Tottenham take on Manchester City in the Premier League this weekend with both sides in need of three points for varying reasons.
- Date: 01/02/2026
- Kick-off: 4:30pm
- Location: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, North London
Tottenham come into this game outside the very top bracket, with their season defined by a shift from last year’s high‑tempo chaos to a more measured approach, reflecting deliberate tactical caution built around structured build‑up and transitional control under Thomas Frank rather than pure randomness.
Tottenham’s league form is extremey poor, with the North London side winless in their last five games in the league. In Europe, they look unrecognisable, but with just one win in their last eight league outings, there’s little to suggest that European form is going to translate domestically anytime soon.
City come in as defending champions and remain, by most underlying measures, one of the strongest teams in the league despite a run of three consecutive 1-1 draws in January. Their season‑long xG stats shows xG for of 1.68 per match (1.90 at home, 1.43 away) and xG against of 1.10 (0.97 at home, 1.24 away), underlining a side that still consistently creates more and better chances than opponents while generally keeping things fairly tight at the back. They’re coming into this game off the back of two successive wins, meaning they’ve now won four of their last six in all competitions, so they’ll feel as though momentum is firmly on their side.
With BTTS having occurred in five of Tottenham’s last seven games and Man City conceding at least once in eight of their last eleven games on the road, both teams to score stands out as a convincing selection. However, Spurs’ shoddy league form makes Man City the clear favourites for this one, so we’re backing Pep Guardiola’s men to leave North London with three points in the bag.
Tottenham 1-2 Man City
