Defending champions Manchester City will host Arsenal in Week 3 of the Premier League or Premier League 2021/22, Saturday (28/8/2021). Will The Citizens make the Gunners fall and get worse at the Etihad Stadium?
Arsenal went through their first two matches in the English top flight this season with defeats. Mikel Arteta's troops were successively bent by promoted team Brentford and city rivals Chelsea with an identical score of 0-2. The two defeats left them stranded in 19th in the standings.
On the other hand, Manchester City were able to bounce back from a 0-1 defeat against Tottenham in the first week by eliminating promoted Norwich City 5-0 at the Etihad Stadium in the second week. Tim Krul's suicide and goals from Aymeric Laporte, Jack Grealish, Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez gave Josep Guardiola's side their first three points.
Arsenal are less favorites in this match. However, Arsenal have just received an injection of morale and confidence after thrashing West Brom 6-0 through a Pierre-Emerick Aubamyeang hat-trick and goals from Nicolas Pepe, Bukayo Saka and Alexandre Lacazette in the second round of the Carabao Cup midweek.
Even so, if you look at the performance, as well as the fact that they have always lost in their last eight meetings with Manchester City in the Premier League, it looks like Arsenal will still be the underdogs in this match.
Estimated Line-up
Manchester City (4-3-3): Ederson; Cancelo, Laporte, Dias, Walker; Gundogan, Rodri, Bernardo Silva; Grealish, Sterling, Mahrez.
Coach: Josep Guardiola.
Squad info: Foden (injured), De Bruyne (injured), Mendy (question mark).
Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Leno; Tierney, Holding, Chambers, Soares; Xhaka, Lokonga; Rowe, Odegaard, Saka; Aubameyang.
Coach: Mikel Arteta.
Squad info: Partey (injured), Nketiah (injured), Gabriel Magalhaes (injured), Bellerin (injured), White (very doubtful), Tierney (doubtful), Saka (doubtful), Willian (question mark), Runarsson (question mark) ).