In this 26th week match, on Sat Feb 19th, Manchester City hosts Tottenham Hotspur in a clash of these two mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 1st placed Manchester City is fresh off their 5-0 blowout win against Sporting CP. Riyad Mahrez struck first for Manchester City in the 7th minute on a feed from Kevin De Bruyne, then Bernardo Silva added another in the 17th minute In the end, Sporting CP was frustrated by Manchester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester City ended the match with the shutout victory. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, having won 9 of their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Tottenham Hotspur is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Raúl Jiménez scored the first goal for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 6th minute, then Leander Dendoncker added another in the 18th minute In the end, Tottenham Hotspur was frustrated by Wolverhampton Wanderers’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Wolverhampton Wanderers ended the match with the shutout victory. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Tottenham Hotspur should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur last played eachother at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Aug 15th. Tottenham Hotspur won by a score of 1 to 0 in front of just over 58000 excited fans. Heung-Min Son struck first for Tottenham Hotspur in the 55th minute on a feed from Steven Bergwijn, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Manchester City couldn’t muster any offence and Tottenham Hotspur ran away with the shutout win.
Tottenham Hotspur’s most prolific scorer has been Harry Kane. The English attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. In the last 5 matches, both Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Manchester City and look to continue their dominance.
Manchester City will be without Gabriel Jesus, Benjamin Mendy, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Cole Palmer, while Heung-Min Son, Eric Dier and Japhet Tanganga are unavailable to play for Tottenham Hotspur.