Manchester City Form and Squad
Manchester City have found excellent form after their fiasco against Real Madrid (0:3, 1:2). The home team have already won three matches in a row without conceding. The victims have been Arsenal in the English League Cup final, Liverpool in the FA Cup quarter-finals and Chelsea in the league. These opponents are clearly far from easy.
Key numbers for Manchester City:
April is Guardiola's favourite month: he has won 79% of his matches in all seasons at Manchester City.
Manchester City are the best team in the top half of the table for converting their chances (-2.29 xGDiff). Arsenal are underperforming by 4.86 goals.
Manchester City lead the Premier League for open-play goals (40) — that is 63.5% of all of their goals.
At the Etihad Stadium the home side have not lost to Arsenal in 12 matches (nine wins, three draws).
No Premier League side has yet scored against Manchester City in the first 15 minutes of a match.
Potential Manchester City lineup (4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma — Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guehi, Rayan Ait-Nouri – Rodri, Bernardo Silva — Jeremy Doku, Rayan Cherki, Antoine Semenyo — Erling Haaland.
Out: John Stones, Josko Gvardiol, Ruben Dias (all — injury).
Arsenal Form and Squad
Against the backdrop of almost flawless Manchester City results, Arsenal's recent run looks awful. The visitors lost the English League Cup final to Manchester City, were knocked out of the FA Cup by Championship side Southampton and dropped three vital points in the Premier League against Bournemouth. The only success was scraping past Sporting Clube de Portugal in the Champions League quarter-finals.
There are already rumours that if Mikel Arteta does not win the Premier League or the Champions League this season, he will be sacked and replaced by Cesc Fabregas, who has turned modest Como 1907 into a Serie A sensation. The pressure on Arsenal in this match will be enormous.
Key numbers for Arsenal:
Arsenal have suffered three defeats in their last five matches in all competitions.
Six of their last eight matches in all competitions have finished Under 2.5 goals.
Over their last five matches in all competitions they have scored three goals from 7.51 xG.
Four of the six goals they have conceded in the last 30 days have come in the second half.
Arsenal have won 47% of their meetings with Manchester City (92 of 196) over the course of the rivalry.
Potential Arsenal lineup (4-2-3-1): David Raya — Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Piero Hincapie — Martin Zubimendi, Declan Rice — Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Max Douman — Viktor Gyokeres.
Out: Mikel Merino, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori, Jurrien Timber, Noni Madueke (all — injury).
