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Man City v Tottenham
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Kick Off: Saturday 23rd November at 17:30
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Competition: Premier League
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Watch Live: Sky Sports Main Event
Stuttering Manchester City limped into the international break on the back of four straight defeats in all competitions, though the champions will be determined to steady themselves with a win when bogey side Tottenham visit the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening.
Tottenham have already conquered City once in the Carabao Cup this season, however, Ange Postecoglou’s inconsistent Londoners have travelled poorly since the summer and a fourth defeat in five Premier League assignments could be in the offing.
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Tottenham’s run of three defeats in four Premier League away games before the international break makes for grim reading, however, the Londoners pack enough punch on the counter-attack to make them a viable prospect in the +2.0 goal handicap stakes on Saturday.
City played without invention and spark in the final third before the international break and scored just once in each of their last five matches before the pause. Tottenham remain the kings of inconsistency in terms of results; however, they are the Premier League’s top scorers (23 goals) and can compete with an off-colour City in Manchester.
Tottenham knocked City out of the Carabao Cup in October and remain the Cityzens’ prime bogey side. A +2.0 goal handicap bet on Spurs would have paid out in seven of their last nine encounters with City, so expect similar here.
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👕Man City v Tottenham Predicted XI
🔍 Man City v Tottenham Players to Watch
⚪ Heung Min Son
Heung-min Son has long been the scourge of Manchester City and the Tottenham talisman has scored eight career goals against the Cityzens in all competitions since 2016.
Son, who has been averaging 2.17 shots and 1.08 shots on target per 90 minutes in the Premier League this season, wields a blend of explosive acceleration and intelligently timed runs that can make him a devastating weapon against City’s high defensive line. The 32-year-old offers top value in the 1+ shots on target bracket on Saturday.
⚪ Dejan Kulusevski
Dejan Kulusevski has been revelling as a creative force from a more central position in Tottenham’s midfield this season, though his new role in the middle has also been dragging him into an increased number of skirmishes and duels when Spurs are chasing possession.
As a result, Kulusevski has committed more fouls (19) in the Premier League than any other Tottenham player this season and the 24-year-old also gave away three free kicks when Spurs knocked City out of the Carabao Cup last month. Back the Sweden international to showcase his new steely qualities against the champions again here.
🔵 Savinho
Tricky winger Savinho has been drawing fouls at a rate of 1.90 times per 90 minutes in the Premier League since his summer move to Manchester City and the Brazilian’s technical skillset and quick feet have been a magnet for mistimed challenges so far this season.
The 20-year-old was also fouled three times when he lined up on the right flank against Tottenham in City’s Carabao Cup defeat against the Londoners last month and the wide attacker could be a lightning rod for rough treatment again on Saturday – especially if he’s marked by Destiny Udogie (1.37 fouls per 90).
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💻 Man City v Tottenham Form and Tactics
Manchester City’s run of four straight defeats across three different competitions before the international break was a remarkable sequence of results and the longest run of successive losses in Pep Guardiola’s managerial career.
With their number of absentees during that period hitting double figures and City hit particularly hard in defence, opponents had plenty of success against a patched-up Cityzens backline and the champions conceded 21 shots on target and 8.62 in xGA combined in their four-game losing streak.
Pep Guardiola will hope to have Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake back for Saturday’s clash with Tottenham, though John Stones and Ruben Dias are set to miss out again, leaving City short of two reliable defensive pillars.
City will be relieved to be back on home soil this weekend following a string of four losses on their travels. The champions haven’t lost a Premier League fixture at the Etihad Stadium since November 2022 and they’ve dropped only two points there since August.
Four of their five home Premier League assignments have produced goals at both ends, however, which is something to keep in mind for Saturday.
Tottenham meanwhile, have won (5) and lost (5) the same number of league matches this season, and while Spurs’ results are often hard to predict, they remain reliably entertaining. Their Premier League fixtures have been averaging 3.27 goals per game while 64% of their games have seen action at both ends.
Three defeats in five Premier League contests before the international break knocked Tottenham down to 10th, though they are the division’s pace-setters in terms of goals scored and only Man City (22.00) have outperformed the Londoners for xGF (21.30).
Spurs (61.5%) also sit second behind the champions (63.9%) for average possession controlled per game and for shot-creating actions per 90 (30.18), figures which serve to highlight Tottenham’s proactive approach under Postecoglou.
Tottenham will have to revert to a counter-attacking approach against possession masters City on Saturday however, and somewhat ironically, they should have a better chance of upsetting the odds in Manchester by going against Postecoglou’s preferred philosophy.
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🏁 Man City v Tottenham Ref Watch
- Referee: John Brooks
- Premier League matches refereed by John Brooks have been averaging 5.00 cards per game this season.
- Brooks booked three Tottenham players when he officiated Spurs’ win over Brentford in September.
- Brooks has been awarding 27.00 fouls per Premier League fixture on average this season.
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