Manchester City Vs Arsenal Match Preview: Talking Tactics, Team News, Predicted XI, Streaming Links

Manchester City and Arsenal clash heads at the Emirates Stadium this Wednesday night as both sides look to get the better of each other in this crucial Premier League title showdown. The Mancunian club managed to earn a 3-1 victory over Aston Villa recently. However, the Gunners were held to a lacklustre 1-1 draw against Brentford. Thus, we can expect fierce competition between the two teams in this midweek encounter.

Manchester City Vs Arsenal: Talking Tactics

Pep Guardiola will probably set his team up in a 4-3-3 formation and could instruct his players to control the flow of the game and engineer enough chances for Man City to win this game.

Mikel Arteta will opt for a 4-3-3 formation as well and might ask his men to defend their penalty box well and try to cause a few problems for the opposition defenders on the counter.

Team News

Manchester City

Guardiola will remain without the services of John Stones due to a thigh injury which will see him sidelined for over a month. The League’s top scorer Erling Haaland came off with a thigh problem in his last outing but the Sky Blues are hopeful that he’ll recover in time for this contest. Apart from this the rest of the team remains fit and available for selection.

Manchester City Predicted XI

Ederson; Walker, Dias, Laporte, Ake; De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan; Mahrez, Haaland, Grealish

Arsenal

As for the Gunners, Gabriel Jesus has stepped up his recovery from a knee injury, but the former Man City forward is still not fit enough to return to the first team. Mohamed Elneny (knee), Emile Smith Rowe (thigh) and Reiss Nelson (hamstring) have been hampered with injuries this term as they remain in the treatment room for the long term.

Arsenal Predicted XI

Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Xhaka, Partey; Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli; Nketiah

Manchester City Vs Arsenal: Streaming Links