Manchester City Vs Tottenham Hospur: Manchester City To Edge The Visitors In A Low-Scoring Affair When They Clash
Manchester City traveled to Swansea City on Wednesday night in the FA Cup fifth round and came away with a 3-1 victory. Manchester City were 3-0 up after 50 minutes and despite conceding a goal 13 minutes from time they cruised to victory. That result means Manchester City are unbeaten in 31 of their 32 most recent matches in all competitions and managed to win 15 consecutive games in all competitions.
Home form in the Premier League shows Manchester City have won each of their last 5 games and have remained undefeated in 10. You must go back 27 matches to find the last time Manchester City failed to score a goal at home in the Premier League and they have kept a clean sheet in each of their last 5 home league fixtures.
Tottenham Hotspur travel to the Etihad Stadium having been eliminated from the FA Cup at the hands of Everton on Wednesday night. It was an exciting match, with plenty of goals but despite having opened the scoring after only 3 minutes of the game, Spurs found themselves 3-2 down at the interval. They fought back twice in the second half to leave the score level at 4-4 come full-time but conceded a fifth and decisive goal in extra time to lose the match.
That result means Tottenham Hotspur have lost 4 of their last 5 games in all competitions, with the only victory coming in their most recent Premier League game against relegation threatened West Bromwich Albion at home. Prior to the victory over West Bromwich Albion, Spurs lost 3 consecutive games in the Premier League against Liverpool and Chelsea at home plus Brighton away.
Trends show Tottenham Hotspur have seen under 2.5 goals in their last 3 games in the Premier League and in 6 of their last 8 on the road.
Manchester City are still without the injured Kevin De Bruyne. They also have doubts over the fitness of Ruben Dias, Rodri, Sergio Agüero, and Nathan Aké.
Tottenham Hotspur travel without Sergio Reguilón and Giovani Lo Celso who are both injured. Serge Aurier is a doubt but Harry Kane should be fit to start.
PREDICTION: OVER 2.5 MATCH GOALS TO BE EXPECTED.
