After a fractional win against Norwich City last time out, Arsenal will be traveling to Manchester to face the Citizens in what can be called as a crucial game for the Champions League spot.
Danny Welbeck secured the point for the Gunners with his only goal in the game, and gave Arsene Wenger a huge sigh of relief. Furthermore, Manchester City had to face a humiliating loss at St Mary’s last time out. Sadio Mane’s heroic performances gave City’s defence a run for their money, and were unable to keep a firm hold on him.
Arsenal are currently 3rd on the table; 3 points ahead of Manchester City, and 3 points behind Tottenham Hotspur. On the other hand, Manchester City are 4th on the Premier League table with 5 points clear to their city rivals, but the United’s section do have a spare game in hand.
Looking at the Club’s recent form, City have won 4 of their last 6 games and have lost once. While, Arsenal have won 3 of their last 6 games and have drawn thrice. It will be a must win game for both the sides for sure.
Manchester City, have a major injury issue as their skipper will be missing the game due to his Groin injury he suffered against Real Madrid. He will be joining David Silva, Zabaleta and Kolarov on the sidelines.
Arsenal, on the other hand, do not have much to worry about, but they will be missing their towering defender Per Mertesacker who is suffering from a hamstring injury and their versatile playmaker Oxlade-Chamberlain who is still recovering from his knee injury.
Manchester City-
Hart
Sagna; Otamendi; Mangala; Clichy
Fernandinho; Toure
Sterling; De Bruyne; Nasri
Aguero
Arsenal-
Cech
Bellerin; Gabriel; Koscielny; Monreal
Cazorla; Elneny
Ozil; Iwobi; Sanchez
Welbeck
Stats via BBC.
Usually, Pellegrini uses 4-2-3-1 formation with Aguero leading the lines for the Citizens who is backed by the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne. City relies on their counter attacking football and have scored most of their goals from the same.
City have pretty good options in the flanks this time. The Ex- Arsenal star Samir Nasri might return to face his previous club and will be trying to exploit Hector Bellerin who hasn’t convinced the crowd in his defensive abilities.
While Nasri will be looking for crosses, Sterling might go in the depth of Arsenal’s defence to find a gap to shoot.
Arsenal, on the other hand, might be playing their possession game and will be looking to find a gap between Mangala and Otamendi who have had an average season so far.
Well, even if City have a home advantage, they cannot assure a win against the Gunners. Both the sides will be looking to qualify for the Champions League, and both will fight for their lives. A Tough one to predict, but I guess it would be an entertaining draw.
2-2 Draw
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