Manchester City vs Arsenal Preview

Manchester City vs Arsenal

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Etihad Stadium

Date: 5th November 2017

Kick-off time – 14:15 GMT

Pep Guardiola will feel he is getting close to making Manchester City his dream team as he only needs the trophies to start coming in to show for all of their efforts.

The Cityzens have won 14 of their 16 competitive games this season and with the way they defeated Napoli over two legs, it seems as though nobody is going to be able stop them from going all the way and win all four competitions this season.

They are yet to be defeated this season but they come up against an Arsenal side that seem to be their bogey team as they Gunners have only lost once in their last 9 meetings together.

With a team packed full with quality in all positions, they are arguably favourites to win all competitions that they are competing in this season.

There is so much frustration among Arsenal supporters which is understandable as their team continues to fall short of the required standard to win the league.

Last season they finished outside the top four for the first time in 20 years and with the competition for the top four as intense as ever this season there is a genuine fear that they will still not make it.

The Gunners will be looking at the likes of Alexandre Lacazette and Alexis Sanchez to help them punish City’s defence that has conceded two goals in their last two games.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Manchester City

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Manchester City Oct 28, 2017 English Premier League
W Manchester City 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Oct 24, 2017 English Carabao Cup
W Manchester City 3-0 Burnley Oct 21, 2017 English Premier League
W Manchester City 2-1 Napoli Oct 17, 2017 Champions League
W Manchester City 7-2 Stoke City Oct 14, 2017 English Premier League

Arsenal

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Arsenal 2-1 Swansea City Oct 28, 2017 English Premier League
W Arsenal 2-1 Norwich City Oct 24, 2017 English Carabao Cup
W Everton 2-5 Arsenal Oct 22, 2017 English Premier League
W Red Star Belgrade 0-1 Arsenal Oct 19, 2017 Europa League
L Watford 2-1 Arsenal Oct 14, 2017 English Premier League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City Apr 23, 2017 English FA Cup
Arsenal 2-2 Manchester City Apr 2, 2017 English Premier League
Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal Dec 18, 2016 English Premier League
Manchester City 2-3 Arsenal Aug 7, 2016 Friendly
Manchester City 2-2 Arsenal May 8, 2016 English Premier League


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 16 12 3 1 37 16 +21 39
2 Chelsea 17 10 5 2 37 19 +18 35
3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 +18 33
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 4 4 23 19 +4 31
5 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 4 5 27 21 +6 28
6 Aston Villa 17 8 4 5 26 26 +0 28
7 Manchester City 17 8 3 6 29 25 +4 27
8 Newcastle United 17 7 5 5 27 21 +6 26
9 Fulham 17 6 7 4 24 22 +2 25
10 Brighton & Hov… 17 6 7 4 27 26 +1 25
11 Tottenham Hotspur 17 7 2 8 39 25 +14 23
12 Brentford 17 7 2 8 32 32 +0 23
13 Manchester United 17 6 4 7 21 22 -1 22
14 West Ham United 17 5 5 7 22 30 -8 20
15 Everton 16 3 7 6 14 21 -7 16
16 Crystal Palace 17 3 7 7 18 26 -8 16
17 Leicester City 17 3 5 9 21 37 -16 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 3 11 27 40 -13 12
19 Ipswich Town 17 2 6 9 16 32 -16 12
20 Southampton 17 1 3 13 11 36 -25 6

Latest Premier League Results

December 22, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 6 Liverpool
Manchester United 0 - 3 AFC Bournemouth
Leicester City 0 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 0 - 0 Southampton
Everton 0 - 0 Chelsea
December 21, 2024
Crystal Palace 1 - 5 Arsenal
Brentford 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town 0 - 4 Newcastle United
West Ham United 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 1 - 1 West Ham United
December 15, 2024
Southampton 0 - 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 2 - 1 Brentford
Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 3 Crystal Palace
December 14, 2024
Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 2 - 2 Fulham
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town

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