Tottenham take on Manchester City on Sunday in the Premier League.
Tottenham v Manchester City Match Preview
After progressing in the Champions League in midweek, Tottenham and Manchester City turn their attentions back to life in the Premier League when they meet on Sunday afternoon.
Tottenham finished fourth in the Champions League group table to sail into the last 16 while City also went through with a home win over Galatasaray.
City could close the gap on leaders Arsenal from four points with a win while Tottenham’s domestic form has been woeful. Spurs start the weekend in 14th place – a far cry from their success on the continent.
Tottenham are winless in five Premier League matches and are closer to the bottom three than the top four in terms of points.
City assistant Pep Ljinders says City are not concentrating on Arsenal dropping points.
He said: “It’s about us. I’ve been in a few title races, it’s about focusing on the next game. I know it’s a cheeky answer, but you have to win your own games.
“You have to put pressure and chase, they have to feel us. It’s only possible by winning football matches, with this hopefully we can put on pressure.”
Tottenham v Manchester City team news
Tottenham have Dominic Solanke fit and firing again but they still have plenty of injured players to contend with.
Micky van de Ven is a new injury concern and Richarlison, James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski are all out.
City are likely to be wiithout in-form winger Jeremy Doku who picked up a calf injury in midweek so Rayan Cherki should start. Rodri was suspended in the Champions League but can return.
Tottenham v Manchester City expected line-ups
Tottenham: Vicario, Spence, Romero, Danso, Udogie, Palhinha, Gray, Odobert, Gallagher, Simons, Solanke.
Man City: Donnarumma, Guehi, Khusanov, Nunes, O’Reilly, Rodri, Semenyo, Reijnders, Bernardo Silva, Cherki, Haaland.
Stats for Tottenham v Manchester City
- In the last two seasons, the only ever-present sides to pick up fewer Premier League points than Tottenham (66) are Wolves (50) and West Ham (63), with Spurs’ 31 defeats second only to Wolves (37) in that time. Another defeat would mean Spurs have lost 10+ games for eight consecutive seasons since 2018-19 – in their eight seasons beforehand (2010-11 – 2017-18) this only happened twice.
- Man City’s Pep Guardiola has lost more league games against Spurs than any other opponent in his managerial career (8).
- Thomas Frank has won just four of his last 22 home Premier League matches, with an identical record (W2 D3 L6) across his last 11 games with Brentford as in his first 11 with Spurs (W4 D6 L12 overall). Frank has the worst points per game at home of any Spurs boss in Premier League history (0.82).
How to watch Tottenham v Manchester City
The match is broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League. It can be streamed on Sky’s platforms or through Now.
Prediction
Tottenham
1
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3
Man City
Spurs’ homesickness has cost them all season and there is no reason to suggest they have found a cure just yet.
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