Manchester Metropolis look to get again to profitable methods on Wednesday night time as they journey to North London to face Tottenham on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The weekend noticed a well-known story unfold for Metropolis having had the lion’s share of possession all through Sunday’s assembly with Liverpool, particularly firstly of the sport when the likes of Jeremy Doku specifically had loads of pleasure up towards Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The Liverpool full-back, whereas wonderful in possession and showcasing his vary of passing on quite a few events, was overwhelmed on a number of events by Metropolis’s Belgian winger, who sadly by no means picked out a last ball as Metropolis struggled to interrupt down Liverpool.
Metropolis weren’t as toothless as they had been towards Actual Madrid, sustaining possession with far more success and making an attempt to create probabilities, however most of their efforts got here to no avail with the Champions’ entrance line clearly lacking the bodily presence of Erling Haaland.
Defensively, nevertheless, it was nonetheless far too easy for the league leaders to play by way of Metropolis as the house facet conceded two comparatively avoidable targets as a consequence of some basically poor defending from Pep Guardiola’s facet, which noticed Liverpool ease their approach to a 0-2 win.
Metropolis’s opponents on Wednesday come into this recreation with a serious confidence increase from their final two fixtures, as Ange Postecoglu’s staff have scored 5 targets and concede only one in a 1-4 victory away at Ipswich and a 1-0 win over Manchester United of their final dwelling fixture.
By way of the desk, the match is vitally necessary to Metropolis as they appear to bolster probabilities at securing UEFA Champions League soccer for subsequent season. Three factors can be massively influential for Pep Guardiola facet, with Metropolis solely forward of Newcastle on purpose distinction.
Forward of the match, Tottenham can have eyes on ending the season positively and making it into the highest half of the division, whereas Manchester Metropolis will rise to 3rd on purpose distinction with subsequent week’s opponents Nottingham Forest having a recreation in hand.
This match is massively necessary because the race for UEFA Champions League soccer heats up throughout the enterprise finish of the marketing campaign, and forward of kick-off from North London, right here is every thing it is advisable to know!
Match Particulars
Manchester Metropolis tackle Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday night time on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with kick-off scheduled for 19:30 (UK).
Match Officers
The Premier League have confirmed that Jarred Gillett would be the man within the center for the sport between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester Metropolis this Wednesday night time.
You’ll be able to try the total listing of match officers under!
Group Information
Ange Postcoglou is constant to battle on with out numerous his key stars, as Radu Dragusin stays sidelined for the big majority of 2025 with an ACL damage, and Dominic Solanke and Richarlison should not due again till early subsequent month.
As for Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, the central defensive duo could return barely sooner than the aforementioned putting pairing, whereas Timo Werner has an opportunity at a return towards Manchester Metropolis following a thigh downside.
As for Manchester Metropolis, each John Stones and Manuel Akanji might very effectively be dominated out for the rest of the season, with the Swiss worldwide dominated out for as much as 10 weeks having undergone surgical procedure on an abductor damage sustained towards Actual Madrid on the Etihad Stadium.
The Englishman finds himself in an analogous scenario and a serious doubt for the rest of the marketing campaign following a quadricep damage sustained inside simply eight minutes on the Santiago Bernabéu, which Pep Guardiola has revealed could require surgical procedure.
In assault, Erling Haaland is anticipated to return to matchday duties after absences towards Liverpool and Actual Madrid. This got here after the Norwegian sustained what’s considered a minor knee downside within the dying moments of the victory towards Newcastle.
Head to Head
Of their final three fixtures towards Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester Metropolis have secured only one win – the essential recreation within the Premier League title race final Might through which the Blues received 0-2 because of an Erling Haaland brace.
Of their final fixture towards the North London facet nevertheless, Metropolis had been on the receiving finish of a heavy defeat on the Etihad Stadium as a part of the membership’s torrid run of kind throughout November and December specifically.
James Maddison netted a brace inside 20 minutes on the Etihad Stadium to make the rating 0-2 on the break, earlier than former Manchester Metropolis full-back Pedro Porro added a 3rd early within the second half.
Brennan Johnson would put the sport past all affordable doubt as he fired dwelling a fourth purpose for Spurs in stoppage time, making the ultimate rating 0-4 and an evening to neglect for Manchester Metropolis.
Statistics
These two golf equipment have confronted one another in 55 league fixtures; Metropolis have secured 18 victories compared to Tottenham’s 29, with the factors being shared eight occasions. The Blues have had a questionable defensive document nevertheless, conserving simply 11 clear sheets and conceding 81 targets.
Since 2010, Manchester Metropolis have visited Tottenham in 14 league fixtures however have solely come away with all three factors six occasions, drawing as soon as and shedding the opposite seven conferences. 5 of these victories, nevertheless, had been previous to the development of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the venue at which Metropolis have a worse document than at another Premier League floor.
Previous to Manchester Metropolis’s final away journey to North London, the guests had misplaced each single league fixture on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium relationship all the way in which again to 2020, failing to attain a single Premier League purpose on the floor with an combination rating of 6-0 to the house facet throughout the four-year purpose drought.
Manchester Metropolis had registered over 100 pictures on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in league motion earlier than Erling Haaland lastly put an finish to this torrid document for the Blues netting a second-half brace in a title deciding conflict with the house facet again in Might.
Regardless of each groups having inconsistent seasons, each discover themselves in respectable kind at present, with Spurs securing three wins out of the final 5 league fixtures, whereas Metropolis are in related kind, with three victories from the final 5 recreation weeks.
Following their 0-4 win the reverse fixture, Spurs need to do the league double over Manchester Metropolis for the primary time since 2021/22. They final did so with out conceding in 2009/10.
Tottenham have already overwhelmed Manchester Metropolis twice this season, 0-4 within the Premier League and 2-1 within the EFL Cup. The final staff to win three video games in a marketing campaign towards the reigning English champions had been Manchester United (vs Manchester Metropolis in 2019/20), whereas the final time Spurs did so was in 1984/85 (vs Liverpool).
Tottenham have overwhelmed Manchester Metropolis twice and Manchester United thrice in all competitions this season – no staff has ever overwhelmed each Manchester sides thrice every in the identical marketing campaign earlier than.
Manchester Metropolis have did not win any of their final three Premier League away video games towards London sides (D2, L1), having received six in a row earlier than this. They final had an extended run with no win within the capital between February and November 2020 (4), whereas they final did so in the identical season in 2014/15 (5).
Watch
For viewers in the UK, the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester Metropolis will probably be out there on TNT Sports activities or Discovery+ with the sport getting underway at 19:30.
For viewers in the US, they can stream the sport from 13:30 Jap on Peacock.
You will discover full international TV listings for the match
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