On March 11, from 19:30 pm, Manchester City and Arsenal play a rematch from the 28th round of the Premier League on the Etihad arena. City are the favorite, although they recently lost the derby to Manchester United, while Mikel Arteta brought Arsenal close to the European zone of the hierarchy.
According to the form at the moment, it would be strange to bet on City, at such a low rate. Arsenal are looking better and better under the command of Arteta, a former second in Manchester City, who “left” Pep Guardiola to become “principal” on the bank of “tuners”. On Wednesday, Londoners cannot count on Chambers, Kolasinac, Torreira, Soares and Tierney, while the hosts are without Laporte, De Bruyne and Sane. Normally, goals should not be missing from such a duel.
Manchester City is 2nd in the Premier League (goal scoring 68-31), while Arsenal is 9th (goal 40-36), just five points away from the UEFA Europa League. Manchester City has won the last five straight duels, including the 3-0 draw at Emirates, quite clearly. In the last years we have witnessed scores of 3-1, 2-0 and 3-0 in favor of the “citizens”, who have to pull hard now to secure 2nd place in the final ranking of the Premier League.
Last season, Arsenal beat West Ham 1-0, in a traditional London derby, a few days after the Reds beat Portsmouth in the English Cup (2-0). In the last two months, the only unpleasant memories for Arteta will remain the matches with Olympiacos, after which Arsenal was eliminated from the European cups. But now the Londoners will focus even more on domestic competitions, and Manchester City has shown defensive weaknesses lately. Last season, Pep Guardiola’s team gave up the derby with Manchester United, 0-2, after a bad performance.
As a rule, after such matches, Manchester City returns even stronger and more aggressive in the offensive, and now we expect the total show. In the last six straight duels I have seen a generous average of goals, and in 5 of the last 6 games played on Etihad I have attended “GG” winners in the betting offer! Arsenal has not lost more than 9 trips in a row in the Premier League and has the qualities to register for the away game.
Manchester City: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Mendy; De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Silva; Sterling, Aguero, Sane
Arsenal: Leno; Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal; Maitland-Niles, Torreira, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Kolasinac; Lacazette, Aubameyang
PREDICTION: Manchester City to win @ 1,35
