Manchester City FC vs Arsenal FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Manchester City FC vs Arsenal FC — Premier League at Etihad Stadium.
- Manchester City FC 34 games · 71 pts (2025/26)
- Arsenal FC 35 games · 76 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Anthony Taylor
- Assistant 1 Gary Beswick
- Assistant 2 Ian Hussin
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 35 76 2 Manchester City FC 34 71 3 Manchester United FC 35 64 4 Liverpool FC 35 58 5 Aston Villa FC 35 58 6 AFC Bournemouth 35 52 7 Brentford FC 35 51 8 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 35 50 9 Chelsea FC 35 48 10 Everton FC 35 48 11 Fulham FC 35 48 12 Sunderland AFC 35 47 13 Newcastle United FC 35 45 14 Leeds United FC 35 43 15 Crystal Palace FC 34 43 16 Nottingham Forest FC 35 42 17 Tottenham Hotspur FC 35 37 18 West Ham United FC 35 36 19 Burnley FC 35 20 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 35 18 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 19 Apr Arsenal FC H 2–1 W 12 Apr Chelsea FC A 3–0 W 04 Apr Liverpool FC H 4–0 W 17 Mar Real Madrid CF H 1–2 L 14 Mar West Ham United FC A 1–1 D 11 Mar Real Madrid CF A 0–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 19 Apr Manchester City FC A 1–2 L 15 Apr Sporting Clube de Portugal H 0–0 D 11 Apr AFC Bournemouth H 1–2 L 07 Apr Sporting Clube de Portugal A 1–0 W 04 Apr Southampton FC A 1–2 L 17 Mar Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 2–0 W Season Stats
Manchester City FC Arsenal FC #2 Position #1 71 Points 76 34 Played 35 21 / 8 / 5 W / D / L 23 / 7 / 5 69 Scored 67 32 Conceded 26 +37 GD +41 2.09 PPG 2.17 62% Win % 66% Key Stats
44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history41% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season49% Clean Sheets
Arsenal FC this seasonManchester City FC are 2nd (71 pts). Arsenal FC are 1st (76 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Arsenal FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Manchester City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 16' Manchester City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Rayan Cherki on 16.
- 18' What an equalizer from Kai Havertz!
- 23' Manchester City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 28' It looks surprising Manchester City FC does not make any changes. Marc Guehi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 33' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Arsenal FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 36' That looks like a foul for a card for Cristhian Mosquera.
- 41' Manchester City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Erling Haaland scoring 1 goals.
- 46' The whistle greets Noni Madueke as he departs to be replaced by Martinelli.
- 51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Piero Hincapie, as he is very good at scoring at Etihad Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 56' It’s high time Mikel Arteta made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 60' The referee calls foul for Marc Guehi. He receives a card.
- 65' What a strike from Erling Haaland! The score is 2-1.
- 70' Manchester City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 70.
- 74' Arsenal FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Leandro Trossard is hanging Eberechi Eze on the field on 74 minute.
- 79' David Raya needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 83' The referee calls foul for Erling Haaland. He receives a card.
- 84' The referee calls foul for Pep Guardiola. He receives a card.
- 84' Another substitution for Arsenal FC to replace Martin Zubimendi by Viktor Gyokeres on 84 minute.
- 85' The Manchester City FC manager makes a substitution. Rayan Cherki departs to be replaced by Phil Foden.
- 88' It is a substitution in Manchester City FC team. Jeremy Doku is replaced by Savio on 88 minute.
- 90' Nathan Ake is replacing Antoine Semenyo for the Manchester City FC side.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Manchester City FC players.
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Manchester City FC
4-2-3-1Starting XI-
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Antoine Semenyo ↓ Nathan Ake 90'
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Rodri ↓ Nico Gonzalez 88'
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Jeremy Doku ↓ Savio 88'
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Rayan Cherki ↓ Phil Foden 85'
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Bench- 4
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Nathan Ake ↑ 90'
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Phil Foden ↑ 85'
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Savio ↑ 88'
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Nico Gonzalez ↑ 88'
Coach Pep GuardiolaArsenal FC
4-3-3Starting XI- 41
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Eberechi Eze ↓ Leandro Trossard 74'
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Noni Madueke ↓ Martinelli 46'
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Cristhian Mosquera ↓ Ben White 74'
Bench- 13
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Viktor Gyokeres ↑ 84'
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Leandro Trossard ↑ 74'
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Ben White ↑ 74'
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Martinelli ↑ 46'
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Coach Mikel Arteta -
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