Man City vs Tottenham prediction and odds: Routine home win on the cards for Premier League leaders

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After blowing away Sporting Lisbon in midweek, Manchester City return to Premier League action at the very top of their game but they can't afford to take Spurs lightly given what happened between these sides on the opening weekend of the season.

City clearly weren't at their best in the 1-0 defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium but they haven't looked back since that August afternoon, losing just one of their subsequent 24 Premier League matches.

The pace Man City are setting on the domestic front is quite frightening and only Liverpool are capable of keeping hold of their coat tails.

Pep Guardiola's stars are nearly always heavy odds-on chances at home and this weekend is no different, with City a 1/4 wager with Grosvenor Sport to avenge the opening-day defeat. Spurs, who have lost three of their last four Premier League games, are 10/1 pokes for the upset, and it would be an upset!

City are averaging almost three goals a game at the Etihad but this season's success has been built on a miserly defensive unit that offers opposing attacks very little encouragement. No side has conceded less goals than City (6) at home this term and in their last ten Premier League matches, only Leicester have managed to achieve an xGF of greater than 1.0.

Spurs were favourites to finished in fourth spot just a couple of weeks ago but the wheels have come well and truly off the Antonio Conte bus, especially from a defensive point of view.

Southampton racked up 24 efforts on goal in their 3-2 win in north London and could have scored six, while Wolves' seven shots on target last weekend was as many as the hosts could muster.

With their manager beginning to go public with