Manchester City vs Arsenal prediction, H2H & Probable Line-ups by Luis Torres - September 22, 2024
In the central match of the fifth round of the EPL, Manchester City - Arsenal will hold their meeting. Exclusive prediction for this event prepared by Dailysports experts.
Manchester City
“Citizens” give a confident start to the season, they took the Super Cup of England, defeating Manchester United in a penalty shootout, then gave a series of four wins in the championship, which allowed them to become the sole leader of the league.
In the last round, Guardiola's wards defeated Brentford on their field - 2:1, the double was marked by Holand, who has already scored 9 goals in four matches. In the middle of the week, Mancity played in the Champions League, where they failed to beat Inter at home - 0:0, although they played better than the opponent and created many chances, worth only two misses Gundogan in the end.
Arsenal
Well go well and the “canoniers” in the four rounds of the EPL, there was only one misfire, so on the account of the team 10 points. In the last round Arteta's wards won the hardest victory in a principled derby against Tottenham - 1:0, the game Arsenal did not deserve to win.
Londoners in the middle of the week also played in the Champions League, there they played 0-0 away against Atalanta, the hero of the meeting was Raya, who even kicked a penalty at the start of the second half. Arsenal is not impressive in terms of game plan in recent meetings, against the “citizens” need more.
Probable line-ups
- Manchester City: Ederson, Guardiola, Akandji, Dias, Lewis, Gundogan, Rodri, Silva, Foden, Grealish, Holland.
- Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber, Rice, Partey, Jorginho, Saka, Jesus, Martinelli.
Match Facts
- Manchester City have scored at least two goals in every league match.
- Arsenal have yet to concede away this season.
- Bookmakers offer such quotes for this meeting: W1 - 1.84, X - 3.75, W2 - 5.1.
H2H
Of course, the rivals have a long history of face-to-face confrontations, the length of 211 matches, in 99 cases Arsenal won, 65 times won Mancity and in 47 cases a draw was recorded.
Prediction
I'm expecting a certain “chess game” between Guardiola and his former assistant Arteta. Manchester now looks more interesting and plays at home, the Londoners will try to neutralize the strengths of the opponent. I do not expect open soccer and bet on a total of less than 2.5 goals.
