Manchester City vs Arsenal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th August 2023

Manchester City take on Arsenal at Wembley in the annual Community Shield match this coming Sunday.

Manchester City took down Arsenal in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for “the Citizens” a likely scenario this coming Sunday.

This is already the fourth time Manchester City and Arsenal go head-to-head in 2023 and so far, Arsenal have failed to shine. Guardiolas side won all three encounters, and very comfortably so in the two meetings in the Premier League. 

This might not be the most important game in the world, but for the confidence in the Arsenal team, it could be great to finally get one over City. Arsenal won their last four appearances in this match, while Manchester City lost this match in the previous two years. Third time's the charm for Guardiola and his men or five on the bounce for "The Gunners"?

The last time these two sides faced off in the Community Shied match, “The Gunners” came away with a stunning 3-0 win. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at Wembley. That was a side managed by the great Arsene Wenger, while Manuel Pelligrini had the reigns over a Manchester City side from a pre-Guardiola era.

Manchester City vs Arsenal Prediction

Manchester City Form

In the previous three matches, Manchester City lost 1-0 against Brentford, beat Manchester United by 2-1 and won 1-0 against Inter.

Arsenal Form

Arsenal collected one win from their last three matches, as Brighton won by 0-3. Nottingham Forest were too strong as well, winning 1-0, before Arsenal won 5-0 against Wolverhampton.

Manchester City Squad

The 52-year-old Guardiola will select the starting eleven against Arsenal from these players:

Ederson, Rodri, Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne, Manuel Akanji, Bernardo Silva, Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker, Nathan Ake, Ruben Dias, Phil Foden, John Stones, Joao Cancelo, Julian Alvarez, Aymeric Laporte, Rico Lewis, Stefan Ortega, Sergio Gomez, Cole Palmer, Kalvin Phillips, Scott Carson, Zack Steffen, Mateo Kovacic, Maximo Perrone.

Arsenal Squad

Here is the full team squad of Arsenal. The 41 year-old Mikel Arteta will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Aaron Ramsdale, Matt Turner, Runar Alex Runarsson, Auston Trusty, Ben White, Cedric Soares, Gabriel, Jakub Kiwior, Jurrien Timber, Kieran Tierney, Nuno Tavares, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Rob Holding, Takehiro Tomiyasu, William Saliba, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Declan Rice, Emile Smith Rowe, Fabio Vieira, Jorginho, Kai Havertz, Martin Oedegaard, Mohamed Elneny, Thomas Partey, Bukayo Saka, Edward Nketiah, Folarin Balogun, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Leandro Trossard, Marquinhos, Nicolas Pepe, Reiss Nelson.

Manchester City vs Arsenal Team News

At the time of writing, Manchester City have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Arsenal this coming Sunday.

Jack Grealish, Ruben Dias and Julian Alvarez are missing from the squad, Manchester City will field against Arsenalthis coming Sunday.

Arsenal have five on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Manchester City this coming Sunday. For instance, Arsenal won't be able to field Gabriel as he serves out a ban following too many cards.

Leandro Trossard, Reiss Nelson, Gabriel Jesus and Emile Smith Rowe all face a spell on the sidelines for Arsenal due to various injuries.

Manchester City vs Arsenal Lineups

Manchester City vs Arsenal H2H

Arsenal have been on the receiving end of some real batterings in recent years against Manchester City. The latter won their past eight meetings and haven't lost since an FA Cup semifinal at Wembley in 2020. Arteta would "love it" go achieve some payback against his mentor.

Manchester City picked up nine wins in their previous ten matches against Arsenal, while the latter claimed one win in these. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 3/1.

Manchester City vs Arsenal Results

Manchester City vs Arsenal Betting Tips

Manchester City haven't been too busy this summer, playing only three official test matches with two wins and a defeat as preparation. Arsenal have had some mixed results during their summer tour with two wins, one defeat and two draws.

Manchester City saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of two goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Arsenal, who managed to score 2.2 times in those matches.