For the second week in-a-row, were beating treated to some tasty leading six showdown — this time between Spurs and Manchester City.
Of course, it will take some doing for this particular fixture to emphasise sensationally drama-filled, VAR-infused Champions League match back in April, culminating in the great Pep Guardiola, shrouded in his favourite Herno hooded cardigan, crumpling to the ground after the video referee defeated his oil-money-driven European fantasies.
But as is life, we all go again for another season. The past couple of league fixtures involving these two ended 1-0 in Citys favour with both teams scoring although Im backing a house success.??
Despite demolishing West Ham a week, Id see a small rustiness at the trunk for City, evidenced by West Hams pretty hefty xG of 1.34. That will serve as reinforcement for Mauricio Pochettino, although Obviously we deep.
Looking at Spurs openerthey definitely made hard work of their 3-1 win against Aston Villa, but it is impossible to begrudge them all their success, and with Tanguy Ndombeles arrival into Spurs midfield, they look a lot more balanced, particularly with the Frenchmans forays forward in the centre of the park rising fluidity.
Spurs have scored in seven of their last nine visits to the Etihad–while losing sevenand because of this I am glad backing this tip at 7/4.
At times, my suggestion is for the very first goal to be scored between 0-24 minutes.
Weve seen a goal inside the first 15 minutes of the previous four fixtures between Spurs and City, and a quick start could again be on the cards of this .
Last season, City scored 19 times between 16-30 minutes in the first 15 minutes of Premier League games and a further 14; its always wise to anticipate early goals.
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