Manchester City vs Arsenal: How to watch live, stream link, team news, head-to-head
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However, City’s played two fewer matches than the current leaders and can effectively seize control of the Premier League title race and “three-peat” possibilities by winning this one at home.
That’s because City holds the advantage in goal difference and has scored several more goals, and those figures would go up at least by one with the projected win at the Etihad.
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The next tiebreaker is head-to-head points, which Man City would have with a win (or a draw, but that changes the math plenty). Failing that, it’s away goals head-to-head. City has one. Arsenal gets their number on the 26th.
Here’s what you need for Manchester City vs Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium.
Premier League news
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How to watch Manchester City vs Arsenal live, stream link and start time
Kick off: 3pm ET Wednesday, April 26
TV Channel: Peacock
Online: Stream via Peacock Premium
Manchester City team news, injuries, lineup options
DOUBT: Nathan Ake (thigh)
Arsenal team news, injuries, lineup options
OUT: William Saliba (back), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee), Mohamed Elneny (knock) | DOUBT: Granit Xhaka (illness)
Premier League tiebreakers
“If any clubs finish with the same number of points, their position in the Premier League table is determined by goal difference, then the number of goals scored, then the team who collected the most points in the head-to-head matches, then who scored most away goals in the head-to-head. ”
— Premier League’s official site
Arsenal, Man City upcoming schedules very different
Premier League leaders Arsenal have been eliminated from all other competitions and have dropped points in three-straight games before visiting Man City.
The Gunners drew 2-2 at Liverpool and West Ham after being 2-0 up in both, while they also rallied late on to draw 3-3 at home against Southampton after being 3-1 down.
Man City’s have had a much different path in recent weeks, easily getting past Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals and then reaching the FA Cup final after demolishing Sheffield United.
Arsenal will have an additional day’s rest leading into the April 26 test.
Arsenal fixture list
Arsenal (75 points through 32 games): Man City (A), Chelsea (H), Newcastle (A), Brighton (H), Nottingham Forest (A), Wolves (H)
Manchester City fixture list
Manchester City (70 points through 30 games): Brighton (A), Arsenal (H), Fulham (A), Leeds (H), Everton (A), Chelsea (H), West Ham (H), Brentford (A)
Arsenal vs Manchester City goal difference
1. Arsenal – 75 points through 32 games, Goal Difference is +43
2. Manchester City – 70 points through 30 games, Goal Difference is +50
Manchester City vs Arsenal history
Manchester City has claimed two wins over the Gunners this season, a 1-0 win in the FA Cup fourth round and a 3-1 Premier League win at the Emirates Stadium in February.
Those are the latest results in nearly 200 matches between the two dating back to a Nov. 11, 1893 meeting between Woolwich Arsenal and Ardwick.
Arsenal has won 98 times and drawn 45 matches with Man City, who boasts 64 wins in the all-time series. City has won seven-straight and is 14W-1L in their last 15 against the Gunners.
Man City has lost twice to Arsenal in the FA Cup but hasn’t lost to the Gunners in Premier League play since Dec. 2015, when Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud led the way in a 2-1 win.
Arsenal’s last Premier League point at the Etihad came in 2016 and its last win was the previous season.
Manchester City vs Arsenal unbeaten record
Arsenal are unbeaten in 10 Premier League games.
Manchester City are unbeaten in nine Premier League games and are unbeaten in 16 games in all competitions.
What is Manchester City’s game in hand?
The game Manchester City have in-hand over Arsenal is away at Brighton. That game will take place on Wednesday, May 24.
Manchester City home record this season
In the Premier League this season Manchester City have won 13, drawn one and lost one of their 14 home games. They have scored 50 goals and conceded 15. That lone defeat came at home against Brentford on Nov. 12 in the final game before the World Cup break.
Arsenal away record this season
In the Premier League this season Arsenal have won 11, drawn three and lost two of their 15 away games. Their two defeats came at Manchester United on Sep. 4 and at Everton on Feb. 4. They drew at Southampton on Oct. 23, against Liverpool on Apr. 9 and at West Ham on Apr. 16.
Pep Guardiola vs Mikel Arteta record
After leaving Manchester City as Pep Guardiola’s assistant Dec. 20, 2019 to become the Arsenal boss in his first gig as a head coach, Mikel Arteta has faced Guardiola on nine occasions.
Pep Guardiola has 8 wins from those 9 games against Arsenal since Arteta was boss.
The only game Arteta has won against Pep Guardiola and Man City was the FA Cup semifinal on July 18,
When will the 2022-23 Premier League season finish?
The final day of the season will be on Sunday, May 28, 2023.
