Manchester City vs. Arsenal Predictions

• Where: Etihad Stadium, Manchester City, England
• When: Sunday, September 22, 11:30 PM

Early into the season, we have the clash between two top favorites for the English Premier League title. The reigning champions, Manchester City, are hosting Arsenal at Etihad, searching for another win. Erling Haaland is in outstanding form and will present a main threat to the guests. Meanwhile, Arsenal also plays excellent football, and the Gunners aren’t coming to Manchester to defend but to win.

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Manchester City

The Citizens have had nothing but wins since the season started. They are perfect in the EPL, recording four wins with a goal difference of 11-3. Erling Haaland is on fire, with the Norwegian scoring nine goals already.

City’s performances at home are interesting because they managed to fall behind early in each of them. Both Ipswich and Brentford took the lead, but the champs flipped the score until halftime.

In all the events except the one against Chelsea, Manchester City allowed a goal, which is pretty odd considering the players they have in the back line.

Arsenal

The Gunners’ situation with allowed goals is completely the opposite. They have conceded only once this year, against Brighton at home. It was in the moments when they had fewer players on the pitch due to Declan Rice’s red card.

In the other three games, Arsenal was better against its rivals, keeping clean sheets—Wolves at home, 2-0, Villa on the road, 0-2, and Tottenham also on the road, 0-1.

From what we have seen until now, Arteta’s unit is oriented on keeping the ball in its possession and not over exceeding in the attack. However, it’s still early in the season, and at some point, we’ll see Arsenal’s attacking potential.

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Manchester City and Arsenal Possible Lineups

Manchester City: Ederson; Lewis, Stones, Dias, Gvardiol; Rodri, Kovacic; Bernardo, De Bruyne, Grealish; Haaland

Arsenal: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber; Rice, Partey, Jorginho; Saka, Jesus, Havertz

Manchester City vs Arsenal Head to Head

Last year’s meetings between these two teams saw just one goal. Arsenal was better than City at Emirates, 1-0, while the second game of the year ended without goals. That win in London is Arsenal’s only one in the past 11 matches against City. Meanwhile, Guardiola’s side won nine times during this span.

Manchester City vs. Arsenal Predictions

The hosts look quite dangerous right now, with Haaland leading the way. The Norwegian will test Arsenal’s tough defense, which is, for the moment, the best in the league. Guardiola and Arteta know one another very well, and we’ve seen last year that they won’t open but lay back and wait for the rival’s mistake. It is the reason why our pick here is under 2.5 goals.

Our verdict: Under 2.5 goals

Manchester City versus Arsenal Odds

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