Tottenham vs Manchester City: Preview and Prediction

Tottenham vs Manchester City
England Premier League.
Date: Sunday, 2nd October, 2016
Kick-off: 14:15 UK.
Venue: White Hart Lane, London.

Tottenham host table topping Manchester city for match day 7 of the 2016/2017 English Premier League campaign.

Tottenham still maintains a perfect start to the new season. The North London side locks horn with a side that has similar fortune as them with a 6 games unbeaten run. Mauricio Pochettino’s men will hope to replicate last season’s result over the Citizen after having won over the Manchester side in their 2 meeting last season.

Manchester enjoys a 100% start to the new campaign. The new looking City has gone 6 league games without dropping a point. They scored 18 goals and conceded 5 in return. However, Pep tutored side dropped the first point of the season in their mid-week Champions League show-down with Scottish side Celtic.

Key Facts

Tottenham has 4 wins in their first 6 league games of the season. In addition, the North London has 2 wins in their first 3 home league games of the season.
Manchester city has 6 wins in their first 6 games of the season. The citizens also boast of 3 wins in their last 5 visit to White hart lane.

Tottenham: Team News

There are some good news for Spur’s fans as the likes of Eric Dier, Danny Rose, Mousa Dembele and Moussa Sissoko are all fit and are available for selection.

While Harry Kane remains sidelined due to an ankle ligament damage and Vincent Jansen could continue as the spearhead in attack.

Tottenham: Predicted Line-Up (4-2-3-1)

Lloris – Rose, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Walker – Dier, Wanyama – Son, Eriksen, Lamela – Janssen.

Manchester City: Team News

Kevin De Bruyne was substituted after sustaining a muscle injury in City clash with Swansea city. The Belgian international will be out of action till mid-October, therefore how won’t be available for selection.

Moreover, Nolito will also be unavailable for selection due to suspension. In addition, Vincent Company is facing fresh Groin injury woes, as the blue captain will be out of action till mid-October.

Manchester City: Predicted Line-Up (4-1-4-1)

Bravo – Clichy, Stones, Otamendi, Sagna – Fernandinho – Sterling, Gundogan, Silva, Sane – Aguero.

Tottenham vs Manchester City: Head to Head

Tottenham did a double over Manchester city in the last season’s Premier League meetings. The North London club defeated City with a 4-1 score line at White hart Lane and 2-1 at the Etihad.

However, the last 10 meeting between both sides have produced 7 wins for Manchester city, compared to Tottenham Hotspurs 3. In addition, the citizens have also won in 3 of their last 5 visit to White hart lane.

Tottenham vs Manchester City: Prediction

Both have enjoyed and produced some great result in the first 6 games of the season. Spurs has won 2 of their first 3 home games so far this season. While Manchester City has taken the maximum point in all 3 away games played so far this season.

However, City will be without one of their team general going to the games (I.e. Kevin De Bruyne); this I think will affect City flow as it did in mid-week games. Therefore, I will predict both side sharing the spoil, with a slim chance of Tottenham getting a win.