Tottenham Hotspur host Manchester United at Wembley Stadium today, the first match in a brutal stretch of games that will see them play Liverpool, Arsenal, and Juventus over the next two weeks.

Lineups:

Match Date, Time and Location

Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 8 p.m. (ET), 3 p.m. (BST)
Wembley Stadium, London, UK
Match official: Andre Marriner

TV Channels

United Kingdom: BT Sport 1
USA: NBC Sports Network
Canada: Sportsnet World
Australia: Optus Sport / SBS

Other countries can find their match listings at livesoccertv.com

Streaming

United Kingdom: BT Sport
USA: NBC Sports Live, fubo.tv (7-day trial)

Radio

Audio streamed at tottenhamhotspur.com (requires free OneHotspur membership), also often at BBC Radio London, BBC Radio 5 Live, and TalkSport

The hard part of the schedule begins now.

This is the part of Tottenham Hotspur’s schedule that makes everyone who supports Spurs swallow hard. The next two weeks are absolutely critical, and it all begins by hosting United, a team that has mostly solidified itself as the best non-Manchester City team in the Premier League. And now, they’ve added another world-class talent in Alexis Sanchez in exchange for essentially one of their backup midfielders.

United is really good. But Spurs have a couple of things that run in their favor. Wembley Stadium may not be the fortress that White Hart Lane was, but Spurs are comfortable there now, and nobody’s talking about the “Wembley Curse” anymore. There should be a raucous pro-Tottenham crowd in attendance today. Also, Hugo Lloris, Christian Eriksen, and Danny Rose are back in contention to start, which means that Spurs should be able to put out a very strong lineup.

Spurs can absolutely beat United today, but any kind of result would be viewed as a success. Spurs turn around quickly and head to Liverpool at the weekend, and then have an FA Cup replay against Newport before hosting a North London Derby. Oh, and there’s Juventus in the Champions League. It’s not at all hyperbole to say that this is a season defining stretch of matches for Spurs. It’d be nice to start that stretch out on the right foot.

COYS!

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