Since Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was inaugurated in 2019, Man City has lost all 5 trips here. The mighty blue half of Manchester has not even scored any goals in the past 5 years. Statistics from the BBC show that Cityzens launched a total of 84 shots, including 22 times the ball hit the target, but still could not penetrate the Spurs net.
Including the time playing at White Hart Lane, Tottenham has only lost one home match in the FA Cup since February 2016. Spurs’ holy ground is clearly a difficult problem that coach Pep Guardiola must find the answer to.
Man City’s “trump card”.
To overcome difficulties in London, Man City will probably need Phil Foden’s rare feat. The FA Cup is the favorite arena of the foggy country’s detonator, with 16 goals scored (11 goals and 5 assists), through 14 main matches for Cityzens. In the previous round’s destruction of Huddersfield Town, Foden also contributed a double.
As a guest in the capital, Man City still does not have the return of key striker Erling Haaland. The Norwegian striker will have to sit out along with Ederson, John Stones and Manuel Akanji.
On the other side of the front line, 8 is the number of players that coach Ange Postecoglou may be missing, including the trio playing for the national team at the Asian Cup and AFCON: Son Heung-min, Yves Bissouma, and Pape Sarr. James Maddison’s ability to play is still open, as the English midfielder has just returned to training after injury.