Injury problems continue as six first team players are ruled out of Spurs clash
Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester City
Date: 12.45pm, Saturday 26th September 2015
Venue: White Hart Lane, North London
Referee: Mark Clattenburg Assistants: S Beck, J Collin Fourth Official: A Taylor
Odds: Tottenham 13/4, Draw 3/1, Manchester City Evens
Tickets: Sold out
TV: BT Sport 1
Tottenham Hotspur
Manager: Mauricio Pochettino
Squad (from): Lloris, McGee, Vorm, Alderweireld, Davies, Dier, Fazio, Rose, Trippier, Vertonghen, Walker, Wimmer, Alli, Carroll, Chadli, Dembele, Eriksen, Lamela, Mason, Onomah, Son, Townsend, Winks, Kane, N'Jie.
Injured: Bentaleb, Pritchard
Doubtful: Mason
Suspended: None
Form guide: WWDDDL
Manchester City
Manager: Manuel Pellegrini
Squad (from): Caballero, Hart, Wright, Demichelis, Kolarov, Kompany, Otamendi, Sagna, Zabaleta, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Fernando, Garcia, Navas, Nasri, Roberts, Toure, Aguero, Sterling.
Injured: Clichy, Delph, Mangala, Bony, Iheanacho, Silva
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Form guide: LWWWWW
Manuel Pellegrini is without six first team players as his side travel to White Hart Lane, hoping to rectify last weekend's defeat against West Ham United. David Silva, Wilfried Bony, Eliaquim Mangala and Kelechi Iheanacho join long term absentees Fabian Delph and Gael Clichy. On a brighter note, captain Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta and Samir Nasri are all included in the squad.
Questions have been raised over the recent form of Sergio Aguero, but Pellegrini believes his striker will soon be back to his best.
"I think that against Sunderland Kun was practically 100% fit," Pellegrini reflected.
"He was an important player – he was involved in the goals, he scored and he had other chances. Maybe after his injury, especially against West Ham he wasn’t 100% but now I believe he is."
The Chilean warned his side not to underestimate Spurs, and paid tribute to Mauricio Pocettino.
"Every game is different, we are just believing that if we don’t play well we won’t win," Pellegrini said.
"I don’t analyse Spurs’ start – they have good players, a very young team – so I think that Pochettino is doing very good work there and we’ll see how they do at the end of the season."
City's last away game at White Hart Lane ended in a 1-0 victory, thanks to a Sergio Aguero strike. Overall City have won 58 of the 149 games played against Spurs, with 34 draws and 57 defeats.
Prediction: Tottenham 1 City 1