Manchester United 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 March 2022

Result

Manchester United 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 12 March 2022, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Manchester United 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 March 2022. The half-time score was 2-1.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (12'), Cristiano Ronaldo (38') and Cristiano Ronaldo (81'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Harry Kane (35', penalty) and an own goal by Harry Maguire (72').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 5th on 47 points from 28 and Tottenham Hotspur 7th on 45 points from 26. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 71.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United (9.7), ahead of Fred (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 4 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Eric DierTottenham Hotspur
  • 34'Yellow card · FredManchester United
  • 35'Penalty goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 38'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 2-1
  • 72'Own goal · Harry MaguireTottenham Hotspur · 2-2
  • 81'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 3-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Paul PogbaManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 1, Tottenham Hotspur 4.

Team news

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Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Diogo Dalot, Raphaël Varane, Harry Maguire, Alex Telles, Nemanja Matić, Fred, Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba, Jadon Sancho, Cristiano Ronaldo

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (3-4-2-1)

Hugo Lloris, Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Ben Davies, Matt Doherty, Rodrigo Bentancur, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Sergio Reguilón, Dejan Kulusevski, Heung-min Son, Harry Kane