It's early days in the Premier League and both Manchester City and Arsenal are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Manchester City form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier League game of the season here at Etihad Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 15 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from Manchester City's 19 home games.
Manchester manager J. Guardiola i Sala and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Leeds United (placed 8th) in the Premier League. In the game before, an away victory in the Carabao Cup match versus Burnley with a 3-0 scoreline.
Manchester's goalie Ederson played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Leeds United with a stunning six saves.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Porto are coming to town in four days.
Manchester City has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Arsenal form and stats
Arsenal are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Nicolas Pépé and Bukayo Saka scored in Arsenal's previous match, the home game against Sheffield United that ended 2-1. A 0-0 draw at Liverpool (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties)'s stadium before that.
Nicolas Pépé came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sheffield United last time out, making the manager M. Arteta Amatriain feel like a tactical genius.
4 goals so far away for Arsenal, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Manchester wins - draws - Arsenal wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lacazette 3 goals |   K. De Bruyne 1 goals |  P. Foden 1 goals |
Manchester City missing players
Arsenal missing players
| Manchester City | Arsenal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | 16 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 17 | 30 |
| 16 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 38% | 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 50% | 50% |
| Manchester City | Last season | Arsenal | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 8 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 102 | 57 | Scored | S | 20 | 56 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 24 | 48 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 95% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 82% | ||
| 76% | 84% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 55% | ||
| 53% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 34% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 45% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 61% | ||
| 45% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 26% | ||
| 11% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 18% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 726 | 382 | Total Shots | T S | 180 | 399 | ||
| 258 | 135 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 153 | ||
| 40% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Everton | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Leeds United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Newcastle United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Southampton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Manchester City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 3 |
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
| 18 | Burnley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
| 19 | Sheffield United | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 20 | Fulham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 38 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 33 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 52 | 99 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 38 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 102 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 22 | 67 | 81 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 66 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 30 | 66 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 69 | 54 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 38 | 15 | 66 |
| 5 | Leicester City | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 67 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 62 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 61 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 59 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 51 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 59 |
| 8 | Arsenal | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 56 | 48 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 56 |
| 9 | Sheffield United | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 54 |
| 10 | Burnley | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 50 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 27 | -7 | 54 |
| 11 | Southampton | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 60 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 25 | -9 | 52 |
| 12 | Everton | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 56 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | -12 | 49 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 58 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 37 | -20 | 44 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 30 | -19 | 43 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -15 | 41 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | -13 | 39 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 41 | 67 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 37 | -26 | 35 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 65 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 35 | -25 | 34 |
| 19 | Watford | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 64 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 37 | -28 | 34 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 75 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 38 | -49 | 21 |
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