Man City Manchester City

Spurs Tottenham Hotspur

TEAM NEWS

CITY XI: Ederson, Walker (c), Gvardiol, Akanji, Dias, Rodrigo, Bernardo, Foden, Haaland, Alvarez, Doku

Substitutes: Ortega Moreno, Phillips, Stones, Aké, Kovačić, Grealish, Gómez, Bobb, Lewis

TOTTENHAM XI: Vicario, Porro, Royal, Davies, Udogie, Bissouma, Lo Celso, Kulusevski, Johnson, Son (C), Bryan

Subs: Forster, Austin, Dorrington, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Santiago, Donley, Richarlison, Veliz

TACTICS AND FORMATION

City are likely to go with the usual, fluid 4-3-3 formation against Spurs.

That means a back four of Josko Gvardiol and Kyle Walker in their usual full-back roles, with Ruben Dias and Manuel Akanj in central defence.

Rodrigo will pivot the midfield trio alongside Phil Foden and Bernardo.

Alvarez, Doku and Haaland will be the front three, but as ever, those combinations could change.

WHEN AND WHERE

We host Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League on Sunday 3 December, with the game scheduled for kick-off at 16:30 (UK).

The game will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Ultra HD.

You can also keep across all of the action via the official app, as well as the key moments on 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

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Sun 03 Dec

Premier League

Man City

16:30

GMT

Spurs

MAN CITY APP COVERAGE

Our official app allows you to follow all of the action from one place.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at 15:30 (UK). 

We will have guests Paul Robinson, Joleon Lescott and Ledley King on the latest Matchday Live show, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action. 

They will also answer viewer questions throughout the broadcast, with audience participation actively encouraged on Matchday Live. To get in touch, send a WhatsApp to: +447537186538.

During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Michael Brown 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.

Short highlights are available from 20:15 (UK) while extended highlights from the match, as well as a full-match replay [available on CITY+] can be accessed from midnight.

PEP GUARDIOLA PREVIEW

The boss revealed that John Stones is ‘much better’ after his recent injury lay-off.

The City boss also gave updates on the availability of Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes.

Kovacic returned to training earlier this week, while Nunes’ recovery will take a little longer.

 “He [Stones] is much better, yeah. He’s really close to coming back,” said the boss.

“He’ll be with us; he’ll be there.

“Mateo is already back, I think,” he said.

“He trained well yesterday, but Matheus is still maybe days or weeks away.”

PREVIOUS MEETING

In our last meeting with Tottenham at the Etihad, we recovered from conceding two goals in two minutes at the end of the first-half to produce a stunning second 45 and beat Tottenham 4-2 on a memorable night in January this year.

We then faced them in London less than a month later, where they secured a narrow 1-0 win.

LAST TIME OUT

In our last league game, we were held to a 1-1 draw at the Etihad by Liverpool, with Trent Alexander-Arnold cancelling our Erling Haaland’s opener.

As for Tottenham, they lost 1-2 against high-flying Aston Villa last weekend at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Simon Hooper

Assistants: Adrian Holmes, Simon Long.

Fourth official: Anthony Taylor.

VAR: Robert Jones. Assistant VAR: Darren Cann

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