The tide has no doubt turned in the Premier League title race now. Manchester City may still trail Arsenal by five points at the very top of the table, but they have two games in hand, plus home field advantage on Wednesday night, for this very titanic clash.
Pep Guardiola’s men have work to do, in order to seal the deal, but momentum is very much on their side right now.
Arsenal at Manchester City FYIs
Kickoff: Wed Apr. 26, 8pm, Etihad Stadium
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Team News: Arsenal Manchester City
Starting XI Predictions: Arsenal Manchester City
Google Result Probability: Arsenal 17% Manchester City 62% Draw 21%
PL Standing: Arsenal 1st, 75 pts 32 matches played Manchester City 2nd, 70 pts 30 matches played
PL Form: Arsenal DDDWW Manchester City WWWWW
All the prognosticators, pundits, projectionists and predictors believe the chances and odds are in favor of City now. So with that in mind, we just see Pep going very strong and straight-forward with his team here.
No need to get too cute with tactics, or over-analyze with formations. Just go full bore and get the job done. If they close the deal out in the end, it would mark five league titles in six seasons.
Manchester City Starting XI Prediction vs Arsenal
Ederson; Laporte, Dias, Akanji; Rodri, Phillips; Grealish, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Walker; Haaland
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