Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur will take on on Saturday the 19th of February at 5:30 pm in the 26th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Manchester at the Etihad Stadium. The appointed referee is Anthony Taylor.
Manchester City occupies the 1st place in the league with 63 points. It comes from a 0-4 win against Norwich City in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 20 times, draw 3 times, and lost twice.
Tottenham Hotspur occupies the 8th position in the standings with 36 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 11 times, draw 3 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (21 times or 84.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (21 times) and 4-2-3-1 (4 times).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Tottenham Hotspur with the following players: E. Santana de Moraes, O. Zinchenko, R. Santos Gato Alves Dias, N. Aké, K. Walker, K. De Bruyne, B. Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva, R. Hernández Cascante, R. Sterling, R. Mahrez and P. Foden.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Manchester City would be 27.73.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ Z. Steffen and G. de Jesus because of injury.
J. Grealish and C. Palmer will definitely miss the match.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will not be able to have the presence of B. Mendy who is suspended.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 36.36%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (8 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-3-3 (4 times), 4-4-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once), 3-4-3 (once), 5-3-2 (once), 4-3-2-1 (once) and 4-3-1-2 (once).
Antonio Conte is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: H. Lloris, B. Davies, C. Romero, S. Reguilón Rodríguez, P. Højbjerg, H. Winks, H. Son, L. Rodrigues Moura da Silva and H. Kane.
In case that this will be the line-up, the average age of Tottenham Hotspur would be 28.56.
There are doubts about the presence of E. Dier.
J. Tanganga and O. Skipp will definitely miss the match.