Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – BBC Sport

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  • Manchester City have won just three of their last 10 Premier League games against Tottenham (D2 L5) and are looking to win back-to-back meetings with them for the first time since April 2019.

  • Tottenham have scored at least twice in each of their last three Premier League away games against Man City, winning 3-2 in 2021-22, losing 4-2 in 2022-23 and drawing 3-3 last season. No team has ever scored more goals in four consecutive Premier League visits to the Citizens.

  • Manchester City have lost each of their last four games in all competitions. It is Pep Guardiola’s longest losing streak of his managerial career, while the Citizens last lost more in a row between March and April 2006 under Stuart Pearce (6 – the fifth of which was against Tottenham).

  • Although they are the only team to score in every single Premier League game so far this season, Manchester City have lost their last two (1-2 against 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.

  • Tottenham have won just two of their last 11 Premier League away games (D2 L7) and won just one of five away from home this term. Since the start of this term in March, no team has lost more Premier League away games than Spurs (7).

  • As a team, Tottenham have made more runs into the box than any other side in the Premier League this season (612), with Dominic Solanke having the most players (138). Spurs have also had the most shots inside the box of any Premier League team this term (134).

  • Tottenham have played more passes/crosses into the opposition box than any other team in the Premier League this season (429). There are 10 players in the division who have scored 70+, with Spurs having three of them (Pedro Porro 96, James Maddison 77, Dejan Kulusevski 72).

  • Under Pep Guardiola (since 2016-17), Manchester City have lost more Premier League games (6) and conceded more Premier League goals (22) against Tottenham Hotspur than they have against any other opponent.

  • No player has had more shots without scoring in the Premier League this season than Man City’s Bernardo Silva (17), while team-mate Savinho has accumulated the highest xG of any player without a goal so far (1.7).

  • No player has created more chances, either overall (30) or from open play (25) in the Premier League this season than Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski.