Man City vs Tottenham Prediction: Lineups, Odds and Stats

*Odds are subject to change.

Man City play Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, in the 2025-2026 Premier League game, round two. Pep Guardiola’s City have spent £300+ million to revamp their squad in 2025 in a serious bid for the league title.

This exciting clash kicks off at 12:30pm UK time on Saturday, 23 August 2025. Englishman Peter Bankes is the match referee, supported by two assistants and VAR.

Man City Latest News

After the summer departure of club legend Kevin De Bruyne, City are looking to revisit their 2020 to 2024 title-winning heights. The likes of Phil Foden, Savinho, and Jeremy Doku now need to step up and usher in a new era.

Several injuries hamper Man City’s squad. Mateo Kovacic awaits surgery on his achilles tendon and is out until September. While short-term knocks affect Josko Gvardiol, Ederson, Phil Foden and Savinho, Rodri continues his progressive comeback from a long-term knee injury.

At this stage in the season, City have no suspended players.

Man City Form

Following a thumping 4-0 opening match win away to Wolves, City expect to topple Thomas Frank’s Spurs.

After the season opener, City leads the table on goal difference with three points. They’ll seek to continue that positive start.

Tottenham Latest News

The mood in Tottenham’s camp is full of optimism, as they look to build on winning the 2025 Europa League. New boss Thomas Frank will enjoy Champions League football. He’s also expected to improve on last season’s disappointing 17th-place league finish.

Their injury list includes knee complaints for Bryan Gil and Destiny Udogie. Other absentees are Yves Bissouma with a minor knock, Manor Solomon (calf), and Kota Takai (foot).

Longer-term absentees include James Maddison with a knee injury, Dejan Kulusevski, and Radu Dragusin. Spurs will hope to have better luck compared to an injury-ravaged 2024-2025 season.

Tottenham Form

Tottenham currently occupies third place in the Premier League standings. Sitting below Man City and Sunderland on goal difference. They beat Burnley 3-0 in their first fixture, as Richarlison bagged two goals before they head into this tricky away fixture against Man City.

Man City vs Tottenham Head to Head

Recent H2H stats show mixed results. Man City have won three of the five most recent clashes in all competitions.

• 26 February 2025: Tottenham 0 – Man City 1
• 23 November 2024: Man City 0 – Tottenham 4
• 30 October 2024: Tottenham 2 – Man City 1
• 14 May 2024: Tottenham 0 – Man City 2
• 26 January 2024: Tottenham 0 – Man City 1

Man City vs Tottenham Possible Lineups

Man City (4-1-2-3): James Trafford – Rico Lewis, Rayan Ait Nouri, Ruben Dias, John Stones – Nico Gonzalez – Tijjani Reijnders, Bernardo Silva – Rayan Cherki, Jeremy Doku – Erling Haaland

Tottenham (4-2-3-1): Guglielmo Vicario – Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky Van De Ven, Djed Spence – Lucas Bergvall, Rodrigo Bentancur – Pape Matar Sarr, Brennan Johnson, Mohammed Kudus – Richarlison

Where to Watch Man City vs Tottenham Live on TV?

The match will be broadcast live in the UK on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate. You can also watch the action on Discovery+, the Discover+ App, and Amazon Prime Video.

Man City vs Tottenham Prediction

This early in the campaign, it’s tough to predict these big games. But Man City should be too strong for Tottenham. City are strong at the Etihad, with 13 wins from 19 home games last season. Whereas Tottenham are poor travellers and only took 17 points on the road last term.

Plus, judging by their opening round win, Erling Haaland is back to top form. With Rodri back anchoring the midfield backed up by new signing Tijjani Reijnders. This solid spine should help City control the midfield battleground and lay the foundations for victory.

Looking at the betting, our prediction in the Final Result market is Man City to win. But they are short price favourites at only 1.45 (69% probability) with Betway.

For better value, look deeper into the goals markets. In four of the previous five meetings between these sides, both teams failed to score. So Both Teams To Score “No” is worth a second look at 2.20 (45% probability) with Bet365. Particularly when the BTTS Yes odds are as short as 1.61 (62% probability).

The last five H2H matches only produced eleven goals, so under 2.5 goals could be good value at 2.62 (38% probability) with Betfred, especially as these big matches can be cagey, tactical contests.