Premiership · Matchday 27
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United
1–3
HT 0–1
Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 at White Hart Lane on Sunday 4th March 2012 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (44') and Ashley Young (60', 69') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 28' Phil Jones
- 44' Wayne Rooney Assist: Ashley Young 0–1
- 44' Ranieri Guimaraes Cordeiro Sandro
- Half Time 0–1
- 60' Ashley Young Assist: Nani 0–2
- 61' Ryan Giggs for Scholes
- 69' Ashley Young Assist: Patrice Evra 0–3
- 79' Ji-Sung Park for Nani
- 87' Jermain Defoe 1–3
- 89' Jonny Evans
- Full Time 1–3
Match Facts
Starting XI
Tottenham Hotspur Lineup
4-4-2
Starting XI
4 Younes Kaboul CD-R
7 Aaron Lennon RM
10 Emmanuel Adebayor CF-R
14 Luka Modric LM
15 Louis Saha CF-L
24 Brad Friedel G
26 Ledley King CD-L
28 Kyle Walker RB
29 Jake Livermore CM-L
30 Sandro CM-R
32 Benoît Assou-Ekotto LB
Substitutes
17 Giovani Dos Santos
18 Jermain Defoe on
20 Michael Dawson
21 Niko Kranjcar on
23 Carlo Cudicini
25 Danny Rose on
33 Ryan Nelsen
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Harry Redknapp
Tottenham Hotspur
Match Information
Man Utd
4-4-1-1
Formation
Tottenham Hotspur
4-4-2
United vs Tottenham Hotspur History
Meeting 176 of 207
207
Played
96
Won
53
Drawn
58
Lost
326
Goals For
274
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th January 1899. After this match United had played Tottenham Hotspur 176 times: 84W 46D 46L.
30 Oct 2010 W 2–0 PL 16 Jan 2011 D 0–0 PL 22 Aug 2011 W 3–0 PL
4 Mar 2012 W 3–1 This match
29 Sep 2012 L 2–3 PL 20 Jan 2013 D 1–1 PL 1 Dec 2013 D 2–2 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 103 | 67 | 17 | 19 | 195 | 107 | 65.0 |
| Away | 100 | 28 | 35 | 37 | 128 | 162 | 28.0 |
| Neutral | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25.0 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →