Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Etihad Stadium

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 13.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

Manchester City perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Tottenham Hotspur can look both up and down from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Premier League
  • Tottenham Hotspur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Manchester City form and stats

Manchester City, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Premier League, are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Etihad Stadium. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. In general it's been a long time since Manchester tasted defeat here at Etihad Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league. Manchester City has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Tottenham Hotspur defeat 84 days ago.

Happy days for Manchester City in their previous game, a FA Cup match away at Swansea City that ended with a 3-1 victory. Before that match, a Premier League win away at Liverpool.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Manchester home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, one draw and three defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Manchester as they are travelling to their away game against Everton in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.

Goals decide football matches and Manchester City are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Manchester have conceded only 7 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Spurs, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 4-5 versus Everton (after extra-time) (placed 7th). Before that, Spurs secured a home win against West Bromwich Albion with the score 2-0.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Everton (after extra-time) was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 9 goals, will the fun continue today?

You'll want to know how Tottenham Hotspur managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and one home win.

Spurs are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 10 away games so far. Tottenham Hotspur are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Tottenham Hotspur - Manchester 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Manchester City, one draw and three wins for Tottenham Hotspur. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Son
H. Son
13 goals
Tottenham HotspurH. Kane
H. Kane
13 goals
Manchesterİ. Gündoğan
İ. Gündoğan
9 goals

Manchester City missing players

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 10 22
15 8 3 Won W 1 5 10
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 6
43 22 7 Scored S 7 19 36
14 7 0 Conceded C 3 9 22
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 95%
73% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 73%
32% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 36%
32% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 23%
18% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 14%
36% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 50%
59% 73% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 32%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 1.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.2 15.5 17 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11 10.9
5.6 5.8 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.5 4.7
35% 34% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 58% 42% 35%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Premier League
  • Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Premier League
  • Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • Manchester City has the most clean sheets (13) in Premier League
  • Manchester City has the most clean sheets (8) at home in Premier League
  • Manchester City has the most points (26) at home in Premier League
  • Manchester City has the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Premier League
  • Manchester City has the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Premier League
  • Manchester City has the the best goal difference (+29) in Premier League
  • Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Manchester City is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • Tottenham Hotspur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

  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 22 15 5 2 43 14 11 8 2 1 22 7 11 7 3 1 21 7 29 50
2 Manchester United 23 13 6 4 49 30 12 5 3 4 25 18 11 8 3 0 24 12 19 45
3 Leicester City 23 13 4 6 39 25 11 5 1 5 16 15 12 8 3 1 23 10 14 43
4 Liverpool 23 11 7 5 44 29 12 7 2 3 22 14 11 4 5 2 22 15 15 40
5 Chelsea 23 11 6 6 38 24 11 5 4 2 21 11 12 6 2 4 17 13 14 39
6 West Ham United 23 11 6 6 34 28 11 5 3 3 16 14 12 6 3 3 18 14 6 39
7 Everton 21 11 4 6 34 28 10 4 2 4 16 15 11 7 2 2 18 13 6 37
8 Tottenham Hotspur 22 10 6 6 36 22 12 5 3 4 17 13 10 5 3 2 19 9 14 36
9 Aston Villa 21 11 2 8 36 24 10 5 1 4 19 14 11 6 1 4 17 10 12 35
10 Leeds United 22 10 2 10 38 38 11 4 2 5 16 16 11 6 0 5 22 22 0 32
11 Arsenal 23 9 4 10 27 23 11 4 3 4 12 11 12 5 1 6 15 12 4 31
12 Southampton 22 8 5 9 29 37 11 5 1 5 15 13 11 3 4 4 14 24 -8 29
13 Crystal Palace 23 8 5 10 27 39 11 4 3 4 14 18 12 4 2 6 13 21 -12 29
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 7 6 10 23 31 12 4 4 4 14 14 11 3 2 6 9 17 -8 27
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 23 5 10 8 25 30 11 1 6 4 11 15 12 4 4 4 14 15 -5 25
16 Newcastle United 23 7 4 12 25 38 12 4 2 6 15 21 11 3 2 6 10 17 -13 25
17 Burnley 22 6 5 11 14 29 11 4 2 5 9 13 11 2 3 6 5 16 -15 23
18 Fulham 22 2 9 11 17 31 12 1 4 7 7 17 10 1 5 4 10 14 -14 15
19 West Bromwich Albion 23 2 6 15 18 54 11 1 3 7 7 31 12 1 3 8 11 23 -36 12
20 Sheffield United 23 3 2 18 15 37 12 2 1 9 9 18 11 1 1 9 6 19 -22 11

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.