Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 4 March 2012

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 4 March 2012, 16:10 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Manchester United: match report

Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Manchester United 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 March 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Jermain Defoe (87'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (45'), A. Young (60') and A. Young (69').

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

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 3rd on 53 points from 26 and Manchester United 2nd on 61 points from 26. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 89.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 7 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · P. JonesManchester United
  • 44'Yellow card · SandroTottenham Hotspur
  • 45'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-1
  • 60'Goal · A. YoungManchester United · 0-2
  • 69'Goal · A. YoungManchester United · 0-3
  • 87'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Jonny EvansManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 0, draws 3, Manchester United 7.

Team news

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

Younès Kaboul, Ledley King, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Luka Modrić, Jake Livermore, Emmanuel Adebayor, Louis Saha, Aaron Lennon, Brad Friedel, Sandro

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

David de Gea, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, Rafael, Antonio Valencia, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Danny Welbeck