Manchester City and Arsenal are going to take on on Wednesday the 26th of April at 8:00 pm in the 33rd week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Manchester at the Etihad Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Michael Oliver.
Manchester City occupies the 2nd position in the league with 70 points. It comes from a 3-1 win against Leicester City in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 22 times, draw 4 times, and lost 4 times.
Manchester City won the last 6 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 5th of February against Tottenham Hotspur and the score was 1-0.
Arsenal is in the 1st position in the standings with 75 points. It comes from a 3-3 draw against Southampton in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 23 times, draw 6 times, and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 36.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (11 times), 3-2-4-1 (8 times), 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Arsenal with the following players: Ederson Moraes, Aymeric Laporte, Manuel Akanji, Rúben Dias, John Stones, Rodri Hernández, Bernardo Silva, İlkay Gündoğan, Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Manchester City would be 28.55.
Nathan Aké will definitely miss the match.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will not be able to have the presence of Benjamin Mendy who is suspended.
Arsenal
Arsenal has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (28 times or 87.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (28 times) and 4-2-3-1 (4 times).
Mikel Arteta Amatriain is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: Aaron Ramsdale, Kieran Tierney, Rob Holding, Gabriel, Ben White, Martin Ødegaard, Thomas Partey, Martinelli, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Arsenal would be 25.60.
There are doubts about the presence of Granit Xhaka.
William Saliba, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Mohamed Elneny will definitely miss the match.