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Omar Marmoush and Rayan Cherki both start against Spurs with Bernardo and Jeremy Doku dropping to the bench - the only changes from last weekend’s opening day win over Wolves.

That means James Trafford, Tijjani Reijnders, Rayan Ait-Nouri will all make their first start on home soil.

On the bench, their are welcome returns for Rodri, Phil Foden and Ederson.

Teams

CITY: Trafford, Lewis, Stones, Dias (C), Ait-Nouri, Nico, Reijnders, Bobb, Cherki, Marmoush, Haaland

Subs: Ederson, Ake, Doku, Rodri, Bernardo, Nunes, O’Reilly, Khusanov, Foden

SPURS:  Vicario, Porro, Romero (C), Van de Ven, Spence, Palhinha, Sarr, Bentancur, Kudus, Johnson, Richarlison

Subs: Kinsky, Danso, Tel, Gray, Bergvall, Vuskovic, Solanke, Odobert, Davies

WHEN AND WHERE

We host Spurs in the Premier League on Saturday 23 August, with the game scheduled for kick-off at the Etihad Stadium at 12:30 (UK).

The game will be shown live in the UK on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate.

You can also keep across all of the action via the official app, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.

Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

Next Fixture

All fixtures

Sat 23 Aug

Premier League

Man City

12:30

BST

Spurs

MAN CITY APP COVERAGE

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Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 11:15 (UK).

Steph Houghton and Michael Brown will be the guests on the latest Matchday Live show, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action. 

During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Andy Morrison while our text commentary continues.

Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.

We’ll have a quick-hit 2-minute highlights package available from 16:00 (UK) while you can sign-in to watch a free 8-minute edit from midnight. 

On CITY+ meanwhile, from midnight there’ll be our popular full-match replay as well as our new extended highlights offering which features the best 20 minutes of action from the game.

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OPPOSING MANAGER - THOMAS FRANK

Frank joined Spurs in the summer replacing Ange Postecoglou as head coach after an incredibly successful spell in charge of Brentford from October 2018, moving them up from the Championship to an established Premier League side, recording impressive 13th, ninth, 16th and 10th-place finishes in the top-flight.

The Dane is already looking to put his stamp on the Spurs side, bringing in high profile players like winger Mohammed Kudus from West Ham United, and midfielder Joao Palhinha on loan from Bayern Munich.

The 51-year-old adopts an intense style of play, with energy, aggression and efficient set-pieces a key part of his tactical plan. 

3-5-2 or 3-4-3 was his popular formation choice with the Bees, however, being relatively fresh in the Spurs dugout, Frank’s preferred formation with the Lilywhites is yet to be determined, as he deployed a 4-2-3-1 last time out, but we can definitely expect a competitive encounter, as Frank demands extremely high standards from his players.

DANGER MEN

The North London side were unlucky to lose James Maddison to a long-term injury in pre-season, and have also seen long-term City nemesis Heung-Min Son leave for MLS side Los Angeles FC, so a large chunk of attacking output will be expected from forwards Richarlison and Kudus.

The pair combined impressively in their last game for two goals against Burnley, with Kudus crossing twice for a brilliant Richarlison brace.

Another threat comes from the opposite end of the pitch in the form of right-back Pedro Porro. 

The former City man enjoys flying up the flank and is expected to be sharing set-pieces with Kudus, with his whipped crosses a nuisance for defenders to deal with.

Porro scored twice in the league last season, including a sweet strike against City, and picked up six assists, so City will have to be wary of his threat going forward.

PEP GUARDIOLA PREVIEW

Pep Guardiola will be facing the media for the pre-match press conference from 12:30 (UK) on Friday 22 August, where the City boss will provide all the latest team news updates and you can follow it live on mancity.com and our official app.

Don’t worry if you are unable to watch Pep’s press conference as it happens as we’ll have a written review and video recap soon after it has concluded.

PREVIOUS MEETING

We last welcomed Spurs to the Etihad in November last year, where our long unbeaten Premier League home run - stretching back 35 games to November 2022 - came to an end with a 4-0 loss.

James Maddison scored two first-half goals, Porro added a third early in the second period and Brennan Johnson bagged a fourth in added time at the end of the game.

In the reverse fixture later in the season, an Erling Haaland goal secured a hard-fought 1-0 win for the Blues, which moved us back into the top four.

Match Report

Super City make blistering Premier League start at Wolves

LAST TIME OUT

Opening day specialist Erling Haaland bagged a brace while summer signings Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki scored on their Premier League debuts as City got off to the perfect start courtesy of a 4-0 opening day victory at Wolves in our last fixture.

As for Spurs, they claimed an impressive 3-0 victory over newly-promoted Burnley in their opening league fixture, with a Richarlison brace added to by a Brennan Johnson goal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

MATCH OFFICIALS

To be confirmed...

GLOBAL TV LISTINGS

Supporters around the world can find out how to tune in to watch the match live by clicking here, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

(Listings correct as of Sunday 17 August)