Manchester City has a chance to register a 13th consecutive league win in meetings with Arsenal when the two Premier League title rivals clash for the first time this season at Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
The big match is bound to get feisty, and bookmaker 10bet has the cards total set at 4.5. The odds are at 1.70 for the over and at 2.05 for the under. Meanwhile, Thomas Partey is seen as the likeliest recipient of a card, with the odds at 2.00 for him to get booked.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: October 6th, 5:00 P.M. (EST)
Man City’s incredible run of victories in this fixture started in 2017 with a 3-1 triumph at home. Arsenal has managed to pick up a couple of wins against City in cup competitions over the last six years and beat Pep Guardiola’s team in this season’s Community Shield in a penalty shootout, but when it comes to league clashes, the Gunners seem simply incapable of figuring out how to match City.
City’s 12-game stretch marks the joint-fifth longest winning run ever by a team against a single opposition in the English top division. Guardiola’s men have been completely dominant during the streak, scoring 33 goals to Arsenal’s five and keeping seven clean sheets. In fact, Arsenal has tallied only 23 shots on target across the 12 games.
Arsenal hasn’t even managed to keep a clean sheet against City for 16 consecutive league meetings. Ending the team’s miserable run in the match-up on Sunday would be very special for Arsenal, but it’s also going to take one mammoth of an effort. Having Bukayo Saka available could make things a bit easier.
Saka was substituted early with a muscle problem midweek in the Champions League against Lens, but according to Mikel Arteta, he is in contention to play on Sunday. Before getting injured, Saka added another assist to his tally Tuesday and now boasts 10 goal involvements (five goals, five assists) through 10 outings this season.
Following Wolverhampton Wanderers’ shock 2-1 victory a week ago, City is in danger of losing back-to-back league matches for the first time since 2018. Wolves showed that you can hurt City, but Guardiola typically gets a very good reaction from his team following a defeat, and hence, it has been very rare to see City lose consecutive games. Wednesday’s 3-1 victory in Leipzig already showed that the tough outing at Molineux could’ve been just a small blip in form.
