If you’re only going to watch one Premier League game this weekend, then the choice is relatively simple.

Indeed, a 2.15pm kick-off at White Hart Lane on Sunday sees second-place Tottenham Hotspur face pole position Manchester City in a fixture that will give us a huge insight into the kind of seasons both clubs will have.

Will the Citizens obliterate everything in their path, including the Lilywhites en route to the Premier League’s crown? And will Spurs be involved in the title race once again this year, after almost toppling Leicester City last season?

We’ll know more after Sunday’s game which, perhaps most intriguingly of all, puts the Premier League’s top scorers, City, against the side with the best defensive record in the division – Spurs have conceded just three goals this term.

But such a delicately poised match could well come down to who dominates the key individual battles. With that in mind, we’ve listed THREE that are likely to decide Sunday’s outcome.

HEUNG-MIN SON VS BACARY SAGNA

Heung-Min Son’s been on fire this season, stepping in to fill the goalscoring void of Harry Kane with five goals in as many appearances for Mauricio Pochettino’s side – including a brace against Boro last weekend and the winning strike against CSKA Moscow on Tuesday night. With summer signing Vincent Janssen yet to get off the mark in the Premier League, the South Korean international remains Spurs’ most likely source of a goal on Sunday.

That suggests a tricky afternoon for Bacary Sagna, who has established himself as Pep Guardiola’s first-choice right-back this season. The Frenchman is tough, physical and quick but may struggle to keep a leash on an in-form winger whilst adhering to Guardiola’s unconventional utilisation of wide defenders.

SERGIO AGUERO VS TOBY ALDERWEIRELD

Spurs defenders likely still have nightmares about the time Sergio Aguero put four goals past them in the space of an hour back in October 2014. Admittedly, Tottenham have grown exponentially since then; they’re a far more cohesive unit defensively and a more confident side in general. But the Argentine clearly loves to play the Lilywhites, the club he’s scored the second-most goals against, a staggering ten, throughout his career.

But the one major difference between Spurs then and now is Toby Alderweireld. Since arriving in the Premier League from Atletico Madrid, initially on loan with Southampton, the Belgium international has established himself as one of the best centre-backs in the division. Facing Aguero, who has already netted eleven times this term, will be his toughest test this season.

DAVID SILVA VS DELE ALLI

David Silva has excelled in the ‘free eight’ role under Pep Guardiola and Dele Alli performs a similar kind of services for Tottenham Hotspur, partaking in the midfield battle before dashing up the pitch to support his centre-forward. Although neither will feel particularly obliged to stop the other on Sunday, both will be charged with the task of producing something special for their respective sides – especially with the aforementioned Harry Kane and City’s midfield kingpin Kevin De Bruyne absent through injury.