With a surprise loss against Newcastle United tipping the title very much in favor of Liverpool, Manchester City got a lifeline in the form of a 1-1 draw against Leicester City. Playing ahead of Liverpool again, City will be looking to cut the gap to 2 points before the Reds travel to West Ham United. With an Arsenal side who don’t often beat City coming into this game in some decent form, it’ll be interesting to see if they can avoid the same shellacking that they received at Anfield.

Manchester City News

With Ederson picking up an injury in the game against Newcastle, we could see a bit of a shock choice in nets for City. If Ederson does play, he likely won’t be close to 100% fit. Other injury concerns over Benjamin Mendy and Vincent Kompany also means that City might need to pull some creative moves, just as Liverpool did when they were forced into an unconventional back three in their home draw.

Other than that, we can expect to see City go full-strength: expect the likes of Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero, Kevin de Bruyne and David Silva to be back in the team here.

Arsenal News

Many injuries are beginning to add up for Arsenal, including injuries to the likes of Sokratis and Hector Bellerin. Laurent Koscielny is likely to miss out again, too, with a jaw injury. However, the injury to young Ainsley Maitland-Niles is likely to be the most significant blow, robbing Unai Emery of much-needed cover.

Arsenal are seeing injuries rack up at an alarming rate, and it’s likely to see them forced into some very interesting moves on the day.

Verdict

City win – easily. Arsenal are often horrible away from home in the big games, and they show little sign of finding a backbone in matches like this. A 9-point gap exists between both sides: we suspect that might be about to turn to 12.