Bruno Fernandes

Manchester United were so over-reliant on Bruno Fernandes last season and that has remained the case in the early stages of this season with Fernandes scoring three goals and providing an assist across his five starts in the Premier League so far. 

He’s avoided a caution so far, but has committed three fouls across these matches and tends to get more involved in these bigger matches, especially following United’s poor start to the campaign. Fernandes scored in this fixture last season as United secured a 2-0 victory over Tottenham, with Fernandes notably taking eight shots in that game.

Fernandes should be able to continue his strong start to the season against a Tottenham side who are yet to win a game in the Premier League. He performed well over the international break for Portugal, with his standout game being against Denmark where he registered two assists.

I really like Anton Stach and he reflects the overall attitude and approach of this Leeds side which has been built around the themes of physicality, height and intensity. 

Stach has already scored once this season, with that goal coming on the opening day of the campaign as he converted a free kick to give Leeds all three points away at Forest. That is one of seven shots he’s had so far this season (1.41 per 90), and is one of his best attributes.

Stach is not afraid to take aim from distance having taken five of his seven efforts this season from outside of the box. One of the recent interesting trends with sides taking on Arsenal this season is how many are willing to shoot from distance - it is possibly the only weakness in Raya’s game and Stach will be aware of that.

Stach scored five goals across his 28 starts in the Premier League last season, taking 55 shots across those games (2.08 per 90). This is a nice price for him to find the target at the Emirates with Stach being on free kicks and generally being willing to shoot from distance.

I can see Martinez and Solanke being in a real battle here with the Tottenham forward being quite a handful even if he isn’t the most clinical finisher in the Premier League.

Solanke’s hold up play is an underrated part of his game and it leads to him being pretty consistent when it comes to winning fouls. He’s often able to pin his direct opponent, and will much prefer the physical battle against Martinez compared to Maguire.

Martinez is easily frustrated and was sent off once in the Premier League last season across his 13 starts. He also collected seven yellow cards across just 20 starts in the Premier League the season prior, averaging 1.13 fouls committed per 90.