You BetTop form seems to favour City, Liverpool in glamour matches
Mancini's side should have enough against Spurs, while Londoners are handicap pick
Tomorrow brings the glamour fixtures on this weekend's English Premier League programme, with Tottenham versus Manchester City and Liverpool versus Chelsea - both crunch games in the race for Champions League places.
Tottenham and Chelsea may well end up contesting the final place between them, if Manchester City and Arsenal keep up their momentum, and a hammer blow tomorrow could prove crucial.
Tottenham have the more difficult opponents, but they have home advantage, which gives them a reasonable chance of taking at least a point. Their home record against other teams in the top seven is: won two, drawn two and lost just one (against Chelsea) whereas they have lost four out of five in that category on the road.
City have lost only two out of 11 overall against the rest of the top seven (3-2 at home to Manchester United and 2-0 away to Everton), suggesting they will give Tottenham a tough game. A draw is possible, but the balance is tilted towards City because Tottenham have yet to keep a clean sheet against a top-seven team.
City have won the last eight games in which they have scored in all competitions and have won eight out of 11 when scoring on the road in the Premier League.
Liverpool have struggled all season in top-seven matches, with only one win out of 10. That came in their most recent game in that category, a 3-2 home win over Tottenham, and they have lost only one of their last seven in the Premier League, which points to steady improvement under Brendan Rodgers.