Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Manchester City & Tottenham Hotspur face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for City and Tottenham Hotspur.
Manchester City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Wembley Stadium as Manchester City have scored 37 goals to get 38 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 12-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Carabao Cup, Manchester City has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
A FA Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Chelsea.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Manchester City as they are travelling to their away game against Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League. That match is three days after this one.
Manchester City can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 37 times. City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Wembley Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 17 matches.
Tottenham Hotspur form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 7 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. When we have look at the Carabao Cup statistics, we find 2W-1D-0L. This is both home and away. Spurs has drawn their two previous away games.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Everton.
The travelling fans enjoy Tottenham Hotspur's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 17 league matches away. Spurs have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
City-Tottenham Hotspur H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Manchester City six wins, Tottenham Hotspur three wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  H. Kane 21 goals |  H. Son 15 goals |   İ. Gündoğan 12 goals |
Manchester City missing players
Tottenham Hotspur missing players
| Manchester City | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 60 | 26 | Scored | S | 29 | 52 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 23 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.8 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 13.3 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 41% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 33 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 69 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 45 | 77 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 64 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 29 | 66 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 18 | 56 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 50 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 55 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 55 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 53 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 16 | 53 |
| 8 | Everton | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 49 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 46 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 50 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 0 | 46 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 31 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 44 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 41 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 52 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -19 | 38 |
| 14 | Southampton | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 58 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 38 | -18 | 36 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 53 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -18 | 35 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 34 |
| 17 | Burnley | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 45 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 27 | -19 | 33 |
| 18 | Fulham | 33 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -18 | 27 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 31 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 59 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -31 | 24 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 32 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 56 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 31 | -39 | 14 |
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