Man City v Tottenham score predicted by simulation ahead of Premier League clash

19.02.2022 - 14:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Manchester City return to Premier League action with a clash against Tottenham on Saturday, following a brilliant away performance in the Champions League in midweek.

City remain top of the league by nine points and could make it five wins in a row with a good result against Antonio Conte's side on Saturday. Conte admitted earlier this week that Spurs face a tough task to compete with Manchester City, as he continued to downplay his side's chances.

Pep Guardiola will be able to recall Kyle Walker to the starting line-up after the England international was suspended for the midweek game against Sporting, whilst Jack Grealish and Gabriel Jesus could also return to the matchday squad.

So, what line-ups will both teams select? And, what could the final score be?

We used FIFA 22 to get a score prediction for Man City versus Tottenham on Saturday and this is what happened...

We used kick-off mode in FIFA 22, but didn't select a team to control, we then selected the teams and watched the match play out by itself, to give us a score prediction.

We predict that Man City could set up in a 4-3-3 formation, with their line-up as follows: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo; Rodri, De Bruyne, Silva; Mahrez, Sterling, Foden.

We predict that Spurs could set up in a 5-2-3 formation, with their line-up as follows: Lloris; Royal, Romero, Dier, Davies, Reguilon; Hojbjerg, Bentancur; Moura, Son, Kane.

City started the game on the front foot but suffered a set back after Kevin De Bruyne picked up an injury early on, forcing the Belgian off after 15 minutes with Ilkay Gundogan replacing him in midfield.

The injury to De Bruyne didn't impact City's performance though, as Bernardo Silva and Gundogan started a nice attack with some good