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Who: Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
What: English Premier League
Where: Etihad Stadium successful Manchester, United Kingdom
When: Saturday, August 23 astatine 12:30pm (11:30 GMT)
How to follow: We’ll person each the updates connected Al Jazeera Sport from 9:30am (8:30 GMT) successful beforehand of our unrecorded lucifer commentary watercourse astatine 12:30pm (11:30 GMT).
After the conflict of Old Trafford betwixt Manchester United and Arsenal connected the opening weekend, the Premier League has served up different mouth-watering early-season gathering betwixt 2 sides with lofty ambitions this term.
Manchester City and Tottenham some proved to beryllium good beneath par past play but travel into the caller run afloat of vigour – and with plentifulness of caller signings.
Al Jazeera Sport takes a look astatine different stellar Premier League match-up successful lone the 2nd circular of fixtures.
How did Man City and Tottenham fare past season?
Manchester City’s descent was the astir astonishing of each past year, arsenic Pep Guardiola’s defending champions struggled done the aboriginal months of the run earlier scrambling implicit the enactment to assertion a Champions League qualifying presumption astatine the last.
Tottenham, meanwhile, finished 1 spot supra the relegation portion – a presumption that led to Thomas Franck replacing Ange Postecoglou arsenic manager.
Spurs did, however, assistance the Europa League, beating Manchester United successful the final, meaning the northbound London nine are competing successful the Champions League alongside City this season.
Tottenham Hotspur’s now-departed skipper Son Heung-min lifts the Europa League trophy during the triumph parade [Dylan Martinez/Reuters]What happened connected the opening play for Man City and Tottenham?
City stormed to a 4-0 triumph astatine Wolverhampton Wanderers with Erling Haaland netting twice. Tijjani Reijnders, making his Premier League debut, was 1 of the cardinal performers and topped his time with a goal, portion Rayan Cherki came disconnected the seat to people the fourth.
Tottenham besides eased their mode into the caller run with a 3-0 location triumph against Burnley.
Richarlison scored the archetypal 2 for Spurs, the opener successful the 10th minute, earlier Brennan Johnson added the third.
Who did Man City and Tottenham motion successful the summer?
Former Man City academy subordinate James Trafford was a precocious summertime signing successful extremity for City and is acceptable to proceed betwixt the sticks with Ederson inactive being linked with a determination distant from the Etihad.
The 23-year-old, who near City for Burnley successful 2023, is the latest of six summertime recruits for Guardiola to spell with the arrivals of Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov, Nico Gonzalez and Vitor Reis successful the January window.
The signings of Reijnders, defender Rayan Ait-Nouri, midfielder Sverre Nypan and winger Cherki, alongside Trafford and seasoned keeper Marcus Bettinelli, means City’s spending for 2025 has surpassed the 300 cardinal lb ($402m) mark.
Richarlison, left, and caller signing Mohammed Kudus, right, volition beryllium expected to signifier the nucleus of the Tottenham onslaught this play [Matthew Childs/Reuters]Tottenham person not been shy themselves, erstwhile it comes to splashing the currency with 8 recruits signed successful this window.
The seizure of Ghana forward, Mohammed Kudus, from rivals West Ham for 55 cardinal pounds ($73.8m) is the header news.
Fellow attacker Mathys Tel was hardly cheap, though, with the 20-year-old Frenchman secured for 40.2 cardinal pounds ($53.9m) from Bayern Munich. Both volition beryllium looked upon to capable the spread near by Son Heung-min’s transportation to Los Angeles.
Kevin Danso’s 21 cardinal pounds ($28.2m) accomplishment successful defence from Lens volition besides beryllium seen arsenic a large determination pursuing the difficulties suffered astatine the backmost by Spurs nether Postecoglou.
What happened the past clip Man City played Tottenham?
The past gathering betwixt the teams was successful North London successful February with City winning 1-0.
Erling Haaland scored the lone extremity of the crippled successful the 12th minute.
What happened successful the corresponding fixture past season?
Tottenham stormed to a 4-0 win successful the Premier League brushwood astatine Etihad Stadium past season.
City were successful the mediate of a wretched run, which ended their rubric defence earlier it got disconnected the ground, and the hammering connected November 23 lone compounded matters.
James Maddison scored successful the 12th and 20th minutes to springiness Spurs a storming commencement earlier Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson rounded disconnected matters successful the 2nd half.
Spurs had already claimed a 2-1 League Cup triumph against City by that signifier of the season.
Tottenham Hotspur’s James Maddison scores their 2nd extremity past Manchester City’s Ederson successful past season’s lucifer astatine Etihad Stadium [Lee Smith/Reuters]Head-to-head
This is the 165th gathering betwixt the clubs with Manchester City winning 69 times and Tottenham emerging victorious connected 68 occasions.
The archetypal gathering came successful January 1909 with Spurs winning 4-3 successful an FA Cup brushwood successful Manchester.
The North London nine person won 2 of the past 3 matches, ending a tally of lone 1 triumph successful 5 against City.
Man City squad news
Midfielders Mateo Kovacic, Kalvin Phillips and guardant Savinho volition each miss the lucifer owed to Achilles issues for the erstwhile 2 and an unspecified wounded for the latter.
Rodri, Ederson, Phil Foden and Josko Gvardiol were each absent from the season-opening triumph against Wolverhampton Wanderers but returned to grooming this week.
Tottenham squad news
Maddison leads a agelong database of absentees for Spurs and his nonaccomplishment is doubly felt pursuing his brace successful the triumph astatine the Etihad past season.
Radu Dragusin, Dejan Kulusevski, Bryan Gil, Manor Solomon and Kota Takai are each besides missing for the travel owed to injuries.
Yves Bissouma and Destiny Udogie, however, are some acceptable to beryllium assessed up of the lucifer aft missing the triumph against Burnley owed to knocks.
Manchester City predicted starting lineup
Trafford; Nunes, Stones, Dias, Ait-Nouri; Bernardo, Gonzalez; Bobb, Reijnders, Marmoush; Haaland
Tottenham Hotspur predicted starting lineup
Vicario; Danso, Romero, Van de Ven; Porro, Bentancur, Palhinha, Spence; Sar, Kudus; Richarlison
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