Football Super Series preview: Tottenham v Man City

Opening Goal Scorer

Harry Kane finished last season as both the top goalscorer and top assister in the top-flight, and the England man was a fast starter in games, scoring the opening goal in eight different Premier League fixtures, more than any other player.

Son Heung-Min will be hoping to continue his good run of form against City, with the Spurs attacker scoring six goals in his last 10 appearances against Manchester City in all competitions, netting in all three games against the Citizens at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium (3 goals), including the opener and winner in April 2019 (1-0 in the UEFA Champions League) and the opener in November 2020 (2-0 in the Premier League).

Raheem Sterling will be looking to cement his place in City’s starting line-up from the start of the season.  No City player scored the opening goal in more Premier League games last season than Sterling (6 – level with Ilkay Gündogan), while in his professional club career he only has more goals against Bournemouth (11) and Watford (10) than against Spurs (8).

City’s top goal scorer last term Ilkay Gündogan netted a brace in their 3-0 victory against Tottenham at the Etihad back in February, while he has only scored more goals against West Brom (5) in the Premier League than he has versus Spurs (4). He did however miss a penalty in this exact fixture in 2019-20 as the Lilywhites ran out 2-0 winners.

Results

Tottenham have faced Manchester City in their opening top-flight match of the season on three previous occasions, losing none of those matches in 1990-91 (3-1 win), 1995-96 (1-1 draw) and 2010-11 (0-0 draw).

Manchester City have lost 15 away Premier League matches against Spurs, including in the last two seasons, losing 2-0 in both matches. They have only lost more away Premier League matches against Liverpool (16) than they have against the north Londoners.

In all competitions, Tottenham have won just three of their last 12 meetings with Manchester City (D2 L7), losing each of the last two without scoring, including last season’s League Cup final.

Expect goals in this clash, with the last goalless draw between Tottenham and Manchester City coming all the way back in August 2010 in the Premier League, with the two sides facing each other 24 times since then in all competitions.