Man City v Spurs
Preview by DAVE ANDERSON, 22/08/2025.
Our main Premier League betting preview for this week focuses on the match kicking-off at 12:30pm on Saturday August 23rd, when Man City take on Spurs at the Etihad Stadium.
We've got online bookmakers best odds for Man City v Spurs, a match preview, and also highlight some of the best signup offers to claim if you're having a bet on the game.
Man City v Spurs: Best Odds
Check out the best odds that bookmakers offer for a Man City win (H), a win for Spurs (A), or a draw (D) below. Use the ALL ODDS tab to view more bookmakers odds.
NB: Man City v Spurs odds correct at 05:11 on 22/08/2025 and are subject to change.
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Man City v Spurs: Betting Preview
With the new Premier League season finally underway, this weekend’s highlight match of gameweek 2 sees Man City play Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad stadium.
It’s always an exciting match when these two sides meet, and Saturday’s early kick-off will no doubt bring some early excitement to this weekends Premier League fixtures.
Overall, recent league matches between these teams have been fairly balanced. From their last 10 Premier League meetings, Spurs have won 5, Man City 3, with 2 draws.
Although Man City are currently bookmakers favourites to win, this one could go either way as Spurs have taken points off City in three of their last four trips to the Etihad.
The last time these 2 sides met was back in February 2025 when Man City beat Spurs at home, however Spurs beat Man City 4-0 at the Etihad in their previous clash in November 2024.
Although Spurs had a shocking 2024-25 season under Ange Postecoglou, fans will be hoping they can get back on track under Thomas Frank, and can come away with some points.
Both sides have already played one Premier League game this season, with both securing 3 points without conceding a goal. Spurs beat Burnley 3-0, Man City beating Wolves 4-0.
With strong starts to the new Premier League season for both Man City and Spurs, Pep and Thomas will both be determined to keep their momentum going into gameweek 3.
This Saturday’s clash promises to be more than just a fixture, it’s a showcase of early‑season ambition, strategic squad building coming into play, and managerial intent.
Man City will no doubt look to continue their dominant start, while Spurs will aim to prove that their fresh direction under Thomas Frank can match Manchester’s formidable machine.
Man City: Team News
Man City started their campaign with a 4-0 away win over Wolves last weekend.
New signing Tijjani Reijnders made a strong impression, scoring in the 37th minute, while Erling Haaland put 2 in the back of the net, and Rayan Cherki getting the 4th late on.
It looks like new singings Reijnders, Aït‑Nouri and Cherki have all boosted the squad, with Guardiola's revamp of the team a clear message thjey don't want another trophyless season.
Fortunately Man City's attack-minded players have all been in great form recently, with a strong scoring record in the past 3 games which you'd presume is set to continue.
Although Pep Guardiola will have been happy with the result against Wolves, he hinted that he wasn’t overly impressed with the second half performance and knows they will have to work harder against Spurs to take 3 points out of the match.
While working with a very large squad, Guardiola looks to be without Rodri, Mateo Kovacic and Claudio Echeverri, who are all expected to be unavailable for the match.
Man City: Form
Looking at the last 5 fixtures that Man City have played in all competitions, they've won 4, drawn 0, and lost 1 scoring a total of 18 goals (3.6 goals per game) and conceding just 6 goals.
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Spurs: Team News
Spurs kicked off the new Premier League season with a solid display and a 3-0 victory over Burnley. Richarlison scored the first 2 goals, with Brennan Johnson grabbing their 3rd.
Thomas Frank got off to a great start in his debut home match as the new manager, and with a strong track record of winning away games with Brentford last season, he'll be hoping to continue his teams strong start to the season.
Although they'll be disappointed to have lost out on the signings of Morgan Gibbs-White and more recentely Eberechi Eze, there have been some decent new players arrive at Spurs.
Tricky winger Mohammed Kudus is already looking influential in his first outing, with Mathys Tel, Kevin Danso, Luka Vuskovic, Kota Takai also joining the Lillywhites, and defensive midfielder João Palhinha currently on loan from Bayern Munich.
With Spurs embarking on a new era post-Postecoglou, Thomas Frank will be keen to reassert the side in the Premier League, and hopefully secure European football again next year.
At the time of writing, it looks like Spurs will be without James Maddison, Radu Dragusin, Dejan Kulusevski, Bryan Gil, Manor Solomon, Kota Takai and Destiny Udogie for the match.
Spurs: Form
Spurs' record over their last 5 matches in all competitions is won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1. They've scored less goals than Man City, 7 in total (1.4 per game) and conceded one more (7).
