The day of Manchester City - Tottenham Hotspur has often been a day of goals. Yet, Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino has warned his side that they must forget the past results against the Premier League Champions if they are to avoid another trouncing from Manuel Pellegrini side.
"This is another season, another philosophy, another game and we need to arrive on Saturday with the idea to believe in our philosophy and style and try to get the points."
Pochettino's side enjoyed a winning start to the season against West Ham and Queens Park Rangers before taking a beating at home to Liverpool. Since then, they've lost one in seven games, to West Brom who are 14th after seven games.
| Tottenham | 1-0 | Southampton |
| Tottenham | 1-1 | Besiktas |
| Arsenal | 1-1 | Tottenham |
| Tottenham | 3-1 | Nottingham Forest |
| Tottenham | 0-1 | West Brom |
| Partizan Belgrade | 0-0 | Tottenham |
| Sunderland | 2-2 | Tottenham |
Manchester City sit in second place behind unbeaten Chelsea after scraping a win past Aston Villa in the last ten minutes before the international break.
The Citizens have fallen at the hands of Stoke in the Premier League, Arsenal in the community shield and Bayern Munich in the Champions League so far but have enjoyed brilliant form from their strikers, netting 7 past Sheffield Wednesday in the Capital One Cup. Since their last Premier League loss, Pellegrini's side have lost just one, to Bayern Munich and won 3.
| Aston Villa | 0-2 | Manchester City |
| Manchester City | 1-1 | AS Roma |
| Hull City | 2-4 | Manchester City |
| Manchester City | 7-0 | Sheffield Wednesday |
| Manchester City | 1-1 | Chelsea |
| Bayern Munich | 1-0 | Manchester City |
| Arsenal | 2-2 | Manchester City |
TEAM NEWS
Manchester City have no fresh injury concerns following the international break but Samir Nasri and Fernandinho remain out of action.
Spurs have doubts over Hugo Lloris and Nacer Chadli while Kyle Naughton is out with an ankle problem and Emmanuel Adebayor and Nalib Bentaleb are both to be assessed before the match.
STATS
Manchester City have won six of their last seven league meetings with Tottenham.
Spurs lost 6-0 on their last trip to the Ethiad Stadium in November 2013, their joint heaviest Premier League defeat.
The last six Premier League games between these sides have produced 30 goals, five per game on average, with City scoring 22.
City
Manchester City are winless in their last two home games in the league; they last went three without a victory back in November 2010 (L1, D2).
They have scored in six out of their seven league matches this season.
Manuel Pellegrini's side have one more point than they did at this stage last year.
Edin Dzeko has scored six goals in six Premier League games against Tottenham, while Sergio Aguero has netted five goals in five league appearances against Spurs.
Spurs
Tottenham have only won one of their previous five league matches.
They have just three victories in their last 11 Premier League away matches (W3, D4, L4). Prior to this, they won five on the road in succession.
Mauricio Pochettino's side have failed to hold on to a lead in their last two away matches in the league.
Nacer Chadli has been involved in five of Tottenham's nine Premier League goals this season, with four goals and one assist.