On Sunday Feb 5th, Tottenham Hotspur will play host to Manchester City in a clash of the Premier League. 5th placed Tottenham Hotspur is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Preston North End. Heung-Min Son struck first for Tottenham Hotspur in the 50th minute on a feed from Japhet Tanganga, then Heung-Min Son added another in the 69th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Preston North End couldn’t manage to score, and Tottenham Hotspur took the shutout win. Tottenham Hotspur is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Manchester City is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Arsenal. Nathan Aké struck first for Manchester City in the 64th minute on a feed from Jack Grealish, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Arsenal couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester City ran away with the shutout win. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, with only 2 loss in their last 10 matches.
Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur last played eachother at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday Jan 19th. Manchester City was victorious by a score of 4 to 2 in front of just over 53000 fans. Dejan Kulusevski scored the first goal for Tottenham Hotspur in the 44th minute, then Emerson added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 63rd minute on a goal by Riyad Mahrez.
Manchester City has been fortunate! In the last 5 matches, both Riyad Mahrez and Erling Braut Håland are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Manchester City and look to continue their dominance.. For Tottenham Hotspur, their top scorers are Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Antonio Conte’s Tottenham Hotspur squad will be without Lucas Moura, while Josep Guardiola i Sala’s Manchester City squad will be without John Stones.