Spurs vs City Preview

Spurs vs City Preview

Manchester City’s Manuel Pellegrini needs to win the remaining matches to ensure second/third spot, however it looks doubtful that he would continue as City’s manager next season. Tottenham who are 7 points adrift are likely not to finish top four which was Mauricio Ponchettino’s goal since the Argentine joined the spurs.

With City’s captain Vincent Kompany injured, Eliaquim Mangala And Martin Demichelis are expected to start the match as center backs. Manchester City are likely to play without Yaya Toure and Mancini is expected to play either Frank Lampard or Fernando in his absence.

Tottenham facing a defensive crisis as they are without two of their regular starting 11 defender. Spurs confirm that Ben Davies will be out for the rest of the season following a surgery on his shoulder. Tottenham are yet to give an update on Danny Rose’s injury, in his absence the manager had to make an unusual choice of playing Jan Vertonghen as Left Back.

Sergio Aguero grabbed the spotlight the last time these two sides met in October, with him scoring all four goals in City’s 4-1 win over Tottenham. Spurs have now lost 7 of their last 8 Premier League matches against City and have conceded 15 in their last 3 matches. Spurs have conceded the maximum number of goals in the top half of table and have managed to keep just 1 clean sheet in their last 11 Premier League games. City on the other hand have conceded eight goals in their last four games and despite back-to-back wins, their win ratio is little under half.

Harry Kane (who is the leading goal scorer), Christian Eriksen (who has scored seven match winning goals this season) are both starting the game for Tottenham today. Sergio Aguero has scored nine goals in six Premier League appearances against Spurs, while Edin Dzeko has six in six league games. With both teams not performing well defensively, this surely would be a game a few goals.