The 2023/24 Premier League season has entered its final stage, and the suspense of relegation has been revealed in advance, with three promoted clubs Burnley, Luton Town and Sheffield United collectively relegated. The suspense of the championship, the fourth and the sixth is to be solved. The title race was particularly intense, with Arsenal and Manchester City pushing the Premier League to a climax. At 3 o'clock in the morning on May 15, Beijing time, in a supplementary match in the 34th round of the English Premier League, Tottenham will host Manchester City, which is a blockbuster matchup that determines the ownership of the Premier League championship this season, and it is also the last game between the BIG6 giants this season.
Tottenham are the only BIG6 team that have not won the Premier League, but Tottenham have been the bitter hosts of Manchester City, with Pep Guardiola losing six games against Tottenham since taking charge, including the 2018/19 Champions League quarter-finals. At the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Pep Guardiola suffered four consecutive league defeats and failed to score a goal, something that no Premier League team has been able to do, but in the fourth round of the FA Cup this season, Manchester City beat Tottenham 1-0 away to advance.
Tottenham's recent situation is not ideal, this season Tottenham started high and low, Tottenham Hotspur, which had started with 10 consecutive rounds of unbeaten, once led the standings, but as the season progressed, Tottenham gradually returned to mediocrity, in the sprint stage of the season, Tottenham suffered a devil's schedule, fell into a slump, lost Newcastle, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, and defeated Burnley in the last round of the league after 1 goal behind, temporarily stopping the decline of consecutive defeats.
Manchester City is getting better and better as the season progresses, starting from the Club World Cup, Manchester City is unbeaten in 33 consecutive games in all competitions, including the Premier League, Manchester City has been unbeaten in 21 consecutive rounds, and recently won 7 consecutive wins, full of firepower, scored 28 goals, and averaged 4 goals per game.
In the sprint to the season, Tottenham still have the theoretical possibility of qualifying for the Champions League, with Spurs four points behind Aston Villa and only two league games left, and if Aston Villa can win at home to Liverpool in the early hours of May 14, then Tottenham will miss out on the top four one round earlier. Manchester City beat Fulham 4-0 away in the last round of the league and continued their winning streak. After Pep Guardiola was eliminated by Real Madrid on penalties in the Champions League, he shouted that he wanted to win the Premier League for the fourth time in a row.
Looking at the performance of the big clubs in the BIG6 minor league, Arsenal is the team with the best record, Manchester City is third with 12 points, and Tottenham is fifth with 9 points. Tottenham have won Manchester United and Liverpool respectively this season, drawn with Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United, and lost four. Manchester City won Manchester United home and away, lost away to Arsenal, and drew the rest of their games, lacking the consistency that has been stronger in the past few seasons.
For Pep Guardiola, having won three consecutive Premier League titles, but no team has ever won four in a row in the 136-year history of the English top flight, and this season Manchester City have a chance to become the first team to complete four consecutive Premier League titles, breaking the 136-year record. Now all Manchester City have to do is break another embarrassing curse, which is to suffer four consecutive defeats against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League, without scoring a goal, and if Manchester City can beat Tottenham Hotspur away in this round, then they will definitely win the title.