Evening Standard
·22 settembre 2024
Evening Standard
·22 settembre 2024
Title rivals meet in early-season Premier League showdown at the Etihad
The Gunners visit the Etihad buoyed by their 1-0 win at Tottenham last weekend and know a win against their title rivals will move them top of the Premier League.
Arsenal will again be without Martin Odegaard after Mikel Arteta confirmed the midfielder will be out for the foreseeable future with the ankle injury he sustained playing for Norway.
But Arsenal players have vowed they will try to win at City after they were criticised for their negative approach in a 0-0 draw in the corresponding fixture last season.
City, who have fitness doubts over Kevin De Bruyne, have won their first four Premier League games and know an early-season victory against Arsenal would establish themselves as title favourites.
Here’s everything you need to know about the game...
The Etihad Stadium in Manchester will host.
TV channel: The game will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HDR.
Live stream: Subscribers will be able to watch via the Sky Go app.
LIVE coverage: Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!
Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Rodri, Gundogan, Bernardo, Savinho, Doku, Haaland
Subs: Ortega Moreno, Carson, Stones, Kovacic, Grealish, Nunes, Foden, Lewis, McAtee
Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Partey, Rice, Havertz, Saka, Trossard, Martinelli
Subs: Neto, White, Kiwior, Kacurri, Lewis-Skelly, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Sterling, Jesus
Neither team will want to give much away this early into the season.
Draw, 1-1.
Man City wins: 65
Draws: 46
Arsenal wins: 100
Man City to win: 4/6
Draw: 2/1
Arsenal to win: 10/3
Odds via Betfair and subject to change.