Vital stats:
Match: City (4th) v Arsenal (3rd)
Competition: Premier League
Date and time: Sunday 8 May, 4pm (BST)
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Last meeting: City 0-2 Arsenal, 18 January 2015
Head to head record
Matches: 188
City wins: 49
Arsenal wins: 96
Draws: 43
Form
City: WDWDLL
Arsenal: WDDWDW
Tickets: Information
Key quotes
Manuel Pellegrini: “Maybe Arsene played the way he plays in the last two games against us. They let us have possession and they defended. I expect us to recover our attacking potential which was our problem against Real Madrid. I hope that on Sunday we can continue being a scoring team.”
Kelechi Iheanacho: “They are a clever, quick team and I think this will be a very tough game for us, but one we have to win. I will be up against my brother, Alex Iwobi, who I know really well from the Nigerian national team – he’s a great player and he’s looking forward to playing against us today.”
Arsene Wenger: ““It’s still an important game. Part of the responsibility of being professional is preparing for the future and the future of Arsenal football club depends on this game. It is that big.”
Milestones
- Manchester City have lost 23 Premier League games against Arsenal, more than against any other side.
- The Gunners are unbeaten in their last four Premier League matches against City, winning the last two (W2 D2).
- City’s win percentage against Arsenal in the Premier League is 16%, their lowest against any opponent in the history of the competition.
- Theo Walcott has scored three goals in his last two Premier League appearances against Manchester City.
- Mesut Ozil provided his 14th and 15th assists of the season at the Emirates against Man City in December. Since then, he has just three assists in 18 Premier League games.
- Arsenal have lost just one of their last eight Premier League away matches, but five of these have been draws (W2).
- Manchester City’s next defeat in the Premier League will be their 250th, becoming the ninth team to reach this milestone.
- The Gunners have kept three clean sheets in a row in the top-flight, last managing four successive league clean sheets in May 2014.
- Kelechi Iheanacho’s 86.9 minutes per goal rate is the best in Premier League history for any player to score three or more goals.
- Danny Welbeck has equalled his Premier League goal tally from last season for Arsenal (4), but has played only 10 games this season compared to 25 in the last campaign.
Team news (absentees)
City: Kolarov, Kompany, Silva, Zabaleta
Arsenal: Mertesacker, Oxlade-Chamberlain
Further reading
Pellegrini preview
Iheanacho preview
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