Tottenham vs Man City: Match preview, predicted line-ups, team news and prediction | OneFootball

Tottenham Hotspur face Manchester City in the Premier League at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Spurs fought hard to secure a 2-2 draw with Burnley on matchday 23, extending their winless league run to five matches.

Meanwhile, City secured a 2-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers, closing the gap to leaders Arsenal to four points after the Gunners lost to Manchester United.

Match preview

Tottenham put their domestic troubles aside to register a 2-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Champions League, sealing their spot in the round of 16.

Manager Thomas Frank will hope his side can build on that momentum to return to winning ways in the Premier League.

Spurs have struggled at home in the league, collecting nine points from 11 games — the second lowest in the division.

Tottenham beat City in the reverse fixture by deploying a low block and hitting them on the counter, and are expected to adopt a similar approach here.

Like Frank’s side, Man City sealed automatic progression to the UCL round of 16 after edging Galatasaray 2-0.

The Manchester outfit have not won any of their last two away league games and have lost four times already on the road this term.

The Cityzens’ tactical approach is expected to be based on territorial dominance and patience, looking to draw out Spurs’ compact shape.

City have won on their last two visits to Tottenham after losing the previous four, but have never won three consecutive Premier League games away to Spurs.

Team news

Spurs have several players on the treatment table, including Mohammed Kudus, Rodrigo Bentancur, Lucas Bergvall, Dejan Kulusevski, Ben Davies, Richarlison, James Maddison, and Pedro Porro.

Micky van de Ven is doubtful after missing the Frankfurt clash.

City will be without Jeremy Doku, Josko Gvardiol, John Stones, Savinho, Ruben Dias, and Mateo Kovacic.

Predicted line-ups

Tottenham (3-4-2-1): Guglielmo Vicario, Kevin Danso, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence, Yves Bissouma, Conor Gallagher, Destiny Udogie, Wilson Odobert, Xavi Simons, Dominic Solanke.

Man City (4-1-4-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma, Nico O’Reilly, Marc Guehi, Nathan Ake, Matheus Nunes, Rodri, Antoine Semenyo, Tijjani Reijnders, Bernardo Silva, Rayan Cherki, Erling Haaland.

Prediction

We fancy Man City to win 3-1.

Stats from whoscored.com & transfermarkt.com