Arsenal and Manchester City will face on Sunday the 2nd of February at 4:30 pm in the 24th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in London at the Emirates Stadium. The appointed referee is Peter Bankes.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Arsenal
Arsenal has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (17 times or 73.91%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (17 times), 4-4-2 (5 times) and 4-2-3-1 (once).
Mikel Arteta Amatriain is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: Riccardo Calafiori, Gabriel Magalhães, William Saliba, Jurrien Timber, Declan Rice, Martin Ødegaard , Thomas Partey, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Arsenal would be 26.50.
There are doubts about the presence of David Raya.
Takehiro Tomiyasu , Ben White , Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka will definitely miss the match.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up during the season (9 times or 39.13%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (9 times), 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 4-3-3 (3 times) and 3-2-4-1 (3 times).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Arsenal with the following players: Ederson, Josko Gvardiol, Manuel Akanji, John Stones, Matheus Nunes, Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic, İlkay Gündoğan, Omar Marmoush, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Manchester City would be 28.73.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ Oscar Bobb because of injury.
Nathan Aké , Rúben Dias , Rodri and Jérémy Doku will definitely miss the match.