Arsenal vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 8th October 2023

Arsenal enjoy home advantage, when visitors Manchester City swing by on Sunday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Arsenal rank third with 17 points to their name from seven matches, while visitors Manchester City rank first in the table on 18 points.

We have a massive game on our hands in the Premier League Sunday afternoon. Arsenal fought long and hard to knockout Manchester City in the title race last season, only to find out that very few can keep up with Guardiola's men. On top of that, Arsenal have a dismal h2h record against City but did come through in the Community Shiled, though, which might instill some belief that they are actually capable of beating the championship.

Both sides could be prevented from fielding their strongest possible 11. It is a fact that Rodri sit out his last of his three-match suspension and City lost the first two without him. For Arsenal, Bukayo Saka is a major doubt. After 87 Premier League starts of the bounce, it would be a major blow for the Gunners for him to miss out.

Arsenal average two goals per game in their last ten games, scoring 20 times. They conceded ten goals or an average of one per game, with four clean sheets along the way.

Manchester City travel to their next away match on Sunday having performed a tolerable average of 1.9 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 19 goals, whilst shipping seven goals against. An average of 0.7 goals against a game. They hung on to four clean sheets in this streak.

Manchester City got the better of The Gunners in their most recent meetings, as they first won 4-1, then 3-1.

Arsenal vs Manchester City Prediction

Arsenal Form

In their last three matches, Arsenal beat Brentford by 0-1 and Bournemouth by 0-4, before losing against Lens by 2-1. Arsenal won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League, while also drawing two. They suffered one defeats, while they scored 14 and conceded nine goals.

Manchester City Form

Manchester City collected one win from their last three matches, as Newcastle won by 1-0. Wolverhampton were too strong as well, winning 2-1, before Manchester City won 1-3 against RB Leipzig. Manchester City won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored ten while also conceding six times.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Arsenal and Manchester City.

Arsenal are yet to experience the foul smell of failure this season in the Premier League. They haven't lost a single game, in stead recording five wins and two draws. Manchester City put six wins, zero draws and one defeat on the board in the Premier League.

Arsenal vs Manchester City Squads

Arsenal Squad

Arteta will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Manchester City from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Aaron Ramsdale (0/4), David Raya (0/3), James Hillson (0/0), Karl Hein (0/0), Ben White (1/7), Cedric Soares (0/0), Gabriel (0/6), Jakub Kiwior (0/2), Jurrien Timber (0/1), Lino Sousa (0/0), Oleksandr Zinchenko (0/6), Takehiro Tomiyasu (0/5), William Saliba (0/7), Declan Rice (1/7), Emile Smith Rowe (0/2), Fabio Vieira (0/5), Jorginho (0/5), Kai Havertz (1/7), Martin Oedegaard (3/7), Mohamed Elneny (0/0), Thomas Partey (0/3), Bukayo Saka (4/7), Edward Nketiah (2/7), Gabriel Jesus (1/5), Gabriel Martinelli (0/5), Leandro Trossard (1/3), Reiss Nelson (0/3).

Manchester City Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 52 year-old Manchester City manager Guardiola will select his starting XI from these players:

Ederson (0/7), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/0), Zack Steffen (0/0), John Stones (0/0), Josko Gvardiol (0/5), Kyle Walker (0/7), Manuel Akanji (0/6), Nathan Ake (1/6), Rico Lewis (0/3), Ruben Dias (0/6), Sergio Gomez (0/2), Bernardo Silva (1/4), Jack Grealish (0/4), Kalvin Phillips (0/3), Kevin De Bruyne (0/1), Mateo Kovacic (0/5), Matheus Nunes (0/5), Phil Foden (1/7), Rodri (2/6), Erling Haaland (8/7), Jeremy Doku (1/4), Julian Alvarez (3/7), Oscar Bobb (0/3).

Arsenal vs Manchester City Team News

Arsenal might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Manchester City.

Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Jurrien Timber are all absent from the Arsenal squad that faces Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.

Manchester City will have to make do without a group of four missing from their roster prior to their upcoming match on Sunday against Arsenal.

Mateo Kovacic, Jack Grealish, Kevin De Bruyne and Zack Steffen all face a spell on the sidelines for Manchester City due to various injuries.

Arsenal vs Manchester City Lineups

Arsenal vs Manchester City H2H

Manchester City got the better of Arsenal in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 4-1 and 3-1, respectively. Manchester City beat The Gunners eight times in last ten encounters, and the bookies have Manchester City to win this match at best price odds of 11/8.

Arsenal vs Manchester City Results

At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in the last ten matches between Manchester City and Arsenal. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 11/10 with the bookies.

Arsenal vs Manchester City Betting Tips

Martin Oedegaard look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six Premier League matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Erling Haaland adds to his six Premier League goals come on Sunday.

Emirates Stadium saw six wins for Arsenal in their last 10 here across all tournaments. They also drew three and lost one, while Manchester City won six of their 10 most recent outings on their travels, whilst drawing one and losing three. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in recent matches. While Arsenal managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the games at Emirates Stadium, Manchester City kept their hosts from scoring in one of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Arsenal managed an average of 0.4 goals, with Manchester City averaging 2.7 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Arsenal’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.1 goals during this run. In the previous ten matches for Manchester City, betting on over 2.5 goals turned out to be a winning bet in six of them. On average, Manchester City scored 2.1 times goals per game.