Man City vs Arsenal Match Prediction & Team News
Manchester City host Premier League leaders Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on 31 March 2024. Here’s a quick team news, match preview and prediction for the clash of the top Premier League teams.
Arsenal are top of the league with 64 points and ahead of Liverpool on goal difference currently, while Manchester City are third with 63 points.
Match Preview between man City and Arsenal
Looking at the past head to head matches between the two, Man City have scored 21 goals in their last seven Premier League games against Arsenal at the Etihad. Arsenal have scored four during this period.
It looks like Man City are clear favourites looking at the stats above. However, don’t be too conclusive just yet as Arsenal are in fine form this year. In fact they have won their past matches by huge margins compared to City.
Here’s a quick preview of the match.
Time and date: 4:30pm BST on Sunday March 31, 2024
Venue: Etihad Stadium
TV channel: Sky Sports
Team News – Injury Updates and more
With Kyle Walker and John Stones picking up injuries during the International break, City boss Pep Guardiola will have to rotate his squad for this crucial match.
However, there’s some good news in Kevin De Bruyne, Ederson, Nunes and Akanji being back in the training yesterday.
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At the other side of the pitch, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel were seen with the Arsenal squad ahead of Sunday’s clash against Manchester City.
Predicted Lineup for the Match
We can expect Pep to field his City side as below:
GK: Ortega Moreno
Defence: Ruben Dias, Joško Gvardiol, Nathan Ake
Midfielders: Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Rodri
Forwards: Julian Alvarez, Bernardo Silva, Erling Haaland
As for Arsenal, below is the predicted lineup we expect from Arteta:
GK: Raya
Defence: White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko
Midfielders: Odegaard, Jorginho, Rice
Forwards: Saka, Havertz, Martinelli
Match Prediction for Man City vs Arsenal 31 March 2024
So, with both teams having most of their first team players fit and options available to bot Guardiola and Arteta, it is going to be an intense title deciding match.
While Arsenal can definitely score a goal or two, we predict, however, that Man City will come out on top with the score at 3-2 to Man City.
The partnership between De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland will be lethal. So will be that of Odegaard, Martinelli and Bukayo Saka.
