Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 20 January 2013

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 20 January 2013, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Manchester United: match report

Tottenham Hotspur drew with Manchester United 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 20 January 2013. The half-time score was 0-1.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Clint Dempsey (90+3'). Manchester United scored through Robin van Persie (25').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 40 points from 22 and Manchester United 1st on 53 points from 22. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 72 points, and Manchester United 1st with 85.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Tottenham Hotspur win, 3 draws and 6 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Michael CarrickManchester United
  • 25'Goal · Robin van PersieManchester United · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Michael DawsonTottenham Hotspur
  • 44'Yellow card · Patrice EvraManchester United
  • 77'Yellow card · RafaelManchester United
  • 79'Yellow card · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 79'Yellow card · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 90+3'Goal · Clint DempseyTottenham Hotspur · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 1, draws 3, Manchester United 6.

Team news

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

Hugo Lloris, Clint Dempsey, Michael Dawson, Kyle Naughton, Mousa Dembélé, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Kyle Walker, Steven Caulker, Gareth Bale, Scott Parker

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

David de Gea, Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Phil Jones, Danny Welbeck, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, S. Kagawa, Robin van Persie