Its been a superb start for Manchester United this year. They have won their first three games quite convincingly, it must be said against the lesser teams of Fulham, Charlton and Watford, scoring a massive ten goals. Tottenham have had a disappointing start to the season, losing two out of their first three games. They were suprisingly beaten 2-0 by Everton in their last match at home.

Of course the big talk for this game will be Man Utd midfielder Michael Carrick, who transferred to the Red Devils from Spurs in the summer for £13m. Utd striker Alan Smith also makes a comeback, only eight months after breaking his leg.

Even though Utd have started well, they haven't really faced a top 6 team as of yet, and Tottenham are definitely one of those. Martin Jol will have blasted his players for their performance last time around against Everton and I'm sure they will put up a better performance this time around, although we must note they haven't beaten Man Utd at Old Trafford for 17 years!

It seems that Tottenham are still finding their feet at the start of the new Premiership season, and although they have a quality forward line of Defoe, Keane and Berbatov, Utd should have too much for them today. We must also say that the front three are under performing, having only scored twice in their first three games of the season.

The odds of 1/2 for a home win are pretty attractive - Bet365 will offer new users a free £100 bet, so you a home win would earn you a free £150! Alex Ferguson will be particularly impressed by the play of Ryan Giggs so far, and he looks back to his form of old. Spurs will put up a tough challenge, but I think Utd should just do enough to secure the three points. Take Utd @ 1/2