Two Premier League teams seeking to return to winning ways lock horns at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening, as Manchester City play host to Tottenham Hotspur.
The Citizens entered November's international break on the back of losing four games in a row across all competitions for the first time under manager Pep Guardiola, including back-to-back 2-1 league defeats against Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion.
Spurs, meanwhile, suffered a surprise 2-1 home defeat to newly-promoted Ipswich Town in their most recent match, leaving them sitting 10th in the table and seven points behind Man City in second place.
Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.
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Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 172
Man City wins: 68
Draws: 37
Spurs wins: 67
Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur have faced each other a total of 172 times across all competitions, with the Citizens edging the head-to-head record with 68 victories to Spurs' 67, while there have also been 37 draws between the two teams.
However, Tottenham have fared slightly better in cup competitions, winning 11 times and drawing three of their 22 encounters across the FA Cup, EFL Cup and Champions League, while in the Premier League era (since 1992-93), they have beaten Man City on 28 occasions across 53 meetings, and have also played out eight draws.
One of the most memorable fixtures between these two clubs was the Champions League quarter-final clash in 2019 when Spurs edged past Man City via the away goals rule following a 4-4 aggregate draw. The Citizens suffered VAR heartache in the second leg despite winning a thrilling contest 4-3 at the Etihad. Man City got their revenge in the EFL Cup final two years later, though, with Aymeric Laporte scoring eight minutes from time to seal a 1-0 triumph at Wembley.
Since 2004, 40 of the last 46 encounters between these two teams have taken place in the Premier League, and Spurs enjoyed an impressive spell of dominance at the beginning of this run as they won 11 games out of 12 between December 2004 and May 2010, including seven wins by a 2-1 scoreline.
However, Man City responded in emphatic fashion by winning eight of the next 10 between August 2010 and May 2015 - scoring 27 goals in the process - including two 5-1 away victories and a 6-0 thumping on home soil.
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Since September 2015, there has been little to separate these two clubs, but Man City have just edged it with 10 wins compared to Spurs' nine in 23 meetings across all competitions, with the Citizens' winning five times in the last nine encounters.
At the Etihad, Tottenham have only won one of their last nine visits - an enthralling 3-2 victory in February 2022 in which Harry Kane netted a dramatic 95th-minute winner.
Meanwhile in North London, Man City did not enjoy any of their first five visits to the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, losing all five without scoring, before winning back-to-back matches in 2024 - a 1-0 FA Cup fourth-round win in January of that year followed four months later by a 2-0 Premier League win, courtesy of two goals from Erling Haaland and a heroic goalkeeping display from substitute Stefan Ortega.
However, Man City have since lost their most recent match away against Spurs, losing 2-1 in the last 16 of the EFL Cup in October 2024.
Only Jermain Defoe (seven) has scored more goals for Tottenham against Man City than both Kane and Robbie Keane (five), but the highest-scoring player in this fixture is Citizens legend Sergio Aguero, who netted 12 times in 18 games, including all four in a 4-1 home victory in October 2014.
Last 20 meetings
Oct 30, 2024: Spurs 2-1 Man City (EFL Cup Last 16)
May 14, 2024: Spurs 0-2 Man City (Premier League)
Jan 26, 2024: Spurs 0-1 Man City (FA Cup Fourth Round)
Dec 03, 2023: Man City 3-3 Spurs (Premier League)
Feb 05, 2023: Spurs 1-0 Man City (Premier League)
Jan 19, 2023: Man City 4-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Feb 19, 2022: Man City 2-3 Spurs (Premier League)
Aug 15, 2021: Spurs 1-0 Man City (Premier League)
Apr 25, 2021: Man City 1-0 Spurs (EFL Cup Final)
Feb 13, 2021: Man City 3-0 Spurs (Premier League)
Nov 21, 2020: Spurs 2-0 Man City (Premier League)
Feb 02, 2020: Spurs 2-0 Man City (Premier League)
Aug 17, 2019: Man City 2-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Apr 20, 2019: Man City 1-0 Spurs (Premier League)
Apr 17, 2019: Man City 4-3 Spurs (Champions League Quarter-Finals)
Apr 09, 2019: Spurs 1-0 Man City (Champions League Quarter-Finals)
Oct 29, 2018: Spurs 0-1 Man City (Premier League)
Apr 14, 2018: Spurs 1-3 Man City (Premier League)
Dec 16, 2017: Man City 4-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Jan 21, 2017: Man City 2-2 Spurs (Premier League)
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