The match of the 16th round of the FA Cup “Tottenham” – “Manchester City” is scheduled for Friday, 22:00, in London, it will be broadcast live by the Pro Arena.

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, two teams in full form but with fluctuating performances this season, will meet in an FA Cup Round of 16 (Fourth Round) derby (only one leg played; in case of a draw, a replay on the field “citizens”).

Tottenham progressed to the third round of the FA Cup, the competition between the Premier League and the Championship, with a 1-0 home win over Burnley (Pedro Porro, 78).

In the Championship, Ange Postecoglou’s side are 5th after 21 games with 40 points, eight behind leaders Liverpool but three off the Champions League position, and come off the back of three wins, a draw and a loss in their last five official matches . matches, and in the last draw away from Manchester United, in the Premier League, the score was 2-2.

The squad includes Romanian defender Radu Dragushin, who made his debut for Tottenham at Old Trafford, but is likely to only be a substitute against Manchester City.

The FA Cup remains the only competition this season in which Tottenham still have a chance of winning the trophy after early exit from the EFL Cup, and in the Premier League it is hard to believe that they will succeed in the title race.

Tottenham have won the FA Cup eight times, most recently in the 1991 final with Nottingham Forest, winning 2-1 after extra time and losing once in the final act of the competition in 1981 (2-3 after extra time with Coventry).

In the previous round, Manchester City beat Huddersfield from the Championship (League Two) 5-0 at home (Foden 33, 65, H. Alvarez 37, Jackson 58a, Doku 74).

Pep Guardiola’s side are second in the Premier League after 21 games with 43 points (with a game in hand), five adrift of leaders Liverpool, and are ending a run of five consecutive victories in official matches, the last sometimes managing to impose on the field of Newcastle, in the championship, the score 3-2.

Since Pep Guardiola’s arrival, Manchester City have won the FA Cup just twice (five times in the Premier League and four times in the EFL Cup), which shows that the competition is not very important to him . the Spaniards who prefer to use players who are less evolved or from the youth teams.

It should be noted that at the new stadium of Tottenham, “Manchester City” did not score at all, although five direct official matches were played here in all tournaments!

Manchester City have won the FA Cup seven times, most recently in the last leg in 2023, scoring 2-1 in the final against Manchester United, and they have lost five times in the last leg of the competition, most recently in 2013 ( 0 -1 with Wigan).

The last time these two teams met in the current edition of the Premier League was on 3 December 2023 when Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur drew 3-3 at the Etihad Stadium (Son 6a, Foden 31, Grealish 81 / Son 3, Lo Celso 69, Kulusevsky 90).

Superbet offers odds of 1.57 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in the match Tottenham – Manchester City.

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