Arsenal vs Manchester City: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Emirates Stadium (60272 seats)

These two squads are satisfied with a fine season so far and matches like this could be deciding. Read up on Arsenal - Manchester City!

Insights:
  • Arsenal have not yet lost a game.
  • Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premier League

The visiting Manchester City played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match. That game was also an away game, at RB Leipzig. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Arsenal form and stats

Arsenal have played 4 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

The followers are hoping that Arsenal will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Champions League fixture against Lens. Midfielder Rice was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Rice dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 104 successful passes (of 113 total).

Before that match, a Premier League win away at AFC Bournemouth.

The Arsenal manager Arteta has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.

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Manchester City form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Manchester City, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Two travels in a row for Manchester City, whose manager i Sala could celebrate last time after the Champions League win against RB Leipzig. Foden got a match rating of 8.24 in that game, top player of the team. Foden scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and had 53 successful passes (of 59 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Wolverhampton Wanderers's place.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, City are regular goalscorers on their travels.

Head 2 Head

Manchester City have avoided a loss in the last 9 games (8-1-0) versus Arsenal.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester CityE. Haaland
E. Haaland
8 goals
ArsenalB. Saka
B. Saka
4 goals
ArsenalM. Ødegaard
M. Ødegaard
3 goals

Arsenal missing players

Manchester City missing players

Arsenal Manchester City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 0 4 7
5 2 0 Won W 0 3 6
2 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
15 9 2 Scored S 0 9 17
6 6 2 Conceded C 0 4 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 86%
71% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 71%
57% 75% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
57% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 57%
43% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 43%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
9.1 9.8 11 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8.5 6.7
3 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.8 3.1
1.7 1.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.1 16 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 24.8 18.1
6.3 7.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 10 7.6
34% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 32%
 
9.6 9.2 13 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5.2 6.3
2.4 3.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.8 2.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Arsenal's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Manchester City's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Arsenal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Arsenal have not yet lost a game.
  • Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arsenal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arsenal have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Arsenal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Manchester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premier League
  • Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+12) in Premier League
  • Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Manchester City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 7 6 0 1 17 5 3 3 0 0 8 1 4 3 0 1 9 4 12 18
2 Tottenham Hotspur 7 5 2 0 17 8 3 3 0 0 6 2 4 2 2 0 11 6 9 17
3 Arsenal 7 5 2 0 15 6 4 2 2 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 6 0 9 17
4 Liverpool 7 5 1 1 16 7 3 3 0 0 9 2 4 2 1 1 7 5 9 16
5 Aston Villa 7 5 0 2 18 11 3 3 0 0 13 2 4 2 0 2 5 9 7 15
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 7 5 0 2 19 14 4 3 0 1 11 6 3 2 0 1 8 8 5 15
7 West Ham United 7 4 1 2 13 10 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 2 1 1 7 6 3 13
8 Newcastle United 7 4 0 3 18 7 4 3 0 1 9 3 3 1 0 2 9 4 11 12
9 Crystal Palace 7 3 2 2 7 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 11
10 Manchester United 7 3 0 4 7 11 4 2 0 2 5 6 3 1 0 2 2 5 -4 9
11 Chelsea 7 2 2 3 7 6 4 1 1 2 4 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 8
12 Nottingham Forest 7 2 2 3 8 10 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 1 0 3 4 7 -2 8
13 Fulham 7 2 2 3 5 12 3 1 0 2 1 5 4 1 2 1 4 7 -7 8
14 Brentford 7 1 4 2 10 10 4 0 3 1 6 8 3 1 1 1 4 2 0 7
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 2 1 4 8 13 3 1 0 2 4 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 -5 7
16 Everton 7 1 1 5 6 12 4 0 0 4 1 5 3 1 1 1 5 7 -6 4
17 Luton Town 7 1 1 5 6 14 3 0 1 2 3 5 4 1 0 3 3 9 -8 4
18 Burnley 7 1 1 5 6 16 4 0 0 4 3 12 3 1 1 1 3 4 -10 4
19 AFC Bournemouth 7 0 3 4 5 15 4 0 2 2 1 7 3 0 1 2 4 8 -10 3
20 Sheffield United 7 0 1 6 5 19 4 0 1 3 3 13 3 0 0 3 2 6 -14 1

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.