Manchester City vs Arsenal – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Sreya

Manchester City vs Arsenal – Manchester City host Arsenal at the Etihad on 18th December, Sunday in a crucial English Premier League fixture. Just one point separate the two clubs – Arsenal are third in league standings with thirty four points while Manchester City are fourth in league standings with thirty three points.

Arsenal lost 2-1 to Everton in the midweek, thereby fluffing a chance to close the gap on league leaders Chelsea and will need to avoid a defeat today to continue their good patch of form on the domestic front.

Manchester City’s 2-0 win against Watford in the midweek, on the other hand, relieved some pressure of Pep Guardiola’s side which had suffered humiliating defeats at the hands of Chelsea and Leicester City in the preceding two matches.

Team News

Vincent Kompany and Ilkay Gundogan are Manchester City’s primary injury concerns while Fabian Delph is yet to regain match fitness. Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho continue to serve their respective suspensions.

Chuba Akpom, Santi Cazorla, Mathieu Debuchy, Yaya Sanogo and Skhodran Mustafi are sidelined through injuries for Arsenal while Per Mertesacker and Danny Welbeck are unfit. Aaron Ramsey has been listed as a doubt.

Manchester City Possible Starting Lineup: Claudio Bravo, Pablo Zabaleta, John Stones, Nicolas Otamendi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Yaya Toure, Fernando, Raheem Sterling, Kevin de Bruyne, David Silva, Kelechi Iheanacho.

Arsenal Possible Starting Lineup: Petr Cech, Hector Bellerin, Gabriel Paulista, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Francis Coquelin, Granit Xhaka, Theo Walcott, Mesut Ozil, Alex Iwobi, Alexis Sanchez.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Manchester City vs Arsenal H2H Stats, the last four English Premier League fixtures between these two clubs have resulted in two wins for Arsenal and two draws. In fact, Arsenal are undefeated in their last 7 matches against Man City in all competitions.

It should be a closely contested affair and a 2-2 draw is the most likely outcome.