Premiership · Matchday 07
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
1–0
Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 21st September 2002 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (63') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 27' Dean Richards
- 27' Ruud van Nistelrooy
- Half Time
- 63' Ruud van Nistelrooy pen 1–0
- 76' Gary Neville for Solskjaer
- 76' Diego Forlán for Veron
- 85' Danny Pugh for Giggs
- Full Time 1–0
Starting XI
Player
Tottenham Hotspur Lineup
Starting XI
5 Goran Bunjevcevic D
10 Teddy Sheringham F
12 Gary Doherty D
13 Kasey Keller G
15 Jamie Redknapp M
16 Steffen Iversen F
18 Ben Thatcher D
22 Robbie Keane F
28 Matthew Etherington M
29 Simon Davies M
36 Dean Richards D
Substitutes
9 Les Ferdinand on
21 Milenko Acimovic on
24 Lars Hirschfeld
27 Rohan Ricketts
37 Ronnie Henry
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Glenn Hoddle
Tottenham Hotspur
Match Information
United vs Tottenham Hotspur History
Meeting 153 of 208
208
Played
96
Won
54
Drawn
58
Lost
327
Goals For
275
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th January 1899. After this match United had played Tottenham Hotspur 153 times: 67W 40D 46L.
19 May 2001 L 1–3 PL 29 Sep 2001 W 5–3 PL 6 Mar 2002 W 4–0 PL
21 Sep 2002 W 1–0 This match
27 Apr 2003 W 2–0 PL 21 Dec 2003 W 2–1 PL 20 Mar 2004 W 3–0 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 104 | 67 | 18 | 19 | 196 | 108 | 64.4 |
| 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 ESPN where available. Last updated 9 November 2026. How we compile this data →