Man City vs Spurs | An admirable opening away day record
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Fri 22 August 2025, 15:30| Tottenham Hotspur
After a home win to start the new Premier League campaign, up next we travel to Manchester City for our first away trip on Saturday lunchtime (kick-off 12.30pm UK) with a fearsome record on the road in such fixtures.
When it comes to maiden top-flight away trips, we haven't tasted defeat in any of the last nine seasons (W4 D5) and have avoided an opening away loss in the month of August since 2015, going unbeaten in 13 matches since then (W6 D7).
Looking to build on last week's 3-0 victory over Burnley at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, we can also take heart from our fruitful trips to the Etihad in recent years where we have lost just one of our previous four league visits there (W2 D1), coming away with a scintillating 4-0 win in this contest last term.
Travelling to the Sky Blue side of Manchester for Matchday Two, the last four Premier League meetings between the two sides at the Etihad have produced 21 goals (12 for Spurs), with us netting at least twice in all four (4-0 in 2024/25, 3-3 in 2023/24, 2-4 in 2022/23 and 3-2 in 2021/22).
Here are some headline pre-match facts, courtesy of Opta, to get in the mood for Manchester City:
We have scored first in eight of our last 11 Premier League games against Man City, going 1-0 up in each of our previous four away visits.
We have won two of our last four Premier League games at the Etihad (D1 L1), more than we did in our previous 11 visits combined (D2 L8).
Following the 4-0 victory last season, we’re seeking consecutive wins away at Man City for the first time since May, 2010.
We are also unbeaten away from home in each of the last two seasons against both Manchester clubs (D2 in 2023/24, W2 in 2024/25), scoring seven goals and keeping clean sheets in visits to the Etihad (4-0) and Old Trafford (3-0) combined last term.
Under Pep Guardiola (since the start of 2016/17), Man City have lost more Premier League games against Tottenham (seven) than they have against any other side.
After netting a superb brace in our opening win over Burnley, Richarlison has the best minutes-per-goal ratio of any player who has featured across the last two Premier League seasons (a goal every 95 minutes), also enjoying a 27.3 per cent conversion rate.
The Brazilian has also scored 13 goals in his last 16 Premier League starts.
Mohammed Kudus became just the second player to provide two assists on his league debut in Lilywhite after James Maddison did so against Brentford in August, 2023.
Thomas Frank led former side Brentford to a 2-1 victory at the Etihad in November, 2022. The only two previous managers to have beaten Pep Guardiola away in the league with two clubs both have a Spurs connection - José Mourinho (Real Madrid in 2012, Manchester United in 2018) and Antonio Conte (Chelsea in 2016, Spurs in 2022).
In all competitions, Guardiola has lost nine games against us in his managerial career, only losing more against Liverpool (10). We are also one of three teams the Spaniard has faced 10 or more times and won fewer than half of his games against (11/23, 48%), along with Liverpool (6/24, 25%) and Real Madrid (13/27, 48%).
Watch | Last time out at the Etihad