Which teams will compete in the 2022-23 Premier League?
These are the 20 teams which will compete in the Premier League for the upcoming season:
Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton and Hove Albion, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton, Fulham, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers
The 2022-23 Premier League fixtures
The Premier League fixtures for the 2022-23 season were announced on Thursday June 16, 2022 at 4am ET. Below is the full schedule, as you can watch all 380 games across our NBC platforms.
The Premier League fixture computer decides who plays who and when, as teams located close to one another are usually playing at home on opposite weekends to help with policing, crowd control and transport congestion in those areas.
Man City v Arsenal: talkSPORT coverage
This Premier League clash will take place on Wednesday, April 26.
Kick-off at the Etihad Stadium is scheduled for 8pm.
talkSPORT will have live and EXCLUSIVE coverage of the game presented by Adrian Durham.
Commentary will then come from Sam Matterface, former City manager Stuart Pearce and ex-Arsenal winger Perry Groves.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.
You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Man City v Arsenal: Team news
Nathan Ake is set to undergo a late fitness check after missing out the win over the Blades with a slight hamstring problem.
City otherwise have a clean bill of health with Kevin De Bruyne, Ruben Dias, Ederson and Rodri all rested at Wembley over the weekend.
The big story for the visitors is that William Saliba is set to miss out on the trip to Manchester after failing to recover from a back issue.
Arsenal are already without long-term absentees Mohamed Elneny and Takehiro Tomiyasu but Granit Xhaka will be back from illness.
Man City v Arsenal: What has been said?
The Gunners could get beaten by ‘three or four goals’ against City following their ’embarrassing’ display against Southampton.
Speaking on talkSPORT’s Gameday Phone-In, Gabby Agbonlahor said: “First of all, the huddle was embarrassing.
“Zinchenko, concentrate on your game. Doing the huddle for the cameras, you don’t follow your runners, the set piece for the third goal you don’t follow your man and concede.
“That, for a start, was embarrassing.
“For me, Rob Holding is a Championship defender. Not good enough to be third choice at a team who want to win the title.
“Since Saliba has been injured they’ve conceded nine goals in five games – three draws in a row, that’s not championship form.
“Vieira is not good enough. He looked lost – not good enough, Gabriel looks shaky and has got mistake in him, Jesus’s finishing was shocking, Thomas Partey was poor too, giving easy passes away.
“I think that Man City will put three or four past this Arsenal team on Wednesday, I really do.
Man City v Arsenal: Match facts
- Gabriel Martinelli has been involved in 11 goals in his last 10 Premier League games for Arsenal (8 goals, 3 assists). Overall, he has 15 Premier League goals this season, the joint-most by a Brazilian player in a single campaign, along with Roberto Firmino in 2017-18.
- Erling Haaland has scored 32 Premier League goals for Manchester City this season, the joint-most ever by a player in a 38-game campaign in the competition. 20 of these goals have come at the Etihad Stadium, the most home goals by a player in a season since 2007-08 when Cristiano Ronaldo (Old Trafford) and Fernando Torres (Anfield) each scored 21.
- Bukayo Saka has scored Arsenal’s last two Premier League goals against Man City, though both of these have come in home games. The last Arsenal player to score home and away against Man City in the same season was Theo Walcott in 2016-17.
- Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has lost all six of his Premier League games against Man City – they’re the only side the Spaniard has faced but failed to beat as a manager in the competition.
- Arsenal have conceded at least twice in six of their last 11 Premier League games, including each of the last three in a row – they’d only conceded multiple goals five times in their first 21 this season. However, they’ve also scored at least twice in each of their last eight league games, last having a longer such run between August-October 2018 (9).
- Manchester City have won eight of their last nine Premier League games, including their last six in a row. At home they’ve won 17 of their last 19 league games (D1 L1), though their last four defeats at the Etihad have been against London sides (Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Tottenham and Brentford).
- Man City have beaten Arsenal twice this season, winning 3-1 in the Premier League and 1-0 in the FA Cup. They’ve already beaten the Gunners three times in a single season twice before (2017-18 and 2020-21) – only Liverpool have ever beaten them three times in three different campaigns (1994-95, 1996-97 and 2021-22).
- Arsenal have scored just three goals in their last 10 Premier League games against Man City, failing to score on seven occasions. They’d only failed to score in six of their previous 37 against the Citizens in the competition.
- Arsenal have lost their last 11 Premier League games against Man City, their longest losing streak against an opponent in their league history.
- Man City have won all six of their Premier League home games against Arsenal under Pep Guardiola by an aggregate score of 17-3. They last lost at home to the Gunners in January 2015 (0-2).
