Tottenham vs Manchester City tips and predictions: City's Spurs hoodoo to continue in FA Cup

Richarlison of Tottenham Hotspur

It's a battle of the titans in the FA Cup fourth round on Friday night, as Pep Guardiola's Manchester City face their 'bogey team' Tottenham Hotspur (2000 GMT).

Manchester City have been the team to beat in recent times, but there has always been one team who they seem to come unstuck against, Tottenham Hotspur.

No matter what Spurs side have come into the game, they have turned up and got a result, with their last five home fixtures against the World Club Champions resulting in a win.

Ange Postecoglou's men have been in good form recently, only losing once in their last seven across all competitions, and they also held today's visitors to a 3-3 draw in the Premier League back in December.

Since their mid-season jaunt to the Middle East in the Club World Cup, Man City have been back on form, subsequently closing the gap on Liverpool in the league and starting their FA Cup defence in style with a 5-0 third round triumph over Huddersfield Town.

Expect no weakened teams here from Postecoglou and Guardiola, as both sides are coming off the back of a two-week break and both managers love a cup run, with Postecoglou winning three cup competitions while at Celtic and Guardiola has only failed to reach the FA Cup semi-finals once in his seven previous seasons at Man City.

Man City have been rejuvenated by the return of Kevin De Bruyne, who had a matchwinning cameo last time out against Newcastle and is likely to feature for the FA Cup holders.

Spurs will be without Son Heung-Min as he is at the Asian Cup with South Korea, but Richarlison has stepped into that void and has scored six goals in his last seven appearances.

Meanwhile, City will be relying on Stefan Ortega in goal as Ederson sustained an injury in the match at Newcastle and Ortega has only kept one clean sheet in seven appearances this season, with Guardiola's men conceding twice in three of those games.

This fixture always brings goals too, with 31 goals in the last 10 games between the two sides, so you wouldn't bet against there being more in this game too.

Man City's Spurs hoodoo could continue as Postecoglou looks to keep Spurs in with a chance of a first major trophy since 2008..

Team news

Heung Min-Son is on international duty at the Asian Cup, while Yves Bissouma and Pape Sarr are at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Dejan Kulasevski is doubtful, while James Maddison, Manor Solomon, Ben Davies and Giovani Lo Celso are all ruled out with injury.

John Stones, Manuel Akanji and Ederson are ruled out, Erling Haaland could make his return after returning to training following a foot injury that has kept him out for seven weeks.