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Arsenal face a trip to Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 35 of the 84 previous games, with the hosts winning just 28.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2006, the Sky Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 25 Aug | Arsenal | 1 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 17 Apr | Arsenal | 3 - 1 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 26 Aug | Man. City | 1 - 0 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Thu 04 May | Man. City | 1 - 3 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Oct | Arsenal | 1 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 04 Jan | Arsenal | 1 - 1 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 27 Oct | Man. City | 1 - 2 | Arsenal | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
The away form of Arsenal however, is much more impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Gunners, and 3 goals against.
Man. City find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 41 points they have accumulated from 24 games. Arsenal sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 57 points from their 24 games.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man. City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Arsenal are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Man. City. Away win
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| Man. City | No sequences of note |
| Arsenal | No sequences of note |