FootyMAD's Manchester City match preview

History of the Manchester City v Arsenal fixture

Arsenal face a trip to Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 35 of the 84 previous games, with the hosts winning just 28.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2006, the Sky Blues carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008	Sat 25 Aug	Arsenal	1 - 0	Man. City	PREM
2006/2007	Tue 17 Apr	Arsenal	3 - 1	Man. City	PREM
2006/2007	Sat 26 Aug	Man. City	1 - 0	Arsenal	PREM
2005/2006	Thu 04 May	Man. City	1 - 3	Arsenal	PREM
2005/2006	Sat 22 Oct	Arsenal	1 - 0	Man. City	PREM
2004/2005	Tue 04 Jan	Arsenal	1 - 1	Man. City	PREM
2004/2005	Wed 27 Oct	Man. City	1 - 2	Arsenal	LGEC

Recent respective form guides

Manchester City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.

The away form of Arsenal however, is much more impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Gunners, and 3 goals against.

Man. City find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 41 points they have accumulated from 24 games. Arsenal sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 57 points from their 24 games.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Man. City	6	1	3	2	4	5	6
Arsenal	6	3	2	1	12	7	11

FootyMad's prediction ...

Arsenal are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Man. City. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Man. City	No sequences of note
Arsenal	No sequences of note