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DISCLAIMER: ODDS AND ARTICLE UPDATED 10/08/2018, 13:02.

New Arsenal boss Unai Emery takes on champions Manchester City in what is certainly the most anticipated opening day fixture of the weekend. Will City pick up from where they left off or will Arsenal’s new era get off to the perfect start? Dan McCarthy looks at all the betting tips.

Arsenal v Man City

(Sun, 16:00)

Who Are The Favourites?

Man City @ 1/1 - BET NOW

City broke numerous records on the way to a convincing and, for City fans, thrilling Premier League title; their first domestic league success under Pep Guardiola.

One of them came from goalscoring, with City amassing a new benchmark in terms of the amount of goals, bagging 106 and beating Chelsea’s record of 103 from the 2009-10 season.

Their attack looks deadly with Sergio Aguero seemingly back to his optimum fitness levels, and proving his worth once again in the Community Shield as he bagged a double to beat Chelsea to the first silverware of the season.

The Argentina ace has support from Gabriel Jesus and Leroy Sane, who will surely get better and better with each season, as well as Raheem Sterling who is still, amazingly, out to prove the doubters wrong after firing a blank at the summer’s World Cup.

Guardiola has only made one major signing this summer in Riyad Mahrez, who joined from Leicester City for £60 million, and looks like the sort of player who will slot into Guardiola’s style and philosophy.

Arsenal to win @ 3/1 - BET NOW

Arsenal’s Achilles heel for the past decade has been their defence which has been anything but rock solid and full of mistakes under Arsene Wenger.

Unai Emery will surely tighten them up at the back, although Sokratis Papastathopoulos has been the only central defensive addition to their squad this summer, and is only backed up by the error-prone Shkodran Mustafi and youngsters Rob Holding and Kostas Mavropanos, with the experienced Laurent Koscielny out injured for the long term.

What Arsenal v Manchester City Betting Tips Do We Recommend?

Over 3.5 goals @ 13/10 – BET NOW

Arsenal’s attack and suspect defence and Manchester City’s football under Guardiola is a recipe for a game high in entertainment and high in goals.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang only arrived in England midway through last season from Borussia Dortmund for a fee of £60 million but made an immediate impact in a Gunners shirt.

Despite not being an archetypal Arsene Wenger signing, given his age (29) and transfer fee, Aubameyang slotted into Arsenal’s line-up with ease and looked ready made for the Premier League from the off.

Aubameyang to score anytime @ 6/4 - BET NOW

He scored 10 goals in 13 league appearances for the Gunners, first showing his true class with a sublime chipped effort over Jordan Pickford in a 5-1 victory against Everton.

While City’s defence certainly can’t be regarded as weak, it is probably the area they need to improve on most, and Aubameyang’s searing pace could cause problems.

Granit Xhaka to be booked anytime @ 6/4 – BET NOW

Despite being maligned by a lot of Arsenal fans, Xhaka was a trusted ally of Arsene Wenger, as only Jack Cork racked up more minutes of Premier League action of all the midfielders in the Premier League last season.

Xhaka is certainly not shy of going in for challenges but is often clumsy with them and that might prove the case again against the fleet-footed likes of Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva.

Form

Arsenal

MatchResultDate
Arsenal v Lazio2 - 004/08/2018
Arsenal v Chelsea1 - 1 (6 - 5 Pens)01/08/2018
Arsenal v PSG5 - 128/07/2018
Atletico Madrid v Arsenal1 - 1 (3 - 1 Pens)26/07/2018
Boreham Wood v Arsenal0 - 814/07/2018
Huddersfield v Arsenal0 - 113/05/2018

 

Man City

MatchResultDate
Chelsea v Man City0 - 205/08/2018
Bayern Munich v Man City2 - 328/07/2018
Man City v Liverpool1 - 225/07/2018
Man City v Borussia Dortmund0 - 120/07/2018
Southampton v Man City0 - 113/05/2017
Man City v Brighton3 - 109/05/2018

 

Predicted Line Ups

Arsenal Predicted XI: Bernd Leno, Hector Bellerin, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis Papstathopoulos, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mesut Ozil, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexander Lacazette

Man City Predicted XI: Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Eric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy, Kevin De Bruyne, Fermamdinho, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Sergio Aguero, Leroy Sane

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