Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview

Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Etihad Stadium

Date: 16th December 2017

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

Manchester City moved closer to winning the league title by recording a 0-4 win at Swansea last time out but it was their 1-2 win at Old Trafford before that may have won them the title.

They face another tough task of beating Tottenham at home and a win here would mean they have successfully won over the top six teams except Everton.

They now have an 11 point advantage over their closest rivals in the league table and dropped just two points all season.

They lost to Tottenham last season but Guardiola will be hoping his players have learnt and can show an improved performance.

Manchester City have won two, lost three and drawn one of their last six matches against Tottenham.

Tottenham have edged closer to their first Premier League title over the past few seasons but that won’t be at the back of their mind when they visit City in this game as they are trailing their host by 17 points already.

They come into this game with some good form as they have won their last three games on the bounce however overall they have just two wins, two draws and the same number of loses in their last six matches.

Against the top teams, they don’t have the most impressive record as they have won over Liverpool while losing to Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal.

Although they started well away from home, they have now failed to win their last four away games losing three of those matches.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Manchester City

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City 10 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
L Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Manchester City 6 Dec, 2017 Champions League
W Manchester City 2-1 West Ham United 3 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
W Manchester City 2-1 Southampton 29 Nov, 2017 English Premier League
W Huddersfield Town 1-2 Manchester City 26 Nov, 2017 English Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Stoke City 9 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
W Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Apoel Nicosia 6 Dec, 2017 Champions League
D Watford 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
L Leicester City 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur 28 Nov, 2017 English Premier League
D Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 West Bromwich Albion 25 Nov, 2017 English Premier League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Manchester City 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur 29 Jul, 2017 International Champions Cup
Manchester City 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur 21 Jan, 2017 English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Manchester City 2 Oct, 2016 English Premier League
Manchester City 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur 14 Feb, 2016 English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Manchester City 26 Sep, 2015 English Premier League


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 16 12 3 1 37 16 +21 39
2 Chelsea 17 10 5 2 37 19 +18 35
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 4 5 27 21 +6 28
6 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
7 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
8 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
9 Fulham 17 6 7 4 24 22 +2 25
10 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 2 8 39 25 +14 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 17 6 4 7 21 22 -1 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Everton 16 3 7 6 14 21 -7 16
16 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
17 Leicester City 17 3 5 9 21 37 -16 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 3 11 27 40 -13 12
19 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
20 Southampton 17 1 3 13 11 36 -25 6

Latest Premier League Results

December 22, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 6 Liverpool
Manchester United 0 - 3 AFC Bournemouth
Leicester City 0 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 0 - 0 Southampton
Everton 0 - 0 Chelsea
December 21, 2024
Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal
Brentford 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 0 - 4 Newcastle United
West Ham United 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 West Ham United
December 15, 2024
Southampton 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 2 - 1 Brentford
Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
December 14, 2024
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town

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