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Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Etihad Stadium

Date: 23rd November 2024

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

Manchester City will look to bounce back this weekend when they welcome Tottenham to the Etihad.

City have recently endured a miserable run of form, losing four straight games in all competitions before the international break. Two of those losses came in the Premier League–a pair of 2-1 losses away to Bournemouth and Brighton–which left them trailing league leaders Liverpool by five points.

They will play Liverpool next so this is a must-win for them. Otherwise, they could potentially make the season-defining trip to Anfield eight points behind in the title race. Their weekend game gives them the chance to hit the reset button against a Tottenham side that handed them their first defeat of their current four-game losing streak during the fourth round of the EFL Cup.

Given that the game is at the Etihad, where they remain unbeaten in the Premier League since November 2022 (W28, D6), City should still be confident of reducing Liverpool’s deficit to three points.

Meanwhile, Tottenham themselves aren’t without a chance of setting their hosts’ title challenge further back after taking points home from the majority of their last nine Premier League visits to the Etihad (W2, D3, L4). However, last round’s 2-1 loss at home to newly-promoted Ipswich suggests they are not in shape to secure points here.

Head coach Ange Postecoglou is battling with a lengthy injury list, with Richarlison and Micky van de Ven the latest pair to be in doubt for this clash. The latter is likely to be a huge miss if he doesn’t feature, while the recent FA ban on Rodrigo Bentacur will also negatively affect Spurs.

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

December 7, 2024
Everton 13:30 Liverpool
Crystal Palace 16:00 Manchester City
Aston Villa 16:00 Southampton
Brentford 16:00 Newcastle United
Manchester United 18:30 Nottingham Forest
December 8, 2024
Fulham 15:00 Arsenal
Ipswich Town 15:00 AFC Bournemouth
Leicester City 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur 17:30 Chelsea
December 9, 2024
West Ham United 21:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
December 14, 2024
Arsenal 16:00 Everton
Liverpool 16:00 Fulham
Newcastle United 16:00 Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 16:00 Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest 18:30 Aston Villa
December 15, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 15:00 Crystal Palace
Manchester City 17:30 Manchester United
Chelsea 20:00 Brentford
Southampton 20:00 Tottenham Hotspur
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 21:00 West Ham United

Premier League Table

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

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