Few teams in English football face a more daunting task than hosting Manchester City in the FA Cup. Tottenham Hotspur will take on this challenge on Friday evening, fully aware that a defeat would likely squash their best chance of winning a trophy this season.

Tottenham narrowly defeated Burnley in the third round thanks to a stunning goal from Pedro Porro and have only lost one of their last seven matches in all competitions. They also have a decent record against City, having only lost once in their last five meetings with Pep Guardiola’s team.

City, on the other hand, easily beat Huddersfield Town in the third round and have not been defeated since December 6th in a match against Aston Villa in the Premier League. It’s unclear how both teams will line up in North London on Friday night, but we’ve analyzed their team news and provided our predicted starting line-ups below.

For the first time in a while, Tottenham have some good news on the injury front. James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski are both back in training and could feature in Friday’s game. Manager Ange Postecoglou said in a press conference on Thursday that “Dejan Kulusevski has recovered from his illness and Madders has been training with us. He had a full training week so he is in a good place. We are getting the numbers back up.”

There is also a chance that Ben Davies and Ryan Sessegnon could be available, but Alejo Veliz, Manor Solomon, and Giovani Lo Celso are set to miss out due to various injuries. Pape Matar Sarr, Yves Bissouma, and Son Heung-min are also unavailable due to their participation in international tournaments.

Predicted Tottenham XI: Guglielmo Vicario; Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Mickey van de Ven, Destiny Udogie; Rodrigo Bentancur, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, James Maddison; Dejan Kulusevski, Richarlison, Timo Werner.

Predicted Man City XI: Ederson; Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nathan Ake; Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Kevin de Bruyne; Phil Foden, Julian Alvarez, Jeremy Doku.