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Team news
Manchester City midfielder Mateo Kovacic was injured playing for Croatia and will be out for at least three weeks.
Manager Pep Guardiola has indicated that John Stones and Manuel Akanji are back in contention, with fellow defender Nathan Ake also nearing a comeback.
Jeremy Doku, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish may also be available, having trained this week despite withdrawing from international duty, but this game comes too soon for Ruben Dias.
Rodridgo Bentancur is set to miss Tottenham's next seven domestic fixtures after being banned by the FA for a racist comment, although Spurs have appealed against the length of the suspension.
Head coach Ange Postecoglou has confirmed Cristian Romero won't be ready for Sunday's match, adding that none of the "main" players sidelined prior to the international break will return against City.
Match facts
Head-to-head
Manchester City have only won three of the past 10 Premier League meetings (D2, L5).
City won 2-0 in north London in May and are vying to claim back-to-back league victories versus Spurs for the first time since 2019.
Tottenham have scored at least twice in each of their past three top-flight games at the Etihad Stadium. No team has ever scored multiple goals in four consecutive Premier League matches away to City.
Spurs have won two of their last 15 fixtures away to City in all competitions (D3, L10).
Manchester City
City have lost four consecutive games in all competitions, starting with last month’s 2-1 defeat at Tottenham in the EFL Cup - it is the longest losing run of Pep Guardiola’s managerial career.
The last time the club endured a longer losing streak was in March and April 2006, when they were beaten in six successive matches, the fifth of which came versus Spurs.
City risk losing three consecutive league fixtures for the first time under Guardiola. It last happened in February to March 2016 during Manuel Pellegrini’s reign, and included a home defeat against Tottenham.
They are the only team to have scored in all of their Premier League matches this season.
Guardiola has lost six Premier League games versus Spurs and conceded 22 goals – more than against any other opponent.
Bernardo Silva has had 17 shots in the Premier League this season, the highest total by a player yet to score.
Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs have 10 points fewer than at this stage last season despite having both scored and conceded exactly the same number of goals: 23 and 13 respectively.
Tottenham have won two of their past 11 top-flight away matches (D2, L7), including one of five this season.
Ange Postecoglou has won 25, drawn seven and lost 17 of his first 49 Premier League matches as a manager. The only Spurs bosses to have claimed more wins in their first 50 such fixtures are Antonio Conte (29) and Andre Villas-Boas (27), though only Ossie Ardiles (23) and Glenn Hoddle (20) had more defeats.
Dejan Kulusevski has created 30 chances in the Premier League this season, including 25 from open play – both totals are the highest by any player prior to the latest round of fixtures.
Tottenham have made a league-high 612 off-the-ball runs into the penalty area this season, with Dominic Solanke’s tally of 138 the most by any player.
James Maddison celebrates his 28th birthday on the day of this game.
