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Man. City face a trip to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 51 and win only 14 of the 82 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2007, with Arsenal running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 25 Sep | Man. City | 0 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Gunners in those games, with 6 conceded.
The Sky Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Sky Blues's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Arsenal's 4 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Man. City are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 9 points from the 3 games played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
| Man. City | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Sky Blues could well see them head back from Emirates Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arsenal | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Unbeaten run of 10 matches. |
| Man. City | Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |