Pep Guardiola looks to keep the good times rolling at Manchester City and pour some cold water on Thomas Frank’s early Tottenham Hotspur career when two Big Six sides meet at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
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How to watch Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 7:30am ET Saturday
Venue: Etihad Stadium — Manchester
TV Channel: USA
Streaming: Watch live on NBC.com
Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur score: Kick off, 7:30am ET
Manchester City lineup
Trafford; Lewis, Stones, Dias, Ait Nouri; Reijnders, Gonzalez; Bobb, Cherki, Marmoush; Haaland
Tottenham Hotspur lineup
Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Palhinha, Bentancur; Kudus, Sarr, Johnson; Richarlison
Manchester City team news, focus
OUT: Mateo Kovacic (calf), Josko Gvardiol (knock), Savinho (undisclosed), Kalvin Phillips (achilles), Marcus Bettinelli (knock), Claudio Echeverri (ankle)
Tottenham Hotspur team news, focus
OUT: Manor Solomon (calf), Bryan Gil (knee), James Maddison (torn ACL – MORE), Dejan Kulusevski (knee), Yves Bissouma (undisclosed),, Radu Dragusin (knee), Kota Takai (foot) | QUESTIONABLE: Destiny Udogie (knee)
Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur prediction
Spurs will get their chances but City are stronger from the start and significantly deeper in terms of game-changing players and ideas. Frank changes the latter quite a bit, but it’s too early in the project to expect such a statement result. Man City 2-1 Spurs.
Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur preview
Man City walloped Wolves at the Molineux in Week 1 as Erling Haaland scored a pair of goals and Tijjani Reijnders looked a natural fit for Pep Guardiola’s system. Spurs also had a great season-opening result, as Thomas Frank’s men clobbered Burnley 3-0 in North London.
Frank won at the Etihad Stadium with Brentford in 2022, but his record versus Guardiola isn’t spectacular aside from that. Frank’s teams are 2W-1D-5L versus City dating back to December 29, 2021, though they’ve never lost by more than two goals — a decent achievement against the City dynasty.