Mauricio Pochettino goes a long way back with Manuel Pellegrini. The Tottenham manager was a youth international for Argentina at the South America Under-20 Championship in 1991 when he remembers scoring the winning goal in a group phase tie against a Chile team managed by Pellegrini. What Pochettino would give for a repeat scoreline against Manchester City on Saturday. Tottenham are battling to ally fluency with results while City – and Sergio Agüero, in particular – have been their nemesis in recent times. David Hytner
Kick-off Saturday 12.45pm
Venue White Hart Lane
Last season Tottenham Hotspur 0 Manchester City 1
Live BT Sport 1
Referee Mark Clattenburg
This season G4, Y15, R1, 4.25 cards per game
Odds H 3-1 A 10-11 D 11-4
Tottenham Hotspur
Subs from Vorm, Trippier, Wimmer, Rose, Fazio, Carroll, Winks, Onomah, Chadli, Townsend, N’Jie, McGee
Doubtful None
Injured Dembélé (ankle, 3 Oct), Mason (knee, 3 Oct), Bentaleb (ankle, 17 Oct), Pritchard (ankle, unknown)
Suspended None
Form LDDDWW
Discipline Y15 R0
Leading scorer Son 2
Manchester City
Subs from Caballero, Wright, Zabaleta, Fernando, Nasri, Demichelis, Zuculini, Roberts, Maffeo, Bossaerts
Doubtful Zabaleta (knee)
Injured Bony (knock, 3 Oct), Silva (calf, 3 Oct), Iheanacho (groin, 10 Oct), Clichy (ankle, 17 Oct), Mangala (groin, 17 Oct), Delph (hamstring, 31 Oct)
Suspended None
Form WWWWWL
Discipline Y13 R0
Leading scorers Fernandinho, Kompany 2
