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Man. City prepare to entertain Arsenal at City of Manchester Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 35 of the 84 previous games, with the Sky Blues winning just 28.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City of Manchester Stadium 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 ...
Man. City are performing in fits and starts at home in recent games, and FootyMad doesn't see things getting any better, as the visitors squeak past and take all the points. Away win
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| Man. City | No sequences of note |
| Arsenal | No sequences of note |