Manchester City vs Arsenal: 2024-25 Premier League Odds, Time and Prediction
Date: 2024-09-18 Author: Leon Pierce Categories: SPORTS BETTING
Battle for the Premier League lead
Manchester City and Arsenal are the teams that finished first and second in last season’s Premier League. They are also in those positions this season, with City holding two points ahead of Arsenal. This means the outcome of the match could impact the table shake-up.
Manchester City are the only team in the 2024-25 Premier League that have maintained a 100% win record. Pep Guardiola’s side have won all four games by an aggregate score of 11-3. However, apart from the match against Chelsea on the opening day, they have not yet faced any opponents who are aiming for a place in Europe this season.
The game against Arsenal will be their first serious test of the season. The advantage for Manchester City is that it will be played at their home stadium, where they are unbeaten in their last six Premier League games. The last time they failed to win at home was in March, when they drew 0-0 with Arsenal. Can they improve on that result this time?
Arsenal without key players
Arsenal have started the season with a 3-1-0 record, with their only draw coming against Brighton. They beat Tottenham 1-0 away in their last Premier League game. However, the upcoming game against Manchester City will be a serious challenge, especially considering the team will be missing several important players.
Striker Bukayo Saka will miss the match due to injury, while defenders Riccardo Calafiori and Oleksandr Zinchenko will also be absent. Captain Martin Odegaard has a health problem, but is expected to play. The rest of the players are fit for the match.
Manchester City vs Arsenal Prediction
The teams played a goalless game in the last meeting in the Premier League. However, at that moment, Manchester City's main striker Erling Haaland was not in the best form. Now the Norwegian is in excellent form, having already scored nine goals this season - three times more than any other scorer in the championship.
Unfortunately for Arsenal, we do not think his scoring streak will end anytime soon. We predict that Haaland will score at least one goal in this match, which will help Manchester City to achieve their fifth victory of the 2024-25 Premier League season.
