Premiership · Matchday 36

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

3–1

Saturday 24th April 2010 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,268

Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 at Old Trafford on Saturday 24th April 2010 in the Premiership. Ryan Giggs (58', 86') and Nani (81') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
35' Luis Nani
Half Time
58' Ryan Giggs pen 1–0
59' Michael Carrick for Valencia
67' John O'Shea for Evra
70' Ledley King 1–1
79' Federico Macheda for Rafael
81' Nani 2–1
86' Ryan Giggs pen 3–1
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

1 Edwin van der Sar

3 Patrice Evra

9 Dimitar Berbatov

11 Ryan Giggs 58', 86'

17 Luis Nani 81'

Substitutes

59' for Valencia

67' for Evra

79' for Rafael

Tottenham Hotspur Lineup

Starting XI

1 Heurelho Gomes G

3 Gareth Bale LB

5 David Bentley RM

6 Tom Huddlestone CM-R

9 Roman Pavlyuchenko CF-R

12 Wilson Palacios CM-L

14 Luka Modric LM

18 Jermain Defoe CF-L

20 Michael Dawson CD-R

26 Ledley King CD-L ⚽

32 Benoît Assou-Ekotto RB

Substitutes

4 Younes Kaboul

7 Aaron Lennon on

8 Jermaine Jenas

15 Peter Crouch on

17 Eidur Gudjohnsen on

19 Sébastien Bassong

27 Ben Alnwick

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 172 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 172 times: 81W 45D 46L.

25 Apr 2009 W 5–2 PL 12 Sep 2009 W 3–1 PL 1 Dec 2009 W 2–0 LC

24 Apr 2010 W 3–1 This match

30 Oct 2010 W 2–0 PL 16 Jan 2011 D 0–0 PL 22 Aug 2011 W 3–0 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 →