This is a game Arsenal have been dreading for some time. Now that the game is upon them on this Saturday Manchester City are coming to the Emirates stadium. Arsenal are already under pressure after lackluster performances in recent times. Another defeat against Man City will demoralize the team further. Arsene Wenger’s primary focus would be to make the team fight City as equals. If the team manages to do that, they have a good chance to secure something out of this match, for Manchester City is not as dominant away as the team is at home.

This is a match between two contrasting teams, whose fortunes have gone in opposite directions in recent times. While Manchester City have won all four of their last four games, the Gunners have won just one of their last four. More crucially, they lost two of these matches too. The first was a 1-0 defeat against Stoke. Then they suffered their worst defeat of the season against Chelsea on the last weekend. They appeared timid even in the mid-week game against Swansea, which they contrived to draw 2-2.

How can Arsenal pick themselves up? The men who could do that – Mesut Ozil, Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey and Theo Walcott – are in the injured list. Only Ramsey has some chances of playing against City. Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud has to do something extra-ordinary to stop Man City.

City will miss Sergio Agüero. But David Silva is expected to be fit for the match. Yaya Touré and Edin Dzeko would relish playing against the porous Arsenal defence.

Manchester United-Aston Villa Prediction

Manchester City is online bookmaker’s favourite. But Arsenal could gain something from this match, if they can score first.

Arsenal or Draw 1.72 @ Bet365

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