Arsenal Vs Manchester City
While the Toure brothers are out for the Africa Cup of
Nations, Samir Nasri and Sergio Aguero are also out due to suspension and Knee
injury respectively. On the other hand Arsenal’s Giroud might be out due to the
Knee cut from the draw at Swansea.
Match Facts(this season):
Arsenal FC: Wins 4, Draws 1; loosing only one of their 5
last league matches the gunners have only managed to gather 34 points from 20
league matches. Surprisingly they have won all league games that they have led
in Half time.
Manchester City: Wins
10, Draws 1; City are 6 points behind what they had last season. If Joe Hart
plays today, it will be his 200th
appearance for City.
Head to Head: source BBC
- Manchester
City have gone 27 league matches without a win at Arsenal. Their last
league victory came at Highbury in the old Division One on 4 October 1975.
- City have
not scored on their last five league visits to Arsenal. The last City
scorer was DaMarcus Beasley, who scored in the 3-1 defeat in April 2007.