Kick-off: 1630, 05/02/2023
Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
TV: Sky Sports
Manchester City have lost on their last four visits to Tottenham but are tipped to buck that trend in Sunday’s Premier League clash.
The Blues recently produced a second-half blitz when beating Spurs 4-2 at Etihad Stadium and the London outfit may still be scarred from that experience.
We’re going with 5/4 for an away win and over 2.5 goals in the game for our initial Tottenham vs Man City prediction.
Tottenham Hotspur Odds
Spurs did the double over the champions last season and led 2-0 at the interval when facing City on the road in their first encounter this term.
However, three goals in a 12-minute burst turned things around and the Blues added insult to injury with a late fourth.
That followed a 2-0 home loss to arch-rivals Arsenal, but Tottenham have since rallied gamely.
Harry Kane netted in a 1-0 league win at Fulham before Son Heung-min bagged a welcome brace as Preston were beaten 3-0 away in the FA Cup.
With Kane and Richarlison rested at Deepdale, Son took his tally for the current campaign to eight before on-loan Arnaut Danjuma marked his debut with a third off the bench.
Assistant coach Cristian Stellini said of Son: “He’s a top player and this evening it was a good game from him.
“Without Harry, he was the most important striker for us, so for Sonny it was important to find a way to score and to let the team win.”
Getting Son back to the kind of form which saw him share the Premier League Golden Boot award last term would be a big bonus.
Overall, though, Spurs have not been convincing this season, especially in big games, notably when losing at home to Liverpool, Newcastle and the Gunners.
Looking at the Tottenham vs Man City odds, we like 19/5 for the visitors to prevail by any two-goal margin.
Last Spurs EPL line-up: Lloris, Dier, Romero, Davies, Hojbjerg, Emerson, Bentancur, Son, Kane, Perisic, Kulusevski.
Manchester City Odds
City have had more than their usual share of blips this term but will travel to London in fine spirits following a hat-trick of victories.
After fighting back versus Spurs, they cruised to a 3-0 home win over Wolves before shading Arsenal 1-0 in the FA Cup.
Match-winner Nathan Ake played down the significance of that narrow victory versus the Gunners with regards the title race, but was happy to build up some more momentum.
“I’m very happy with the goal and the win,” said the Dutch defender. “We stayed strong and we won against a very good team.
“For us, it is just good to our keep run going. We had two good games before and now this one does that.
“Obviously, when we play them again in a couple of weeks, it will be a totally different game, but it’s always good to win – especially against a team like this and it can only do us good.”
The stats suggest this game should get more open as it goes on, as City have scored twice as many goals in the second half of away games compared to the opening period.
When Spurs have played at home in the league, they have netted six goals before the interval and 15 after it.
That makes it easy to go for 98/100 there are more scored after the break here in our Tottenham vs Man City betting tips.
Last City EPL line-up: Ederson, Stones, Laporte, Akanji, Gundogan, Rodri, De Bruyne, Lewis, Haaland, Grealish, Mahrez.
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