Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 9 September 2006

Result

Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 9 September 2006, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Manchester United defeated Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 September 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ryan Giggs of Manchester United in the 9th minute.

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 9 points from 3 and Tottenham Hotspur 15th on 3 points from 3. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 60.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W and Tottenham Hotspur's L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Ryan GiggsManchester United · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Hossam GhalyTottenham Hotspur
  • 58'Yellow card · MidoTottenham Hotspur
  • 67'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonManchester United
  • 90'Yellow card · Patrice EvraManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 8, draws 2, Tottenham Hotspur 0.

Team news

Manchester United line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Kieran Richardson, Michael Carrick, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs

Tottenham Hotspur line-up

Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Jermaine Jenas, Hossam Ghaly, Edgar Davids, R. Keane, Mido