Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are separated by a great number of trophies if we look back over the last few decades, but here in the current moment, the pair are separated by just five Premier League goals.
United are in second place in the Premier League, ahead of third-placed Spurs on goal difference — and both sides are already five points behind league leaders Manchester City, who face West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns this weekend.
As always when a big game is on the horizon, we’ve decided to put together a Combined XI, just for fun.
We’ve omitted players who aren’t fit to play in this weekend’s fixture — so Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marcos Rojo, Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick aren’t in contention for the Red Devils whilst Harry Kane, Victor Wanyama and Erik Lamela can’t be selected for Spurs.
Here is our side, in a 3-4-1-2 formation:
