England Round 27

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Tottenham vs Manchester City Preview:

Possible starting lineups:

Tottenham:
Vicario; Porro, Danso, Davies, Spence; Maddison, Bentancur, Sarr; Kulusevski, Johnson, Son

Manchester City:
Ederson; Lewis, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol; Gonzalez, Kovacic; Savinho, Silva, Doku; Marmoush

Tottenham will welcome the reigning champions Manchester City to the new White Hart Lane on Wednesday night. This is a derby between two Big-6 sides, although their results this season are far from desired. Tottenham were expecting to fight for a Champions League spot, but they currently sit 12th with 33 points. Manchester City and Newcastle are sharing the fourth place with 44 points, meaning the difference is big 11 points. Even if they win here, the difference remain big. So, maybe it is wise for Postecoglou to focus on Europa League as lifting the trophy there means a Champions League ticket for the next season. However, to be able to win the second-tier competition in Europa, he need two things: first, to improve the atmosphere in the squad, and second, to restore the players confidence. And he is on a good way, the Spurs have won the last three matches in the Premier League. They managed to beat Brentford, Manchester United and Ipswich Town. I believe Postecoglou is satisfy with the last results. The injury situation is also improving, now "only" five players are out - Radu Dragusin, Dominic Solanke, Richarlison, Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven.

Manchester City are in big crisis, the biggest under Pep Guardiola. The Spanish coach, arguably the best in the World, look unable to change something. The last three defeats were really painful. First, the catastrophe at Emirates. City lost 5:1 to Arsenal and the fans were frustrated. The elimination from the Champions League was another blow as they lost twice from Real Madrid, both home and away. Finally, three days ago they lost 2:0 to Liverpool. The Citizens had the possession and controlled the ball, but Liverpool controlled the result. The Reds were clinical and scored through Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai. Guardiola is under pressure again, as well as his players. He hopes that Haaland's knee injury would be healed in time for the trip to London, but so far he is rated as doubtful. Should the Norwegian play and indeed score, he would become just the second player to score 10 home goals and 10 away goals in three straight Premier League seasons, after Harry Kane. Pep remain without Rodri, Oscar Bobb, Manuel Akanji and John Stones due to injury.

Tottenham vs Manchester City Prediction:

Both teams are in crisis, but the last couple of matches indicates a difference. While Tottenham won the last three league matches, Manchester City suffered two painful defeats, losing 5:1 to Arsenal and 2:0 to Liverpool. On top of that, they lost twice from Real Madrid and were eliminate in the first knock-out stage of the Champions League. The home advantage is also a reason for my pick. Considering the fact that Man City defenders are bad at the moment, I will give some advantage to the Spurs.

Tottenham vs Manchester City Pick: Tottenham +0.5 AH @ 1.87 with Pinnacle