Manchester City vs Tottenham – LIVE!
Man City host Spurs later today in a heavyweight Premier League showdown. It will be fascinating to see how the champions react after a run of four consecutive defeats for the first time in Pep Guardiola’s career. Three points would at least put pressure on leaders Liverpool ahead of their game on Sunday, though another loss could prove fatal come may.
Guardiola has recently ended uncertainty over his future by signing a new contract at the Etihad Stadium, which should help settle things down somewhat. Quite what impact that has on the pitch, however, remains to be seen.
Spurs, meanwhile, are looking for their own kind of response. Inconsistency continues to undermine Ange Postecoglou, who saw his side beaten by Ipswich before the international break to increase the pressure. Follow all the action LIVE with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog! Dan Kilpatrick will be providing expert analysis from the ground.
Man City vs Tottenham latest news
Kick-off time and venue: 5.30pm GMT; Etihad Stadium
TV channel and live stream: Sky Sports
Man City team news: Mateo Kovacic ruled out
Tottenham team news: Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven injured
Prediction: Man City to get back to winning ways
Man City vs Tottenham: Premier League score prediction
15:04 , Jonathan Gorrie
It’s difficult to know where either team will be after the break and, naturally, a lot depends on injuries.
Still, as poor as City have been of late, it’s almost impossible to imagine them losing for a fifth consecutive game.
Man City to win, 3-1.
Tottenham team news vs Man City today
15:01 , Jonathan Gorrie
Tottenham are tonight set to be without both first-choice centre-backs for a daunting trip to Premier League champions Manchester City.
Cristian Romero (foot) and Micky van de Ven (hamstring) will both miss the trip to the Etihad Stadium for the second season running, with Radu Dragusin and Ben Davies expected to fill in.
Rodrigo Bentancur will serve the first of his seven-game domestic ban and is set to be replaced at No6 by Yves Bissouma, while James Maddison is fighting to return to the XI after slipping behind Pape Matar Sarr and Dejan Kulusevski in the pecking order in recent weeks.
Richarlison and Wilson Odobert (both hamstring) are long-term absentees and Mikey Moore remains unavailable following a virus, so Heung-min Son and Brennan Johnson are all but certain to flank Dominic Solanke in the front three.
Man City team news vs Tottenham today
15:01 , Jonathan Gorrie
Manchester City midfielder Mateo Kovacic has been ruled out for up to a month in a fresh injury blow ahead of tonight’s visit of Tottenham.
Kovacic picked up an injury on international duty with Croatia and will miss Saturday’s home Premier League match.
Guardiola explained on Friday: “Kovacic is injured. It will be a while. Three weeks or one month, more or less.”
In more positive news, the City head coach revealed that some players injured before the international break have now returned to first-team action.
“Some of them, yes,” he said. “John [Stones] trained good yesterday, Manu [Akanji] trained good yesterday, Nathan [Ake] is coming back to training. We didn’t have central defenders. Now we have three. Just Ruben [Dias] is out, but hopefully he’s coming back soon.
“I don’t know if they are ready to play 90 minutes or play from the beginning, but to see their faces is a really good boost for all of us.”
Man City vs Tottenham: TV channel and live stream for Premier League today
15:00 , Jonathan Gorrie
TV channel: The game will be broadcast live in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HDR, with coverage beginning at 5pm.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will also be able to watch on a live stream online via the Sky Go app.
LIVE coverage: Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, with expert analysis from chief football correspondent Dan Kilpatrick at the Etihad.
Welcome
14:50 , Jonathan Gorrie
Good afternoon and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Manchester City’s Premier League clash with Tottenham.
Kick-off from the Etihad Stadium in Manchester is at 5.30pm GMT.
