Where to watch Arsenal vs Man City: Stream details, kick-off time and team news for huge Emirates encounter

Arsenal take on Manchester City this weekend as the two sides look to show their title credentials.

The Gunners have three wins from four in the Premier League, while City are sitting on two wins and two defeats.

Mikel Arteta‘s men are yet to fire into gear in an attacking sense, and have been clinical in their games rather than expansive.

Defensively, the Gunners have conceded just one goal, which was a 30-yard free-kick.

Meanwhile, City have shown signs of vulnerability in a couple of games.

But when they’ve got it right, they have wiped the floor with Wolves and Manchester United, with Erling Haaland looking back to his best.

Arsenal vs Man City: Date and how to follow

This Premier League game will take place on Sunday, September 21 and kick-off at the Emirates is set for 4:30pm.

The match will be shown on Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League.

Sky Go customers can stream through their laptops or mobile devices.

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• Arsenal have won two of their last four league meetings with Manchester City (D2), as many as their previous 22 beforehand (D5 L15). The Gunners could win back-to-back league games against the Citizens for the first time since December 2015.
• Manchester City have lost both of their last two Premier League visits to Arsenal, as many as their previous 14 beforehand (W7 D5 L2). It’s their longest losing run away to the Gunners since April 2009 (4 in a row).
• Arsenal have won their last three Premier League home games by an aggregate score of 9-0. They last won four in a row without conceding in December 2021, while they last won their first three at home in a season without conceding in 1960-61.
• Arsenal striker Viktor Gyökeres has applied more pressures in the final third than any other player in the Premier League this season (166). Meanwhile, Man City’s #9 Erling Haaland has applied more pressures in the opponent’s penalty area than anyone else (65).
• Gianluigi Donnarumma made two saves and kept a clean sheet on his Premier League debut in Man City’s 3-0 win against Man Utd last weekend. The only keepers to record a clean sheet in their first two starts for the Citizens are Kasper Schmeichel (August 2007) and Stefan Ortega (May 2023).

Arsenal vs Man City: Team news

The home side have several key players missing.

Bukayo Saka will play no part due to a hamstring issue, while Martin Odegaard has damaged his shoulder.

Kai Havertz, Ben White and Gabriel Jesus are long-term absentees.

However, William Saliba should be available to come into the team after recovering from a minor ankle issue.

Meanwhile, City will be without a number of top names too.

Rayan Cherki, Omar Marmoush, Rayan Ait Nouri and Mateo Kovacic are all out.

But John Stones should be back from a knock.

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• Manchester City have lost five of their last seven Premier League games immediately following a European game in midweek (W2), including a 5-1 loss at Arsenal in February. Their previous five such defeats came over a period of 46 games in five years (W27 D14).
• Only Bournemouth (9) have had more direct attacks than Arsenal in the Premier League this season (8, an average of 2 per game). Last season, the Gunners ranked 11th for direct attacks (1.7 per game).
• With Man City winless in four Premier League games against Arsenal, Pep Guardiola could go five games without a top-flight league win against an opponent for the very first time. Mikel Arteta could also become the first manager ever to go five league games unbeaten against Guardiola.
• Man City’s Erling Haaland has scored four goals in six Premier League appearances against Arsenal, while he has 19 goals in 20 league games in London. Among players to play 1,000+ minutes in away Premier League games in the capital, Haaland has the best minutes per goal ratio (one every 93 mins).
• Viktor Gyökeres has scored in both of his two Premier League home games for Arsenal (3 goals in total). The only player to score in each of his first three for the club in the competition was Alexandre Lacazette in 2017.

Arsenal vs Man City: What has been said?

After being replaced early in the second half of Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League, Viktor Gyokeres has every right to be gutted.

Certainly, that is the view of Perry Groves.

Speaking about the substitution, Groves said: “That’s a strange decision, actually, from Arteta.

“If you were Gyokeres, you wouldn’t want to be coming off because Arsenal are just starting to exert a little bit of pressure.

“It’s just strange, I don’t know, Mikel Arteta has obviously got his reasons.

“But you’ve got your centre-forward on the pitch who has been a threat in behind all game.

“He’s holding the ball up, Arsenal are starting to exert a little bit of pressure

“If you’re a centre-forward, if you’re Gyokeres, you’d be devastated coming off.

“Because you’d be thinking, ‘My team’s actually exerted a bit of pressure, we’re bound to create a few more chances from now until the end of the game.’

“And Gyokeres is the one that you’d want on the end of them.”