Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2015

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2015, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Tottenham Hotspur · Manchester City · Premier League predictions

Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Manchester City: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Manchester City 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 September 2015. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Eric Dier (45'), Toby Alderweireld (50'), Harry Kane (61') and Erik Lamela (79'). Manchester City scored through Kevin De Bruyne (25').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 5 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 8th on 9 points from 6 and Manchester City 1st on 15 points from 6. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 2nd with 72 points, and Manchester City 5th with 64.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Erik Lamela of Tottenham Hotspur (8.3), ahead of Harry Kane (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Tottenham Hotspur win, 1 draw and 8 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Yellow card · Martín DemichelisManchester City
  • 25'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 0-1
  • 45'Goal · Eric DierTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Martín DemichelisManchester City
  • 50'Goal · Toby AlderweireldTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Erik LamelaTottenham Hotspur
  • 59'Yellow card · Eric DierTottenham Hotspur
  • 61'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 3-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Christian EriksenTottenham Hotspur
  • 79'Goal · Erik LamelaTottenham Hotspur · 4-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 1, draws 1, Manchester City 8.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Ben Davies, Eric Dier, Dele Alli, Erik Lamela, Heung-min Son, Christian Eriksen, Harry Kane

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Eliaquim Mangala, Aleksandar Kolarov, Vincent Kompany, Bacary Sagna, Fernandinho, Yaya Touré, David Silva, Jesús Navas, Sergio Agüero, Raheem Sterling