Man City vs Tottenham: team news, TV channel & match officials as unbeaten sides face off in Premier League

All the information you need to know ahead of Manchester City’s Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur.
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Manchester City will welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Etihad Stadium in Premier League action on Saturday afternoon.

The Sky Blues remain undefeated in the Premier League, winning four of their first six games and drawing two.

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Pep Guardiola will be hoping striker Erling Haaland will continue his prolific display in front of goal. The Norwegian international is the league’s top scorer with 10 goals so far.

As for Tottenham, they have also made an unbeaten start to their league campaign, winning the same number of games as City, but sit one place behind them in third on goal difference.

Phil Foden scored City’s second goal on Tuesday evening. Credit: Getty. Phil Foden scored City’s second goal on Tuesday evening. Credit: Getty.
Phil Foden scored City’s second goal on Tuesday evening. Credit: Getty.

Both sides remain the only two teams in the competition to not lose a game, so it makes for an interesting afternoon at the Etihad on Saturday.

With that being said, here’s all the information you need to know ahead of City’s clash with Tottenham.

When is City v Spurs?

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The match will take place on Saturday 10 September at the Etihad Stadium, kick-off is 5:30pm.

Is City v Spurs on TV?

The match will be shown live on Sky Sports main event and Premier League, the Sky Sports website and Sky Go app, with coverage of the game beginning at 5pm. A Sky subscription will be required to watch the clash.

Who is the referee for Sevilla v City?

Michael Oliver is the man in the middle. He will be assisted by Stuart Burt and Simon Bennett, while the fourth official for the clash is Darren England.

Paul Tierney will be the VAR, and will be assisted by Marc Perry.

Latest team news

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City were in Champions League action on Tuesday which saw Guardiola make three changes to his starting XI in their 4-0 win over Sevilla.

Manuel Akanji, who made his debut in the match, Sergio Gomez and Jack Grealish replaced John Stones, Kyle Walker and Ilkay Gundogan in the starting XI.

Akanji could remain in City’s starting XI on Saturday after Walker suffered an injury. Credit: Getty. Akanji could remain in City’s starting XI on Saturday after Walker suffered an injury. Credit: Getty.
Akanji could remain in City’s starting XI on Saturday after Walker suffered an injury. Credit: Getty.

Walker wasn’t part of the matchday squad after suffering an injury late-on in the Sky Blues 1-1 draw against Aston Villa last weekend.

Aymeric Laporte remains unavailable after having surgery on his knee in the summer, while Kalvin Phillips is in line for his first league start.

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As for Spurs, they were also in Champions League action midweek, beating Marseille 2-0 at home.

Antonio Conte made just one change to his starting XI in that game with Ivan Perisic replacing Ryan Sessegnon.

Lucas Moura was unavailable for the game, while Bryan Gil, who returned from injury, was named on the bench.

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