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Manchester City vs Tottenham Bet Builder Tips: 2.00 Builder for Thursday’s Premier League Clash

Sam Ingram

Manchester City vs Tottenham Bet Builder Tips: Thursday, January 19th

Here at bettingexpert, we have Manchester City vs Tottenham bet builder tips after two below-par prequels to Thursday’s meeting. Manchester City, fresh from a crushing derby day loss and an unexpected exit in the FA Cup, will have to dust themselves down rather quickly for Thursday’s football offering. Entering the contest battered and bruised in the away dressing room, Spurs also drag their heels into a star-studded midweek Premier league fixture in a rather sombre mood.

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Manchester City vs Tottenham Preview
Manchester City vs Tottenham Stats & Facts
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Manchester City vs Tottenham Preview

England, Premier League, Thursday, January 19th, 19:45 (UK)

The Manchester and North London derbies – two of the most significant match-ups in a hotly contested Premier League season- panned out so that both sides on Thursday limp towards the Etihad in an attempt to get their season back on track. For City, an eight-point margin is what they’ll need to chip away at to catch North London’s best (for the time being).

However, Tottenham will, of course, want to put wrongs right and inadvertently hand The Gunners the upper hand by snatching a share of the spoils on Thursday. Although it has started to feel like the wheels are coming off Antonio Conte’s season after four losses in eight matches in all competitions, Spurs still command a seat at the top six table, with just six points separating Thursday’s hosts in 2nd. A victory in Manchester could be just what the doctor ordered in terms of piecing together another imposing unbeaten run, as we saw nearer the start of the campaign.

And there’s room for confidence in the Spurs camp. Their opponents have lost to them in four of the last five Premier League matches. That’s mightily impressive against a side as dominant as the current champions of England. Before the recent four losses to Spurs, City had fallen to defeat four times in the previous 19 match-ups in the league.

Of course, this is no ordinary season. The enforced World Cup break and enhanced fixture schedule will have taken a toll physically and mentally. Newcastle and Arsenal’s appearance near the league’s summit adds to the gritty competitiveness for the top positions more recently found on Merseyside. Perhaps this is the one season where City falters and edges away from the title race. Yet, it would take a brave bettor to back such a series of events coming to fruition.

Manchester City vs Tottenham Stats & Facts

Harry Kane is two goals shy of joining the Premier League’s 200 club alongside Alan Shearer (260) and Wayne Rooney (208). Last season, the Spurs hitman hit a brace at the Etihad.
No side comes close to City’s goal haul at home this season (31), with Liverpool (23) eight strikes shy.
Pep Guardiola has lost three of his five meetings against Antonio Conte.
City have scored in each of their last 23 Premier League matches at The Etihad.

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The worrying prospect for Spurs, though, is what kind of Manchester City we will likely see on Thursday. Will it be the same abject showing that produced one shot on target over the last two matches? Will Pep stand for a performance mirroring the team that mustered just five shots in a Manchester derby? It’s doubtful. If City’s ‘slumps’ in the past are anything to go by, it should act as a collective wake-up call before their usual surge towards title glory.

Instead, one would assume they leave their mark on the upcoming 90 minutes on Thursday – a frightening thought for any travelling Spurs fan. The Sky Blues approach Thursday without a victory in their recent two matches at The Etihad. The last time City went three without a win on home turf? That came in 2016, enduring a stretch of four winless games – the only occasion Pep Guardiola failed to win 3+ home fixtures in his managerial career.

It may be a misguided assumption that City will sort out their mini dip in form quickly and efficiently, but that’s where my hard-earned is heading for Spurs’ visit. Given the visitors aren’t exactly pulling trees up themselves, Manchester City to tussle all three points away from Spurs is first up on the bet builder. The 1.36 price on bet365 may not offer too much value if any, but it’s a decent footing for the builder in question.

Next up, if City’s dominance and a feverish desire to put things right plays out at The Etihad, expect City to monopolise possession. If Nathan Ake lines up in a back four, the passing line of Over 79.5 is next on the agenda. Against Manchester City at LCB, the Dutchman posted 106 passes at Old Trafford and 117 at Anfield. Across the season as a whole, Aké has hit this passing line in 8/10 appearances – falling short at home to United (66) and away at Stamford Bridge (57). With how the fixture is set up and the need to put a win on the board here, the backline should see a lot of the ball.