The Spurs are threatening Manchester City
Manchester City has needs some breathing air in order to catch-up Arsenal and they can start against Tottenham Hotspur. After all, Guardiola's Skyblues lost the last two competitive games. Spurs have scored in the last 3 away games. But still, the favorites in this game remain the hosts!
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Manchester City analysis
As a result of the derby defeat against United, Man City are now second in the table, 8 points behind leaders Arsenal. The odds for them to defend their title is now arround 2.30. The Skyblues could even lose second place in the table to city rivals United in the catch-up games this week. Spurs are 5 points behind Man United in 5th place by a game more.
The Skyblues have had a tough week. After the surprising end of the League Cup against Southampton, they also lost the derby against ManUnited 1-2 despite being in the lead. This was the 3rd loss in the 18th championship game after 12 wins and 3 draws . As a result, Pep Guardiola's team lost ground to leaders Arsenal and the chances of defending the title are dwindling. The Citizens have won 2 of the last 4 league games, but have also lost twice in the last 5 matches. 16 points from the last 8 league games.
City are without a win (D1 L1) in their last two home Premier League games, having lost from Brentford 2-1 and a draw against Everton 1-1. However , City remain England's best team at home with 7 wins from their first 9 home appearances this season (D1 L1) . The Skyblues scored an impressive 31 goals with 10 goals conceded . The North English have scored in all 9 home games and both teams have scored in 5 of their last 6 competitive games.
The Guardiola team has scored the first goal in 7 of the last 8 matches, and ManCity went into the break with a lead in 6 of the 9 home games. The reigning champions concede 2 thirds of the goals conceded at home after the break . In 7 home games they scored at least double goals, in more than half of the games in front of their own fans even more than 4.5. The Skyblues will make one or two hits against the weak Spurs defense.
The Citizens have lost 2 of their last 3 meetings with the top clubs. ManUnited took revenge over the weekend for the 6-3 derby defeat in October. Also, City lost to Liverpool at Anfield in October. Only against Chelsea they won twice in the league and in the cup.
Most recently, the coach had to protect his top scorer. One is currently "in the process" of integrating the Norwegian even better, said Guardiola about Erling Haaland . "Of course it's difficult when the opponents wait for him in the box."
Against ManUnited, the 22-year-old remained without a goal in the city derby for the third game in a row. Unusual for Haaland, who provided 21 goals and 3 assists in his first 17 Premier League games. In 24 season games for City, the Norwegian has scored 27 goals.
Tottenham analysis
Tottenham Hotspur lost 2-0 to Arsenal in a top game at the weekend. That was the 2nd defeat in the last 3 league games for the Spurs, the 6th bankruptcy in the 19th league game after 10 successes. The capital club is slowly losing sight of the top 4. Coach Antonio Conte's team has scored 2 wins in the last 3 away games and is therefore a dangerous underdog in the ManCity vs. Spurs .
The 4-0 win at Crystal Palace was Tottenham's 4th away win in their 9th Premier League game away from home after 3 draws and a tolerable 2 away bankruptcies. The North Londoners scored 16 goals from 12 goals conceded. Spurs have scored 9 goals in the last 3 guest appearances , but the Conte-Eleven have conceded at least twice in 8 of the last 9 league games. In the last 3 away games, more than 3.5 goals were scored, so we expect a game with many goals in this game as well.
Manchester City - Tottenham: What to expect?
Tottenham has won half of the last 10 direct duels (5), ManCity only 4 with 1 draw. In the last 6 comparisons, the Spurs have won 4 times with 2 defeats, the Londoners have won the two meetings of the previous season . The away win a year ago was Spurs' first after 6 years in Manchester.
The coaching H2H it is 3-2 for Conte. The Spurs coach also won 3 of the first 5 encounters with ManCity (2 defeats): Guardiola's record against Tottenham is also positive: 7 wins and 2 draws with 6 defeats out of 15 duels.
You can bet on Over 2.5 goals in this game or even bet on Over 3.5 goals if you can take some risks. Also a double chance on Tottenham (X2) seems fair since the Spurs are currently strong away from home, while the Skyblues are struggling.
- Both teams to score
- Over 2.5
- Over 3.5
* All odds and markets are correct at time of publication and subject to change.