Manchester United Roundup: 12th After Five Games, Spurs Up Next

Five matches into the new Premier League season, Manchester United sit 12th in the table with five points from a possible 15. According to the Premier League standings, that return breaks down as one win, two draws and two defeats, with eight goals scored and eight conceded.

United at a glance

• Position: 12th (five points from five matches)
• Form: DLDWL
• Top scorer: B. Fernandes (three goals)
• Next fixture: Tottenham Hotspur (home), 10 October
• Fans following the club on FanTribe: 64

The results so far

Fine margins have shaped the start. Of the results recorded to date, United drew 1-1 away at Fulham, lost 0-1 at home to Manchester City and shared a 2-2 draw at Everton, leaving the form line at DLDWL.

The wider table makes harsher reading. Manchester City set the pace with a perfect 15 points from five matches, Arsenal sit second on 12, and United — ten points off the summit — are level on five with Nottingham Forest, who occupy 13th. A goal difference of zero tells the story of a side yet to tip the balance at either end of the pitch.

Who is scoring

B. Fernandes leads the club's scoring charts with three goals, according to FanTribe's club data, with B. Mbeumo on two and B. Sesko and Matheus Cunha on one apiece. Between them, that quartet account for seven of United's eight league goals — a spread of contributions rather than a single spearhead.

Next up: Tottenham at Old Trafford

Tottenham Hotspur come to Old Trafford on 10 October. Bookmaker odds (via api_football, as of 20 September) make United the favourites at 1.64, an implied probability of 58% for a home win, with the draw at 4.25 (22% implied) and a Tottenham victory at 4.75 (20% implied) — figures worth treating as bookmaker-derived probabilities rather than forecasts.

The visitors' numbers add context. According to the Premier League table, Spurs are 20th with two points from five matches, still winless, with two goals scored and eight conceded.

FanTribe's prediction game mirrors that shape: 33 points are on offer for a correctly tipped United win, 85 for a draw and 95 for calling a Tottenham victory.

Then: Elland Road

A trip to Leeds United follows on 18 October. Leeds sit fifth with nine points from five matches and remain unbeaten — two wins and three draws, per the Premier League standings.

Around the club

BBC Sport this week examined the teething troubles with Man Utd's tactics under Olid, a look at how the side's approach is bedding in during the early weeks of the campaign.

FanTribe's own community data, meanwhile, shows 64 fans following Manchester United on the platform — supporters whose attention now turns to an October that begins with the visit of Spurs.