Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur: 5 factors that will decide the outcome 

#4 United no.10 conundrum

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is in poor form for United

Manchester United no.10 Henrikh Mkhitaryan had a great start to 2017/18 season notching up 5 assists in his first 3 league games. But in the last few weeks, he struggled for consistency and was dropped by Mourinho for the game against Huddersfield last week.

Juan Mata played as a no.10 but was not very effective and it was his mistake that directly led to Huddersfield's goal. Except for Mata and Mkhitaryan, Manchester United don't have a recognized no.10 and Mourinho needs to fix that area of the pitch sooner rather than later.

United scored a lot of goals early in the season because of the creative play from Mkhitaryan and Mata. With both of them out of form in recent weeks, United will find it hard to create chances against a mean Spurs defence.