Manchester City can close the gap behind Arsenal at the top of the table Premier League just four points away once again during their visit Tottenham.
Spurs are still way off the table, 14th in the table, but have proven to be a scarecrow side for City in the past, having lost six of their nine visits to the Tottenham Hostspur Stadium since it opened in 2019. Thomas Frank’s men also triumphed 2-0 at the Etihad in the reverse fixture in August.
But it was a rare highlight of a disappointing season under the Danish manager, with the north Londoners yet to win the league in 2026.
Discover all the confirmed lineups and team news to Spurs vs Man City below.
Spurs lineup confirmed
Frank makes four changes from the midweek win at Frankfurt, with Djed Spence and Kevin Danso left out of the matchday squad.
Yves Bissouma returns while Radu Dragusin enters for his first start of the campaign.
Dominic Solanke and Conor Gallagher also return with Wilson Odobert and Pape Matar Sarr on the bench.
Spurs XI: Vicario, Dragusin, Romero, Udogie, Gray, Bissouma, Palhinha, Gallagher, Xavi, Kolo Muani, Solanke
Manchester City lineup confirmed
Marc Guehi and Antoine Semenyo return to the starting team after both missing the midweek Champions League clash with Galatasaray due to ineligibility.
Nathan Ake drops to the bench, while Jeremy Doku misses completely after being knocked out in Wednesday’s win.
Rodri replaces Omar Marmoush, while Ruben Dias, John Stones, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic and Savinho all remain sidelined due to injury.
Man City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, Ait-Nouri, Rodri, Bernardo (C), O’Reilly, Semenyo, Cherki, Haaland
Statistics for Tottenham vs. Manchester City
- Over the last two seasons, the only teams consistently to have picked up fewer Premier League points than Tottenham (66) are Wolves (50) and West Ham (63), with Spurs’ 31 defeats second only to Wolves (37) over that period. Another defeat would mean Spurs have lost more than 10 games for eight straight seasons since 2018-19 – in their previous eight seasons (2010-11 – 2017-18) this has only happened twice.
- Man City’s Pep Guardiola has lost more league matches against Spurs than any other opponent during his managerial career (8).
- Thomas Frank has won only four of his last 22 Premier League home matches, with an identical record (W2 D3 L6) in his last 11 games with Brentford as in his first 11 with Spurs (W4 D6 L12 in total). Frank has the worst points per game at home of any Spurs boss in Premier League history (0.82).
How to watch Tottenham vs Manchester City
The match is broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League. It can be streamed on Sky platforms or via Now.
