Tottenham vs Man City Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Trystan Pugh ·
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After both sides recorded European wins midweek, Tottenham and Man City now lock horns in the Premier League.
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How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / USA – NBC
How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / USA – Peacock Premium
Tottenham team news: Van de Ven has a chance
Micky van de Ven is a 50/50 call but Thomas Frank will give him his defender as long as possible to prove his fitness ahead of this fixture.
Should he miss out, the Dutchman would join eight other absentees, the latest of which is Pedro Porro with the full-back set to be be out for at least three weeks.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Vicario; Palhinha, Romero, Van de Ven; Spence, Gallagher, Gray, Udogie; Odobert, Solanke, Simons
Unavailable: Davies (Injured), Porro (Injured), Bentancur (Injured), Bergvall (Injured), Kulusevski (Injured), Kudus (Injured), Maddison (Injured), Richarlison (Injured)
Questionable: Van de Ven (Injured)
Man City team news: Doku sidelined
Jeremy Doku is unavailable with an injury that is likely to keep him out for a couple of weeks, while Ruben Dias is the closest to returning to the matchday squad.
After his benching against Wolves last weekend, Erling Haaland is fully expected to start this one, most likely at the expense of Omar Marmoush.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, O’Reilly; Bernardo, Rodri, Foden; Cherki, Haaland, Semenyo
Unavailable: Gvardiol (Injured), Stones (Injured), Kovacic (Injured), Doku (Injured), Savinho (Injured)
Questionable: Dias (Injured)
Tottenham vs Man City prediction
Despite seemingly raising their game in Europe, Tottenham are still struggling domestically; Thomas Frank's men are winless in their last five Premier League games, collecting just three points in that stretch.
They played out a 2-2 draw with promoted side Burnley last weekend, but they completed their league phase campaign in the UEFA Champions League with a 0-2 success away at Frankfurt.
Man City's local rivals Man Utd did them a favour last weekend by defeating Arsenal, opening the door for Pep Guardiola's men to once again apply pressure to the table-toppers.
City got back to winning ways last weekend with a routine 2-0 win over Wolves, and then defeated Galatasaray by the same scoreline on Wednesday as they scraped into the top eight of the league phase.
Haaland was on target in the latter to end his recent goal drought, and it would surprise no one if he was to follow that up by finding the net against Spurs.
Tottenham vs Man City tip: Erling Haaland to score anytime
