Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City: Match Preview, Tips & Odds

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City: Match Preview, Tips & Odds

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Tottenham Hotspur host Manchester City on Wednesday evening in the stand-out tie amongst the eight EFL Cup fixtures taking place. As we look ahead to this huge last-16 tie at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, here at betting.bet you will find everything from the latest team news and enhanced match insights to expert betting tips and the best pre-match odds from our betting partners at William Hill.

Recent Form

Spurs slipped up again at the weekend with their 1-0 defeat away at Crystal Palace, their second loss in three Premier League games. Ange Postecoglu’s side are currently eighth in the Premier League with 13 points from their first nine matches. Spurs left it late in their League Cup tie against Coventry City and were actually trailing with 88 minutes on the clock before goals from Djed Spence and Brennan Johnson turned the tie on its head.

League Cup highlights: Coventry City 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester City head into Wednesday’s League Cup fixture as the new Premier League leaders having leapfrogged Liverpool at the weekend thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 win at home to Southampton. Pep Guardiola’s side are now on a run of 14 matches without defeat in all competitions this season, scoring 32 goals in those 14 matches. Manchester City progressed to this stage of the League Cup with a 2-1 third round win at home to Watford last month.

League Cup Form

In the early years of the Pep Guardiola era, Manchester City were almost invincible in this competition but their recent League Cup form is underwhelming. Manchester City won six League Cups in eight seasons between 2013/14 and 2020/21 but they have failed to make it past the quarter-final stage in any of the subsequent three seasons. Last season, Manchester City were eliminated at the third round stage following a 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United at St James’ Park.

Spurs’ League Cup win in 2007/08 remains their only silverware during the ENIC era. By defeating Coventry City, Spurs reached the fourth round of the competition for the first time in four seasons. Last season their League Cup journey ended in August as they lost on penalties to Fulham in round two.

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City: Head-to-Head

Manchester City are unbeaten in three matches against Spurs and ran out 2-0 winners when they visited the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in May thanks to two second-half goals from Erling Haaland.

However, Spurs’ recent record against Manchester City is reasonably good, winning three of their last seven matches in all competitions against Wednesday’s visitors. Before last season Spurs had won five consecutive matches at home to Manchester City.

The two sides did meet in the final of the League Cup in 2021 where an Aymeric Laporte goal eight minutes from time proved the difference as Manchester City won 1-0 at Wembley Stadium.

Betting Tips

Manchester City finally look to have ended their Spurs hoodoo having won twice in North London already in 2024. The League Cup is often a competition that allows for squad rotation amongst England’s biggest clubs and Manchester City’s fringe players are more than capable of making the step up. An away win looks overpriced at 13/8.

Manchester City are the Premier League’s top scorers this season with 20 goals whilst only City and Chelsea have bettered Spurs’ tally of 18 goals. However, the last eight matches Manchester City have played away from home against Tottenham Hotspur have all produced under 2.5 match goals. At 6/4, under 2.5 match goals on Wednesday is our bet of the day.

Our recommended bets include Manchester City to win and under 2.5 match goals. You can combine these bets to boost your odds to 7/1 There are only two possible correct scores that produce this outcome, Manchester City to win 1-0 or 2-0, these correct results are priced at 11/1 or 14/1. Whilst William Hill are offering 19/5 on their ‘Correct Score Group Betting’ market for Manchester City to win 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1.

Match Odds

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