Man United vs Tottenham

12 March 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Cristiano Ronaldo 12’, 38’, 81’

Harry Kane 35’ (pen)
Harry Maguire 72’ (og)

Match summary

Man United won 3-2 at home to Tottenham. Man United led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo put Man United ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Fred, Harry Kane equalised from the penalty spot in the 35th minute, and Ronaldo put Man United back in front in the 38th minute, set up by Jadon Sancho. In the second half, Maguire's own goal equalised in the 72nd minute and Ronaldo won it with a header in the 81st minute, set up by Alex Telles.

Tottenham can feel hard done by, creating 1.62 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Man United's 1.02 from 10.

Match stats

10 Shots 10

6 Shots on Target 3

4 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.02 xG 1.62

1.02 Non-penalty xG 0.86

5 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Man United Tottenham

Kick-off

Cristiano Ronaldo
Assist: Fred

1-0

12’

35’

Harry Kane
Penalty

1-1

Cristiano Ronaldo
Assist: Jadon Sancho

2-1

38’

Half-time2-1

72’

Harry Maguire
Own goal

2-2

Cristiano Ronaldo
Assist: Alex Telles

3-2

81’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man United

Fred
Paul Pogba

Tottenham

Eric Dier

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Man United 1.02 xGTottenham 1.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Tottenham attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raphael Varane	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Telles	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.09	2
Fred	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.13	3
Nemanja Matic	MID	82			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcus Rashford	MID	70			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Pogba	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Jadon Sancho	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.77	4
Cristiano Ronaldo	FWD	85	3		8	0.91	0.00	0
Anthony Elanga	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Edinson Cavani	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Hugo Lloris	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristian Romero	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.05	1
Eric Dier	DEF	90		2	0.47	0.00	0
Ben Davies	DEF	89		0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Doherty	MID	90		1	0.05	0.00	0
Sergio Reguilón	MID	90		0	0.00	0.07	1
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90		2	0.07	0.00	0
Rodrigo Bentancur	MID	90		1	0.09	0.47	3
Son Heung-Min	MID	90		2	0.17	0.00	0
Dejan Kulusevski	MID	80		0	0.00	0.18	2
Harry Kane	FWD	90	1	2	0.78	0.00	0
Lucas Moura	Sub	10		0	0.00	0.00	0
Steven Bergwijn	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Winks	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 41% Avg odds 2.33

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.51

Tottenham win 31% Avg odds 3.09

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United D W W D L

Tottenham L W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Tottenham 0-3 Man United, 30 Oct 21 Next meeting: Man United 2-0 Tottenham, 19 Oct 22 All Man United vs Tottenham meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.