Premier League: Manchester City welcome Tottenham Hotspur in what is nearly guaranteed to be an exciting football game. Here's all the news, stats and facts!
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Premier League
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Tottenham Hotspur.
There haven't been much to rest for the hosts, as they played a Champions League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Sporting CP, so at least City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Manchester City form and stats
10-1-1 is the performance here at Etihad Stadium so far in the Premier League, giving Manchester City a total of 31 from their 12 games here. Outstanding results! Manchester City has a nice streak going on as they have played 15 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Crystal Palace defeat 112 days ago.
The Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson Santana de Moraes is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 263 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
Midfielder Silva was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.03 (out of ten) in that game. Silva scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 44 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Norwich City and winning 4-0.Goals are plentiful at Etihad Stadium in the league this season as City has scored 34 goals here in 12 home games. Manchester City have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Tottenham Hotspur form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Recent form does not give Tottenham Hotspur much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Manchester City will be a tough nut to crack.
Spurs's previous game was their home loss versus Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-2). Son, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.82. Son hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Southampton.The schedule is very tough for Tottenham Hotspur now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Burnley is waiting in only four days.
14 goals have been conceded by Tottenham Hotspur in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before in this season, with the final score Tottenham Hotspur - City 1-0 logged in the official records. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Manchester City won five games, one match ended with a tie and Tottenham Hotspur managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  R. Sterling 10 goals |   H. Son 9 goals |  K. De Bruyne 7 goals |
Manchester City missing players
Tottenham Hotspur missing players
| Manchester City | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 61 | 34 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 28 |
| 14 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| 96% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 72% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 73% |
| 52% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 55% |
| 36% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 23% |
| 20% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 32% | 17% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 36% |
| 60% | 75% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 36% |
| 12% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | 32% |
| 8.8 | 9 | 10.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18.5 | 18.6 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 12.7 | 13 |
| 7 | 7.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 35% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 20% | 25% |
| 6.8 | 6 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 13 | 13 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4 | 4.1 |
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Tottenham Hotspur.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most clean sheets (15) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most points (31) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (34) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+28) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+47) in Premier League
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
| 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 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 47 | 63 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 42 | 54 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 30 | 47 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 43 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | Arsenal | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 39 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Southampton | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 27 | -7 | 29 |
| 11 | Leicester City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -5 | 27 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -3 | 26 |
| 14 | Brentford | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -14 | 24 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 29 | -19 | 23 |
| 16 | Everton | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 22 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 21 |
| 18 | Norwich City | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -36 | 17 |
| 19 | Watford | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -20 | 15 |
| 20 | Burnley | 21 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 14 |
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