Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 September 2004

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 25 September 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Manchester United: match report

Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Manchester United 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 September 2004. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ruud van Nistelrooy of Manchester United in the 42nd minute, from the penalty spot.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 10 points from 6 and Manchester United 8th on 9 points from 6. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Tottenham Hotspur win, 0 draws and 7 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Penalty goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 0-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 1, draws 0, Manchester United 7.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up

Kasey Keller, Gary Doherty, Anthony Gardner, Mauricio Taricco, Stephen Carr, Simon Davies, Jamie Redknapp, Frédéric Kanouté, Michael Brown, Jermain Defoe

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, John O'Shea, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes