The “Big Event” of the weekend sees the two giants of English football clash in what many are calling the title decider at the top of the Premier League.
Table-toppers Arsenal travel to the Etihad Stadium six points clear of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, who are chasing another treble.
City have a game in hand so they can control the title race with a win.
Arsenal lost 2-1 against Bournemouth at the Emirates Stadium in their last league game to end their eight-game unbeaten run. Manchester City won their last Premier League game 3-0 at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea, extending their unbeaten run to nine.
Here’s how the sides stack up.
Manchester City club news
City named an unchanged squad from the team that beat Chelsea last week with Ryan Cherki in charge once again. Bernardo Silva announced that he is leaving the team but he is leading the team in the fight again.
City XI: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Nico O’Reilly, Marc Guéhi, Abdukodir Khusanov, Matheus Nunes, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Jérémy Doku, Rayan Cherki, Antoine Semenyo, Erling Haaland
Arsenal team news
Mikel Arteta made four changes to the starting XI that faced Bournemouth in their last Premier League game. Cristhian Mosquera, Piero Hincapié, Martin Ødegaard, and Eberechi Eze come in today for Gabriel Martinelli, Viktor Gyökeres, Myles Lewis-Skelly, and Ben White.
Arsenal XI: David Raya, Piero Hincapié, Gabriel Magalhães, William Saliba, Cristhian Mosquera, Declan Rice, Martín Zubimendi, Martin Ødegaard, Eberechi Eze, Kai Havertz, Noni Madueke
Where to watch Manchester City v Arsenal: TV and online streaming
Manchester City v Arsenal kicks off at 4:30pm on Sunday. It will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, and can also be streamed on Sky Go.
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Manchester City v Arsenal statistics
- City are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League home games against Arsenal (W7 D3) since losing 2-0 in January 2015 under Manuel Pellegrini.
- Arsenal are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games against City (W2 D3), having lost 12 in a row against them before this.
- For months with at least 10 games played, April leads City under Pep Guardiola in terms of points per game (2.51) and win rate (79.5%). Conversely, the worst month of both for Arsenal under Mikel Arteta (1.54 PPG, 42.3% win rate).
- This is the latest season (MD33) City have faced the league leaders since April 2012, when they beat Manchester United 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium in MD36 en route to winning their first Premier League title.
- City are unbeaten in their last 14 Premier League home games, dating back to a 2-0 defeat against Spurs in their opening game at the Etihad this season. They have scored at least twice in 12 of the 14 games.
- Arsenal have lost their last three home games, against City in the EFL Cup final, Southampton in the FA Cup, and Bournemouth in the Premier League. They ended up losing four in a row in February/March 2018, including defeats to City in the EFL Cup and Premier League finals.
- Since the start of February, no City player has scored more goals in all competitions than Nico O’Reilly (6), who netted both goals in a 2-0 win over Arsenal in the EFL Cup final last month.
- City’s Rayan Cherki averages an assist every 138 minutes in the Premier League this season (10 assists in 1,384 minutes). Of the players to play 1,000+ minutes in a single campaign, Cesc Fabregas in 2016-17 (111) and Kevin De Bruyne in 2023-24 (123) had a better average.
- Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze has scored (2) or assisted (1) a goal in each of his last three games against City, including Gabriel Martinelli’s 90th-minute goal in the reverse fixture.
