Overview before the match Man City - Tottenham
A 2-1 defeat to Spurs in the League Cup at the end of October kicked off a run of poor form for Man City, as they lost to Bournemouth, Sporting CP and Brighton.
With Liverpool continuing their fine form under Arne Slot, Man City will enter this week five points behind Liverpool, while Tottenham are also in trouble after losing 2-1 at home to newcomers Ipswich in the previous round.
Man City - Tottenham is a match between two of the three teams with the most goals in the Premier League this season. Spurs (23 goals) have scored the most goals in the English top flight while Man City and Brentford are next with 22 goals.
Guardiola is on the longest losing streak of his entire career, despite being the only team to score in every Premier League game so far this season. Man City have lost their last two (2-1 at Bournemouth and Brighton). The last time they lost three in a row in the league was in February-March 2016, a run that included a home defeat to Tottenham.
The loss of Rodri to a knee injury has been devastating for Man City. Since the start of last season, City have played 13 league games without Rodri and lost five of them. Their win percentage without the Spaniard during that time was 53.8%, while with Rodri in the team it rose to 77.8%.
Meanwhile, Spurs (short for Tottenham) have won just 2 of their last 11 away games in the Premier League (D2 L7), winning just 1 of their last 5 away games this season. Since March 2024, Tottenham have lost the most away games (7).
However, Postecoglou will not change his approach for this game. Spurs look to get forward and the stats show that. Tottenham have made more runs into the box without the ball than any other team in the Premier League this season (612), with Dominic Solanke making the most runs (138). Spurs have also had the most shots in the box in the Premier League this season (134).
Dejan Kulusevski could be a key player if Spurs are to succeed against a City defence that has been inconsistent this season. The Swede has created the most chances (30), with 25 of those coming from open play.
Head to head record Man City - Tottenham
Man City have won just three of their last 10 Premier League games against Tottenham (D2 L5) and are looking to record a second successive Premier League win over Tottenham for the first time since April 2019.
Tottenham have scored at least 2 goals in their last 3 Premier League away games against Man City, winning 3-2 in 2021-22, losing 2-4 in 2022-23 and drawing 3-3 last season. No team has ever scored more goals in four consecutive Premier League away games at the Etihad.
Under Guardiola (since 2016-17), Man City have lost more Premier League games (6) and conceded more Premier League goals (22) against Spurs than against any other opponent.
Forecast
Man City are rated as favourites by Opta's supercomputer, with their chances of winning ranked at 59.5%. Spurs' probability of winning is 20.2%, while the chance of a draw remains at 20.3%.
The Man City vs Tottenham match will take place at 0:30 on November 24.
