Arrsenal hosts Manchester city at the Emirates Stadium in one of the Premier League’s biggest clashes.

Arsenal are in good defensive shape while Manchester City are in their turn,overcoming a questionable beginning and possess a lot of danger in the form of Earling Haaland and their innovative midfield.

Some of the key aspects will be the capability of Arsenal to continue with their disciplined back line,the patience of City to dismantle that system and the utilization of the benches for both managers in case of injuries

Predictions

Many prediction sites say it will be  a draw of 1-1 while others predict a 2-1 win for Arsenal  due to home advantage.

Some fans are backing City to win by taking advantage of Arsenal injuries.

On X,Football London predicts City to win 3-1,football whispers predicts Arsenal to win 2-1

Head-to-Head

In the last 5 Premier League seasons,Arsenal has been dominating in most of their clashes

Season 24/25;February 2 2025-Emirates; Arsenal 5-1 against Man City.

The scorers were Ordegaard,Partey,Lewis-Skelly,Harvertz,, Nwaneri and Haaland.

This was Arsenals biggest win ever against City

In September 22 2025-Etihad; the clash between the two teams ended in a 2-2 Arsenal.

The scorers were Haaland,Calafiori,Gabriel  and Stones.

On October 8 2023, Arsenal won by a single goal at the Emirates.

Brazilian, winger Gabriel Martinelli scored the goal which separated the two sides at the Emirates.

This was followed by a goalless draw at Etihad Stadium on March 31 2024.

2025/26 Premier League Season

Arsenal so far has 3 wins and lost 1 match against league winners Liverpool.

Arteta’s men has scored 8 goals and conceded only 1 conceded.

Their scorers are ;Gyokeres with 3 premier league goals.

The striker scored a brace in 5-0 win against Leeds and another from Nottingham Forest.

Zubimendi also has 2 goals all from Nottingham Forest game.

Timber has two header goals that came from corners in Leeds game

Saka has one goal against Leeds while Calafiori scored the winner against Manchester United

Manchester City has 2 wins and 2 losses this season.

They have been having a poor start as compared to other seasons.

So far Haaland has 5 goals while Reijnder,
Foden,Rayan Cherki have all scored one goal each.

This season, Arsenal has shown how balanced it’s attack is while City’s only threat is Haaland but again they should work on their defense in order not to continue conceding goals.

Champions League 

Manchester City and Arsenal in Europe

Arsenal won their first Champions League game against Athletic Bilbao with a good start of 2-0.

These goals came from Martineli who came in as a substitute and scored few seconds into the game.

He later assisted Trossard’s goal who also came in as a substitute.

This was a positive start in their campaign.Clean sheet and solid performance.

Manchester City on the other hand also won it’s first game with 2-0 against Napoli.

The two goals were scored by Haaland both being assisted by Doku and Foden.

Despite Napoli being down to 10 men after Di Lorenzo being shown a red card,City kept on dominating and showed control throughout the game .

The wins perhaps will boost the confidence of the two teams in their next group stage games.

Squad Updates

Arsenal’s players like Saka,Odegaard,Salina and Ben White are all out with injuries.Saka has been seen training with the squad but not certain if he’ll play today’s match against City

Manchester City’s Cherki,Marmoush,Alt-Nouri,Kovacic are all out with injuries

John Stones is back in training and maybe available for the match while Rodri is still being managed that’s why the Coach Pep keep limiting his minutes

Other players for both teams maybe available for selection

Managers

Arteta has emphasized about the importance of winning the game and asks his players to show consistency and above all he hopes for a win in order to create a good moment for the fans and everyone

Pep urges his players to show discipline and collective focus and to sharpen their attacking skills in order to overcome the Arsenal’s home advantage.Playerw should be able to control the ball under pressure and show character.

A picture of Arteta and Guardiola who are managers of both Arsenal and Manchester City. PHOTO/X.