Following their 4-0 win the reverse fixture, Spurs are looking to do the league double over Man City for the first time since 2021-22. They last did so without conceding in 2009-10.
Having lost their first four Premier League games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium without scoring a single goal, Man City won this exact fixture 2-0 last season.
Tottenham have already beaten Manchester City twice this season, 4-0 in the Premier League and 2-1 in the EFL Cup. The last team to win three games in a campaign against the reigning English champions were Man Utd (v Man City in 2019-20), while the last time Spurs did so was in 1984-85 (v Liverpool).
Tottenham have beaten Manchester City twice and Manchester United three times in all competitions this season – no team has ever beaten both Manchester sides three times each in the same campaign before.
Manchester City have failed to win any of their last three Premier League away games against London sides (D2 L1), having won six in a row before this. They last had a longer run without a win in the capital between February and November 2020 (4), while they last did so in the same season in 2014-15 (5).
Tottenham have won their last three Premier League games, as many as they had in their previous 15 (D2 L10). They last won four in a row in September/October 2023.
Son Heung-min has provided nine assists for Tottenham in the Premier League this season, including two for Brennan Johnson in their 4-1 win against Ipswich last time out. Only in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2023-24 has he provided more in a single campaign in the competition (10 each time).
James Maddison (2), Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson were on target for Tottenham in their 4-0 win over Man City in the reverse fixture. The last Spurs player to score home and away league goals against the Citizens in a single Premier League campaign was Christian Eriksen in 2017-18, while the only player to do so against the competition’s reigning champions for the club was Teddy Sheringham against Blackburn in 1995-96.
Man City’s Erling Haaland is one away goal away from scoring 10+ home goals and 10+ away goals in three different Premier League campaigns (also 2022-23 and 2023-24). The only player to have ever done so in three consecutive seasons is Harry Kane (2015-16 to 2017-18).
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland has scored six goals in five Premier League games in London this season. In the competition’s history, only Leeds’ Tony Yeboah has scored more in the capital in a single campaign among players to play for non-London sides (8 in 1995-96).
