With both failing to get past their opponents in the midweek Champions League games, Manchester City comes up against Arsenal in a much-awaited Premier League game.
A potentially tight contest can be expected when last season’s EPL champions and runners-up square off in Manchester with Pep Guardiola having spoken glowingly about their Sunday opponents. The draw against Inter shouldn’t be put into consideration coming to this game because they are still the favourites in this tie.
For Arteta, the loss of captain Odegaard has affected how they play with their strikers having been blunt in their midweek tie but the Spaniard should have a squad capable of matching City as they proved last season despite narrowly missing the title.
H2H / Stats
Recent encounters between these rivals have been tight. Four of their last six meetings saw under 2.5 goals scored, including a goalless draw at this venue in their most recent meeting in March.
Team News
Man City will still miss the services of Oscar Bobb and Nathan Ake but there are expected to be a few changes from the starting team that took on Inter Milan in midweek.
Mikel Arteta is still without the services of Oleksander Zinchencko, Martin Odegaard, Mikel Merino and Takehiro Tomiyasu. The visitors might want to make a few changes to the starting team but their options are very limited in this tie.
Probable Line-Ups
Man City XI: Ederson (GK), Walker, Stones, Akanji, Lewis, Kovacic, Savinho, Gündogan, De Bruyne, Grealish, Haaland
Arsenal XI: Raya (GK), White, Saliba, Magalhães, Timber, Rice, Partey, Trossard, Saka, Havertz, Martinelli
Verdict
You just never know how these sides will fare going by form and recent head-to-head encounters between the two. But we do expect goals.
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Man City Win
Reason: Since the end of last season, Arsenal kept clean sheets in ten of 14 EPL fixtures but they are coming against a City side who have been scoring freely in home games.
Under 2.5 Goals
Reason: Man City have seen under 2.5 goals in 4 of their last 6 matches against Arsenal while their visitors have seen under 2.5 goals in 5 of their last 7 away matches.
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