Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester City (Premier League): Match Preview, Team News, Stats, Head to Head, How to Watch | OneFootball

Manchester City look to get back to winning ways on Wednesday night as they travel to North London to face Tottenham at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The weekend saw a familiar story unfold for City having had the lion’s share of possession throughout Sunday’s meeting with Liverpool, especially at the beginning of the game when the likes of Jeremy Doku in particular had plenty of joy up against Trent Alexander-Arnold.

The Liverpool full-back, while excellent in possession and showcasing his range of passing on numerous occasions, was beaten on multiple occasions by City’s Belgian winger, who unfortunately never picked out a final ball as City struggled to break down Liverpool.

City were not as toothless as they were against Real Madrid, maintaining possession with much more success and attempting to create chances, but most of their efforts came to no avail with the Champions’ front line clearly missing the physical presence of Erling Haaland.

Defensively, however, it was still far too simple for the league leaders to play through City as the home side conceded two relatively avoidable goals due to some fundamentally poor defending from Pep Guardiola’s side, which saw Liverpool ease their way to a 0-2 win.

City’s opponents on Wednesday come into this game with a major confidence boost from their last two fixtures, as Ange Postecoglu’s team have scored five goals and concede just one in a 1-4 victory away at Ipswich and a 1-0 win over Manchester United in their last home fixture.

In terms of the table, the match is vitally important to City as they look to bolster chances at securing UEFA Champions League football for next season. Three points would be massively influential for Pep Guardiola side, with City only ahead of Newcastle on goal difference.

Ahead of the match, Tottenham will have eyes on finishing the season positively and making it into the top half of the division, while Manchester City will rise to third on goal difference with next week’s opponents Nottingham Forest having a game in hand.

This match is hugely important as the race for UEFA Champions League football heats up during the business end of the campaign, and ahead of kick-off from North London, here is everything you need to know!

Match Details

Manchester City take on Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday night at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with kick-off scheduled for 19:30 (UK).

Match Officials

The Premier League have confirmed that Jarred Gillett will be the man in the middle for the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City this Wednesday night.

You can check out the full list of match officials below!

Team News

Ange Postcoglou is continuing to battle on without a number of his key stars, as Radu Dragusin remains sidelined for the large majority of 2025 with an ACL injury, and Dominic Solanke and Richarlison are not due back until early next month.

As for Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, the central defensive duo may return slightly earlier than the aforementioned striking pairing, while Timo Werner has a chance at a return against Manchester City following a thigh problem.

As for Manchester City, both John Stones and Manuel Akanji could very well be ruled out for the remainder of the season, with the Swiss international ruled out for up to 10 weeks having undergone surgery on an abductor injury sustained against Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium.

The Englishman finds himself in a similar situation and a major doubt for the remainder of the campaign following a quadricep injury sustained inside just eight minutes at the Santiago Bernabéu, which Pep Guardiola has revealed may require surgery.

In attack, Erling Haaland is expected to return to matchday duties after absences against Liverpool and Real Madrid. This came after the Norwegian sustained what is thought to be a minor knee problem in the dying moments of the victory against Newcastle.

Head to Head

In their last three fixtures against Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City have secured just one win – the crucial game in the Premier League title race last May in which the Blues won 0-2 thanks to an Erling Haaland brace.

In their last fixture against the North London side however, City were on the receiving end of a heavy defeat at the Etihad Stadium as part of the club’s torrid run of form across November and December in particular.

James Maddison netted a brace inside 20 minutes at the Etihad Stadium to make the score 0-2 at the break, before former Manchester City full-back Pedro Porro added a third early in the second half.

Brennan Johnson would put the game beyond all reasonable doubt as he fired home a fourth goal for Spurs in stoppage time, making the final score 0-4 and a night to forget for Manchester City.

Statistics

These two clubs have faced each other in 55 league fixtures; City have secured 18 victories in comparison to Tottenham’s 29, with the points being shared eight times. The Blues have had a questionable defensive record however, keeping just 11 clean sheets and conceding 81 goals.

Since 2010, Manchester City have visited Tottenham in 14 league fixtures but have only come away with all three points six times, drawing once and losing the other seven meetings. Five of those victories, however, were prior to the construction of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the venue at which City have a worse record than at any other Premier League ground.

Prior to Manchester City’s last away trip to North London, the visitors had lost every single league fixture at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium dating all the way back to 2020, failing to score a single Premier League goal at the ground with an aggregate score of 6-0 to the home side across the four-year goal drought.

Manchester City had registered over 100 shots at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in league action before Erling Haaland finally put an end to this torrid record for the Blues netting a second-half brace in a title deciding clash with the home side back in May.

Despite both teams having inconsistent seasons, both find themselves in decent form currently, with Spurs securing three wins out of the last five league fixtures, while City are in similar form, with three victories from the last five game weeks.

Following their 0-4 win the reverse fixture, Spurs are looking to do the league double over Manchester City for the first time since 2021/22. They last did so without conceding in 2009/10.

Tottenham have already beaten Manchester City twice this season, 0-4 in the Premier League and 2-1 in the EFL Cup. The last team to win three games in a campaign against the reigning English champions were Manchester United (vs Manchester City in 2019/20), while the last time Spurs did so was in 1984/85 (vs Liverpool).

Tottenham have beaten Manchester City twice and Manchester United three times in all competitions this season – no team has ever beaten both Manchester sides three times each in the same campaign before.

Manchester City have failed to win any of their last three Premier League away games against London sides (D2, L1), having won six in a row before this. They last had a longer run without a win in the capital between February and November 2020 (4), while they last did so in the same season in 2014/15 (5).

How to Watch

For viewers in the United Kingdom, the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City will be available on TNT Sports or Discovery+ with the game getting underway at 19:30.

For viewers in the United States, they are able to stream the game from 13:30 Eastern on Peacock.

You can find full global TV listings for the match here!

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