Time 1–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

Tottenham Hotspur Lineup

Starting XI
5 Goran Bunjevcevic D
10 Teddy Sheringham F
12 Gary Doherty D
13 Kasey Keller G
15 Jamie Redknapp M
16 Steffen Iversen F
18 Ben Thatcher D
22 Robbie Keane F
28 Matthew Etherington M
29 Simon Davies M
36 Dean Richards D
Substitutes
9 Les Ferdinand on
21 Milenko Acimovic on
24 Lars Hirschfeld
27 Rohan Ricketts
37 Ronnie Henry

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

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Glenn Hoddle
Tottenham Hotspur

Match Information

Man Utd Tottenham Hotspur
58%
Possession
42%
16
Shots
10
9
Shots on Target
5
0
Corners
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Saves
0

United vs Tottenham Hotspur History

Meeting 153 of 207
207
Played
96
Won
53
Drawn
58
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 153 times: 67W 40D 46L.
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 103671719 19510765.0
Away 100283537 12816228.0
Neutral 4112 3525.0
All 207 meetings with Tottenham Hotspur →

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