In week 5 of the 2025-2026 Premier League, Arsenal face Manchester City on 2025-09-21 (kick-off 16:30 GMT) at Emirates Stadium.
In the last 10 meetings, Guardiola has beaten 5 times Mikel Arteta, with 3 draws and 2 victories for Mikel Arteta.
A view of the standings shows Arsenal in 2nd spot with 9 points and Manchester City in 8th on 6 points.
Arsenal have 5 players out: Gabriel Jesus (Knee Injury), K. Havertz (Knee Injury), M. Odegaard (Shoulder Injury), B. Saka (Thigh Injury), B. White (Injury) while Manchester City have 6 players missing: R. Ait Nouri (Ankle Injury), R. Cherki (Thigh Injury), M. Kovacic (Achilles Tendon Injury), O. Marmoush (Knee Injury), K. Phillips (Achilles Tendon Injury), J. Stones (Muscle Injury).
Our forecast has Arsenal in a 4-man backline (4-3-3), with Manchester City set to counter in 4-1-4-1.
The previous match saw L. Trossard lead Arsenal with a 8.2 TheyScored rating, and J. Doku top-rating for Manchester City at 8.5.
Both sides left it all on the pitch: Arsenal won 2-0 against Athletic Bilbao, and Manchester City secured a victory 2-0 over Napoli.
Arsenal (4-0-1) and Manchester City (3-0-2) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
Manchester City hold the upper hand H2H: of 51 meetings, they've triumphed 24 times, conceded 16 times and shared 11 draws.
2-1 leads the pack at 22.3% of all our users' guesses, with 1-2 next on 14.4%.
Expect Manchester City to edge a 1-2 win: their 1-0-1 record on the road and 1.50 goals per away match tip the balance.
Arsenal is going head to head with Manchester City on 21/9/2025 15:30 GMT at Emirates Stadium for the England Premier League. Our users most predicted score for this game is 1 - 2. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Arsenal v Manchester City H2H statistics!