Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: Etihad Stadium Date: 3rd December 2023 Kick-off time – 16:30 GMT
Manchester City will continue their quest for a record fourth Premier League title on the trot when they host Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad this Sunday. Pep Guardiola’s side come into this tie on the back of an entertaining 3-2 win over RB Leipzig in the Champions League. The nature of that win would have been satisfying to Guardiola who saw his side go two goals down in the first half only to fight back and win to ensure they finished top of their group. They will now hope to get back to winning ways in the league after their stalemate against Liverpool in their last league outing. Their 1-1 draw with Jürgen Klopp’s men ended a streak of 15 straight home league wins that began with a 4-2 victory over Tottenham in January that ironically also saw them trailing 2-0 at the break. With PL H2Hs here often entertaining – the last four produced an average of 4.5 goals per game. City appears unlikely to panic if they trail again and given that they are currently on an eight-game unbeaten run in all competitions (W5, D2), they will fancy their chances here. Meanwhile, Tottenham are currently on a three-game losing run following their disappointing 2-1 loss to Aston Villa last time. The nature of those losses is even more ironic, as Spurs lost each of them after scoring first. So travelling to the Etihad, where City seem to be unbeatable even when visiting teams score first should be a worry for most Tottenham fans. Also, their list of injuries has made winning here a tall order. However, despite those defeats and absentees, manager Ange Postecoglou has vowed not to change his aggressive tactics and he has a justifiable reason to stick to that approach given that prior to his side’s defeat to Wolves (L 2-1), they hadn’t lost any of their last seven league away games (W5, D2). Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
May 19, 2024
Arsenal
16:00
Everton
Brentford
16:00
Newcastle United
Brighton & Hov…
16:00
Manchester United
Burnley
16:00
Nottingham Forest
Chelsea
16:00
AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace
16:00
Aston Villa
Liverpool
16:00
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Luton Town
16:00
Fulham
Manchester City
16:00
West Ham United
Sheffield United
16:00
Tottenham Hotspur
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Manchester City
37
27
7
3
93
33
+60
88
2
Arsenal
37
27
5
5
89
28
+61
86
3
Liverpool
37
23
10
4
84
41
+43
79
4
Aston Villa
37
20
8
9
76
56
+20
68
5
Tottenham Hotspur
37
19
6
12
71
61
+10
63
6
Chelsea
37
17
9
11
75
62
+13
60
7
Newcastle United
37
17
6
14
81
60
+21
57
8
Manchester United
37
17
6
14
55
58
-3
57
9
West Ham United
37
14
10
13
59
71
-12
52
10
Brighton & Hov…
37
12
12
13
55
60
-5
48
11
AFC Bournemouth
37
13
9
15
53
65
-12
48
12
Crystal Palace
37
12
10
15
52
58
-6
46
13
Wolverhampton Wanderers
37
13
7
17
50
63
-13
46
14
Fulham
37
12
8
17
51
59
-8
44
15
Everton
37
13
9
15
39
49
-10
40
16
Brentford
37
10
9
18
54
61
-7
39
17
Nottingham Forest
37
8
9
20
47
66
-19
29
18
Luton Town
37
6
8
23
50
81
-31
26
19
Burnley
37
5
9
23
40
76
-36
24
20
Sheffield United
37
3
7
27
35
101
-66
16
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