Premier League Matchweek 12 Preview And Prediction
Manchester City vs Tottenham Prediction
Manchester City are in uncharted territory ahead of Tottenham visiting the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering side – the four-time reigning Premier League champions – have lost their last four matches in all competitions.
It is the first time in Guardiola’s managerial career he has lost four straight games in all competitions, while it is the first time City have lost that many in a row since 2006 when they lost six on the bounce under Stuart Pearce.
It should still be a boost for City fans that Guardiola is reportedly set to sign an extension at the Etihad Stadium, though.
City has occasionally taken a while to get going in recent seasons, but they have never quite looked so short of form at this stage of a campaign.
Guardiola is on the longest losing run of his entire career. Though they are the only team to have scored in every Premier League game so far this season, City have lost their last two (2-1 versus Bournemouth and Brighton). They last lost three in a row in the competition in February/March 2016, a run that included a home defeat to Tottenham.
The loss of Rodri to a season-ending knee injury has not helped. Since the start of last season, City have played 13 league games without Rodri and lost five. Their win rate without the Spaniard in the side at that time was 53.8%, while with him in the team it rose to 77.8%.
Spurs, meanwhile, have only won two of their last 11 Premier League away games (D2 L7), winning just once in five on the road this term. Since the start of this spell in March, no team have lost more Premier League away games than Tottenham (seven).
Postecoglou will not change his approach for this game, though. The Spurs look to get forward at any opportunity, and the statistics back this up.
As a team, Tottenham have made more off-the-ball runs into the box than any other side in the Premier League this season (612), with Dominic Solanke having the most among players (138).
Spurs have also had the most shots inside the box of any Premier League side this term (134).
Manchester City vs Tottenham Head-to-Head
Man City have won just three of their last 10 Premier League games against Tottenham (D2 L5) and are looking to win consecutive meetings with them for the first time since April 2019.
Tottenham have scored at least twice in their last three Premier League away games against City, winning 3-2 in 2021-22, losing 4-2 in 2022-23 and drawing 3-3 last season. No team has ever scored multiple goals in four consecutive Premier League visits to the Etihad.
Under Guardiola (since 2016-17), City have lost more Premier League games (six) and conceded more Premier League goals (22) against Spurs than they have against any other opponent.
PREDICTION: OVER 2.5 GOALS @1.33
Leicester City vs Chelsea: AWAY WIN @1.45
Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest: HOME WIN @1.38
Southampton vs Liverpool: OVER 2.5 @1.44
Ipswich Town vs Manchester United: 2 DNB @1.26
SPANISH LA LIGA
Atletico Madrid vs Deportivo Alaves: HOME WIN @1.39
Celta vs Barcelona: BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE @1.44
Leganes vs Real Madrid: AWAY WIN @1.44
Athletic Bilbao vs Real Sociedad: UNDER 3 @1.21
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
Bayern Munich vs Augsburg: OVER 2.5 @1.26
Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs 1. Heidenheim: HOME WIN @1.20
Borussia Dortmund vs Freiburg: 1 DNB @1.29
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs RasenBallsport Leipzig: BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE @1.44
