PREVIEW | Manchester City vs Tottenham - team news, lineups, predictions

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·21. August 2025

PREVIEW | Manchester City vs Tottenham - team news, lineups, predictions

Manchester City and Tottenham clash this Saturday at the Etihad Stadium for matchweek two of the Premier League. The match will be broadcast live at 12:30 on TNT Sports.

Manchester City have won 3 points to date and are placed in 1st position. Last time out, Pep Guardiola's team triumphed 0-4 against Wolverhampton (Premier League 2025/26).

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Tottenham have picked up 3 points and currently lie in 2nd position. In their last match, Thomas Frank's team prevailed 3-0 against Burnley (Premier League 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Manchester City winning 1-0.

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Manchester City

Mateo Kovacic - Achilles tendon problems

Tottenham

James Maddison - Knee Injury
Dejan Kulusevski - Knee Injury

Last starting XIs

Manchester City ( vs Wolverhampton 2025-08-16): James Trafford, Rico Lewis, Rúben Dias, John Stones, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Nico González, Bernardo Silva, Tijjani Reijnders, Oscar Bobb, Erling Haaland, Jérémy Doku

Tottenham ( vs Burnley 2025-08-16): Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristián Romero, Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence, Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, Pape Sarr, Mohammed Kudus, Richarlison, Brennan Johnson

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MANAGERS

Pep Guardiola has faced Thomas Frank on eight occasions, recording five wins, one draw and two losses
Thomas Frank has faced Manchester City on eight occasions, recording two wins, one draw and five losses
Pep Guardiola has faced Tottenham on 23 occasions, recording 11 wins, three draws and nine losses

TEAMS

Tottenham comes from two consecutive games without losing.

HEAD TO HEAD

Manchester City and Tottenham have faced each other 174 times, with Manchester City having an advantage: 69 wins, against 68 victories for Tottenham.
At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City has an advantage in duels against Tottenham: 44 wins in 88 games. Tottenham has 25 victories.
In the English League, 148 matches have been played between the two teams, with Manchester City winning 58, 33 draws and 57 victories for Tottenham.