Man United vs Tottenham

4 October 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 1 – 6

Half-time: 1–4

Bruno Fernandes 2’ (pen)

Tanguy NDombele Alvaro 4’
Son Heung-Min 7’, 37’
Harry Kane 31’, 79’ (pen)
Serge Aurier 51’

Match summary

Tottenham came from behind to win 6-1 away at Man United. Tottenham led 4-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Bruno Fernandes put Man United ahead from the penalty spot in the 2nd minute, Tanguy NDombele Alvaro equalised in the 4th minute, Son Heung-Min put Tottenham in front in the 7th minute, set up by Harry Kane, Harry Kane made it 1-3 in the 31st minute, set up by Son Heung-Min, and Heung-Min made it 1-4 in the 37th minute, set up by Serge Aurier. In the second half, Serge Aurier made it 1-5 in the 51st minute, set up by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg and Kane made it 1-6 from the penalty spot in the 79th minute.

The chances backed that up: Tottenham created 3.30 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Man United's 0.87 from 5. Man United had a player sent off.

Match stats

5 Shots 22

2 Shots on Target 8

2 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 1

1 Red Cards 0

0.87 xG 3.30

0.11 Non-penalty xG 2.54

3 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Man United Tottenham

Kick-off

Bruno Fernandes
Penalty

1-0

2’

4’

Tanguy NDombele Alvaro

1-1

7’

Son Heung-Min
Assist: Harry Kane

1-2

31’

Harry Kane
Assist: Son Heung-Min

1-3

37’

Son Heung-Min
Assist: Serge Aurier

1-4

Half-time1-4

51’

Serge Aurier
Assist: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

1-5

79’

Harry Kane
Penalty

1-6

Full-time1-6

Bookings

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

Man United

Anthony Martial
Eric Bailly
Luke Shaw

Tottenham

Erik Lamela

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 0.87 xGTottenham 3.30 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	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Bailly	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.02	1
Paul Pogba	MID	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Nemanja Matic	MID	49		0	0.00	0.05	1
Mason Greenwood	MID	71		3	0.09	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	49	1	1	0.76	0.02	1
Marcus Rashford	MID	90		0	0.00	0.02	1
Anthony Martial	FWD	27		0	0.00	0.00	0
Fred	Sub	41		0	0.00	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	Sub	41		0	0.00	0.00	0
Donny van de Beek	Sub	19		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Hugo Lloris	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Serge Aurier	DEF	90	1	1	3	0.46	0.14	1
Davinson Sánchez	DEF	90			1	0.12	0.00	0
Eric Dier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Reguilón	DEF	90			2	0.04	0.29	4
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90		1	1	0.01	0.30	2
Moussa Sissoko	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro	MID	72	1		3	0.49	0.03	1
Erik Lamela	FWD	49			2	0.16	0.00	0
Harry Kane	FWD	90	2	1	7	1.48	0.47	3
Son Heung-Min	FWD	76	2	1	2	0.44	0.73	5
Lucas Moura	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dele Alli	Sub	18			1	0.10	0.00	0
Ben Davies	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 46% Avg odds 2.08

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.62

Tottenham win 27% Avg odds 3.52

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

Form going into the game

Man United W D W L W

Tottenham W D L W D

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Previous and next meeting

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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.