Premier League - Home to Tottenham Hotspur, City no room to drop points

2023-01-19 15:56

 Premier League - Home to Tottenham Hotspur, City no room to drop points



The 2022/23 season of the Premier League will usher in the focus of the 7th round of make-up matches. The defending champion Manchester City will sit at home against Tottenham Hotspur, which has been somewhat unstable recently. Since Manchester City is currently as many as 7 points behind Arsenal in the standings, Guardiola's team will strive to shorten the distance with Arsenal by 3 points in this campaign.


Manchester City lost 1-2 away to rival Manchester United in the earlier Manchester derby. After being unable to score all 3 points, Manchester City's goal of defending the title is getting further and further away.


Tottenham Hotspur lost 0-2 to Arsenal in the last round of the North London Derby. They are currently ranked fifth in the standings with 33 points, as many as 5 points behind the Champions League qualification zone.


The performance of Haaland and Kane has attracted much attention


It is worth noting that if you look back at the match record last season, Manchester City lost to Tottenham Hotspur in both games. At that time, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester City 1-0 after scoring the only goal of the game at home with Son Heung-min. In the away game, although Manchester City equalized the score twice, Kane finally completed the lore before the end of the game and defeated Guardiola's team 3-2.


Although Tottenham Hotspur have an advantage in the past record, Conte's team has only scored 10 points in the last 9 games. In Manchester City's previous six-game winning streak, Guardiola's team scored 29 goals. In terms of home performance, Manchester City also scored 31 goals in 9 games, so the offensive ability of "Blue Moon" is definitely a solid fortress that Tottenham Hotspur need to break through.


In addition, the Norwegian genius Haaland currently ranks first in the Premier League scorer list with 21 goals, and Kane ranks second with 15 goals. However, after entering 2023, Harland has not yet scored a goal. In contrast, Kane scored 3 goals, so this group of strong duels is also one of the highlights of this game.