PREVIEW | Manchester City vs Arsenal: team news, lineups, predictions (Premier League 19/04)

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·17 April 2026

PREVIEW | Manchester City vs Arsenal: team news, lineups, predictions (Premier League 19/04)

Manchester City and Arsenal face each other this Sunday at the Etihad Stadium for round 33 of the Premier League. The match will be broadcast live at 16:30 on Sky Sports Main Event.

Manchester City have won 64 points to date and are placed in 2nd position. In their last fixture, Pep Guardiola's team won 0-3 against Chelsea (Premier League 2025/26).

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Arsenal currently have 70 points and lie in 1st position. Last time out, Mikel Arteta's team drew 0-0 against Sporting (UEFA Champions League 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Manchester City winning 2-0.

Predicted lineups

Manchester City: Gigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guéhi, Nathan Aké, Tijjani Reijnders, Rodri , Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland

Arsenal: David Raya, Ben White, Gabriel Magalhães, William Saliba, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Declan Rice, Martin Zubimendi, Max Dowman, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli, Viktor Gyökeres

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Manchester City

Rúben Dias - Hamstring Injury
Josko Gvardiol - Injury
John Stones - Calf Injury

Arsenal

Mikel Merino - Broken Foot
Bukayo Saka - Injury
Riccardo Calafiori - In doubt
Jurrien Timber - In doubt
Martin Odegaard - In doubt

Last starting XIs

Manchester City ( vs Chelsea 2026-04-12): Gigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Marc Guéhi, Abdukodir Khusanov, Nico OReilly, Rodri , Rayan Cherki, Bernardo Silva, Antoine Semenyo, Erling Haaland, Jérémy Doku

Arsenal ( vs Sporting 2026-04-15): David Raya, Cristhian Mosquera, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhães, Piero Hincapié, Martin Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Eberechi Eze, Gabriel Martinelli, Viktor Gyökeres

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MANAGERS

Pep Guardiola has faced Mikel Arteta on 17 occasions, recording ten wins, four draws and three defeats
Mikel Arteta has faced Manchester City on 17 occasions, recording three wins, four draws and ten defeats
Pep Guardiola has faced Arsenal on 34 occasions, recording 21 wins, seven draws and six defeats

TEAMS

Away from home, Arsenal currently have one defeat in their last 16 matches.
Away from home, Arsenal are on a run of ten consecutive matches scoring goals.
Arsenal currently have five defeats in their last 51 matches.
Arsenal are on a run of two consecutive matches without a win.
At home, Manchester City currently have one defeat in their last 16 matches.
At home, Manchester City are on a run of 16 consecutive matches scoring goals.
Manchester City currently have two defeats in their last 17 matches.
Manchester City are on a run of five consecutive matches scoring goals.
Manchester City are on a run of three consecutive matches without defeat.
Manchester City are on a run of three consecutive wins.

HEAD TO HEAD

Manchester City and Arsenal have met 215 times, with Arsenal holding the advantage: 100 wins, compared with 66 Manchester City wins.
At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City have the edge in duels against Arsenal: 41 wins in 104 matches. Arsenal have 38 victories.
In the English League, 181 matches have been played between the two teams, with 51 Manchester City wins, 45 draws and 85 Arsenal victories.