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Man City v Spurs: Stats
Man City and Spurs have played each other a total of 174 times with the Manchester club just edging it having won 69 of the fixtures, compared to 68 wins for Tottenham Hotspur.
There have been 56 matches between Man City and Spurs in the Premier League era, with Tottenham having the better record this time with 29 victories compared to just 19 for City.
Of the 29 wins for Spurs, 17 of them were played at home, and 12 away. The 19 victories that Man City recorded were split into 11 wins at home, with 8 away wins.
The last 5 Premier League matches involving both of these teams have resulted in 2 wins for Man City, 2 wins for Spurs and 1 of the encounters ending in a 3-3 draw.
The last Premier League fixture between these two sides occurred on the 26th of February in 2025 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with the match ending 0-1 to Man City.
A crowd of 60,820 saw Erling Haaland score the only goal of the game in the 12th minute.
The last time that Spurs beat Man City in the Premier League occurred at the Etihad Stadium on the 24th of November back in 2024 with the away side winning match 0-4.
This time it was birthday boy James Maddison who got 2 of the goals in the first 20 minutes, with team mates Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson each getting a goal in the second half.
The biggest win that Man City have ever had over Spurs in a Premier League fixture was on the 24th of November in 2013 when they hammered them 6-0 at the Etihad Stadium.
Jesús Navas scored in both the 1st and last minute, Sergio Agüero scored twice in 9 minutes, and Álvaro Negredo got another with Sandro scoring an own goal in the 34th minute.
The highest score that Spurs have ever beaten Man City by in the Premier League era was the 4-1 win on the 26th of September in 2015 when they met at White Hart Lane.
A crowd of 35,867 saw Spurs' goals come from Eric Dier, Toby Alderweireld, Harry Kane and Érik Lamela with Kevin De Bruyne scoring a consolation in the 25th minute.
Man City v Man City - 17/08/2019
Our Premier League betting preview for this week focuses on the match kicking-off at 5:30pm on Saturday August the 17th when Man City take on Spurs at the Etihad Stadium...
It may only be the second week of the 2019-20 Premier League season, but we’ve already seen some spectacular football from online bookmakers top contenders for the title.
We expect more sensational football, in what’s set to be the most exciting match of the week, when Spurs travel to the Etihad where they go head-to-head with title favourites Man City.
Both teams may have won their opening fixtures, Spurs coming from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-1 and Man City thumping West Ham 5-0. Bookmakers offer Man City as favourites to win.
Overall, Pep Guardiola’s City side have a much better tack record against Spurs.
Pochettino’s men haven’t managed a victory over Man City in the Premier League since a win 3 years ago in 2016, although they did beat them in the Champions League last season.
Online bookmakers clearly see Man City as winning the tie and so Spurs will really have to raise their game and try to get at least a point after what was a bit of a shaky start to their season.
In the lead up to the Man City v Spurs match, we've taken a look at both team’s recent performances, and any player injuries that could affect either managers match preparations.
Man City
British bookmakers favourites for the title Man City, had a flying start to their Premier League campaign, securing a magnificent 5-0 away victory against West Ham.
Raheem Sterling was in stunning form in his opening performance, debuting his season with a spectacular hat-trick, while Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Aguero took the other 2 goals.
Pep Guardiola’s side look in good form to take their 3rd consecutive title, and although he has a few injuries to contend with ahead of the Spurs fixture, they look stronger than their opponents.
Both Leroy Sane and Benjamin Mendy have been ruled out with knee injuries, while it’s still doubtful whether Fernandinho or Joao Cancelo will be back in contention for a place in the side.
Man City have beaten Spurs in the last 4 Premier League fixtures, and if they continue to play as well as they did against West ham, they should easily take another 3 points from this match.
Spurs
Although Spurs won their opening match of the new Premier League season at home against Aston Villa, we didn’t see an altogether convincing Spurs side.
Pochettino’s men were 1-0 down until the 73rd minute, but luckily clawed it back with 3 goals from Tanguy Ndombele (1) and Harry Kane (2) in the last 15 minutes to win 3-1.
Spurs come into the match as underdogs, and while they beat Man City in last season Champions League, even the most optimistic knows that a win at the Etihad is a very big ask!
Pochettino also has a few injury concerns to deal with ahead of their trip up North.
Dele Alli is still missing, while new signing Ryan Sessegnon is struggling with a thigh injury, and Ben Davies and Serge Aurier are also set to miss the City match.
Alongside injuries, Spurs are also missing both Heung-min Son and Juan Foyth who were both suspended after receiving red cards in last seasons match against Bournemouth.
