Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview

December 16, 2017
By: Deke Hardman

Saturday’s Premier League action concludes at the Etihad Stadium where league leaders Manchester City take on last season’s runners-up Tottenham Hotspur.

The hosts continued to seemingly steamroller their way through the division with a record-breaking fifteenth straight win midweek with Swansea City the latest side to be on the receiving end of masterclass from Pep Guardiola’s side.

The 4-0 victory over the South Wales’ strugglers maintained City’s eleven point lead at the top of the table and another three points here would further widen the gap between themselves and their neighbours, with Manchester United not facing West Bromwich Albion until Sunday afternoon.

Leroy Sane is set to return to the starting line-up, along with Kyle Walker who is set to face his former club for the first time since his big money summer move though fellow defenders Benjamin Mendy, John Stones and captain Vincent Kompany.

Sergio Aguero is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 4.2 (16/5) with a variety of firms, with Sane an 8.0 (7/1) chance with Sky Bet.

The home win is 1.62 (8/13) with Sky Bet with the visitors as highly priced as the 6.0 (5/1) on offer from some bookmakers. The draw can be found at 4.6 (18/5).

Back-to-back wins have seen Spurs move back into the top four though they could be back down to sixth place by the time this game kicks off, with Arsenal and Burnley both hot on their heels.

Davinson Sanchez will miss out as he begins a three game ban though Dele Alli, Moussa Dembele, Ben Davies and Kieran Trippier are all pushing for recalls.

Harry Kane is priced at 6.5 (11/2) to open the scoring with most bookmakers, ahead of 12.0 (11/1) chance Son Heung-Min.

Tottenham are unbeaten in their last four league clashes with the Citizens, winning the three clashes before the 2-2 draw in last season’s corresponding fixture.

There have been over 2.5 goals in all but one of those games, and you can bet on that being the case this time around at 1.57 (4/7) with Sky Bet, while you can back both teams to score at the same price with the same firm.

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