Tottenham Vs Manchester City : Tactics ,Squad News and Predictions

Pep Guardiola’s side will be eager to pick up three points to move back within four points of Premier League leaders Arsenal.

Spurs, on the other hand, are currently enduring a difficult domestic drought, winless in their last five Premier League matches ; 3 Draws and 2 Losses.

Their recent league results include a 2-2 draw at Burnley and a 1-0 defeat to West Ham.

Their manager, Thomas Frank, currently has the lowest points per game record (0.82) of any Spurs boss in Premier League history at home.

Manchester City’s last five Premier League matches have been inconsistent, including three consecutive draws and a derby loss before they returned to winning ways against Wolves.

Squad News

• Tottenham

Spurs boss Frank is also dealing with eight long-term injuries in summer signing Mohammed Kudus, Rodrigo Bentancur, Lucas Bergvall, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Richarlison, Porro, and Ben Davies, while Micky Van de Ven is also a doubt for the League clash against Manchester City.

Tottenham Hotspur Predicted XI: Vicario; Spence, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Palhinha, Gallagher; Odobert, Simons, Tel; Solanke

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• Manchester City

Several Manchester City players are unavailable for today’s match due to injury, including Rúben Dias, Joško Gvardiol, John Stones, Mateo Kovačić, Jérémy Doku, and Savinho.

Pep Lijnders revealed that Doku is expected to be sidelined for between two and three weeks with a calf injury sustained in City’s win over Galatasaray, while Rúben Dias is set to return to training on Monday.

Manchester City predicted XI: Donnarumma; Nunes, Khusanov, Guéhi, O’Reilly; Rodri; Semenyo, Reijnders, Silva, Cherki; Haaland.

Tactics

• Tottenham

After finding that a 3-4-3 formation gets more out of his players, Frank is likely to go with that again as City comes to town.

His tactics focus on a flexible, data-driven approach characterized by defensive discipline, aggressive high pressing, and elite set-piece routines.

• Manchester City

Manchester City, under Pep Guardiola, utilizes a highly adaptive, possession-based system (often 4-3-3 or 3-2-4-1) characterized by high pressing, technical control, and fluid positional rotation.

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Predictions 

Both Spurs and City are unpredictable from game to game, as Tottenham has always won against them.

But depending on Spurs state right now, Manchester City is likely to win the match or draw at best.

Tottenham 0-2 Man City

Tottenham 1-1 Man City

Tottenham vs. Man City Head-to-Head Record (Last Five Games)

Tottenham: 3 wins

Man City: 2 wins

Draws: 0

Last meeting: Man City 0-2 Tottenham (Aug. 23, 2025)

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