MY ACCOUNT
– Manchester City have won 11 in a row at home across all competitions
– Arsenal have only failed to score in one away league game this season
– Recommended bet: Man City to win and both teams to score
Wednesday’s meeting between City and Arsenal is highly anticipated with the winner moving into the driving seat in the race for the Premier League title.
City enter the encounter sitting second and five points adrift of the Gunners, but the reigning champions have two games in hand and they are unbeaten in 16 games across all competitions.
Arsenal, meanwhile, have not tasted defeat in 12 games – last losing when they hosted City – but they have stumbled over recent weeks following three successive draws.
Team news
Injuries have been kind to hosts City at this late stage of the season and Guardiola has almost a fully fit squad to select from as they look to keep alive their treble hunt.
Defender Nathan Ake missed Saturday’s FA Cup win over Sheffield United with a hamstring issue and is expected to be sidelined once again.
William Saliba has sat out Arsenal’s last five games with a back problem and it does not appear he will be ready to return for this crunch fixture.
Takehiro Tomiyasu and Mohamed Elneny are long-term absentees and will not feature again this season.
The stats
City have won all six of their home league games against Arsenal under Guardiola by an aggregate score of 17-3, last losing at home to the Gunners in January 2015.
Arsenal have lost their last 11 top-flight games against City, their longest losing streak against an opponent in their league history, while they have conceded at least twice in six of their last 11 league games.
Erling Haaland has scored 32 league goals for City, the joint-most ever by a player in a 38-game campaign in the competition with 20 coming at the Etihad.
Bukayo Saka has scored Arsenal’s last two league goals against City, though both of these have come in home games. The last Arsenal player to score home and away against City in the same season was Theo Walcott in 2016-17.
Prediction
City have a vast amount of experience for delivering at the business end of the season and they have made the Etihad a fortress over recent weeks – winning 11 in a row across all competitions.
Arsenal’s young squad appears to be crumbling under the pressure of trying to deliver a first league title since 2004.
It is difficult to look beyond City coming out on top with confidence flowing at the moment but Arsenal, who have scored at least one goal in 15 of their 16 away league assignments should be able to register.
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