Following the FA Cup fixtures in midweek, the English Premier League returns this weekend and one of the most anticipated games takes place at the Etihad Stadium as Manchester City meet Tottenham Hotspur.
The hosts begin the weekend top of the table on 50 points while the visitors are in 8th place on 36 points.
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Manchester City travelled to Swansea City on Wednesday night in the FA Cup fifth round and came away with a 3-1 victory. Manchester City were 3-0 up after 50 minutes and despite conceding a goal 13 minutes from time they cruised to victory.
That result means Manchester City are unbeaten in 31 of their 32 most recent matches in all competitions and managed to win 15 consecutive games in all competitions.
The 15 straight victories is a new record for a top-flight team in English football breaking the previous record of 14 matches held by Arsenal in 1987 and Preston in 1892.
Home form in the Premier League shows Manchester City have won each of their last 5 games and have remained undefeated in 10. You must go back 27 matches to find the last time Manchester City failed to score a goal at home in the Premier League and they have kept a clean sheet in each of their last 5 home league fixtures.
Tottenham Hotspur travel to the Etihad Stadium having been eliminated from the FA Cup at the hands of Everton on Wednesday night.
It was an exciting match, with plenty of goals but despite having opened the scoring after only 3 minutes of the game, Spurs found themselves 3-2 down at the interval. They fought back twice in the second half to leave the score level at 4-4 come full-time but conceded a fifth and decisive goal in extra time to lose the match.
That result means Tottenham have lost 4 of their last 5 games in all competitions, with the only victory coming in their most recent Premier League game against relegation threatened West Bromwich Albion at home.
Prior to the victory over WBA, Spurs lost 3 consecutive games in the Premier League against Liverpool and Chelsea at home plus Brighton away.
Trends show Spurs have seen under 2.5 goals in their last 3 games in the Premier League and in 6 of their last 8 on the road.
Team news and Manchester City are still without the injured Kevin De Bruyne. They also have doubts over the fitness of Ruben Dias, Rodri, Sergio Agüero, and Nathan Aké.
Spurs travel without Sergio Reguilón and Giovani Lo Celso who are both injured. Serge Aurier is a doubt but Harry Kane should be fit to start.
Given the form of the two teams, Manchester City come into the match as the strong favourites to take maximum points. However, Jose Mourinho is sure to set up his team and make them difficult to beat so it could be a narrow 1-0 win.