Manchester City vs Tottenham: 10 match facts, including Sergio Aguero's all-time Premier League record
The key numbers and pre-match analysis for this Premier League meeting
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Your support makes all the difference.Ahead of the Premier League meeting between Man City and Tottenham, we pick out 10 match facts using our free football app - Independent Football Live.
- The last 9 PL games between these 2 sides have seen 41 goals scored
- Man City have won 8 and lost 2 of the last 10 PL meetings with Spurs, including victories in the last 5 in a row at the Etihad Stadium
- Man City have not beaten any side currently in the top 6 of the PL table this season (W0 D3 L4)
- Sergio Aguero has scored 10 goals in 8 PL appearances against Spurs
- Aguero has scored the most goals from outside the box this season in the PL (4) despite only hitting the target 7 times from long range
- Aguero's minutes per goal rate of one every 108.2 minutes is the best of any player with at least 5 goals scored in PL history
- Man City have scored the highest proportion of goals from outside the box in the PL this season (23%)
- Spurs have conceded a league-low one goal from outside the box in the PL in 2015-16
- Mauricio Pochettino has defeated a Manuel Pellegrini side just once in 12 meetings between the two in the PL or La Liga (W1 D2 L9)
- Dele Alli has had a hand in 11 goals in his last 14 PL games for Spurs (6 goals, 5 assists)
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