Man City vs Arsenal: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injuries

Mikel Arteta has a occupation to lick successful midfield Arsenal caput to Manchester City this afternoon.

Last season’s apical 2 conscionable astatine the Etihad with City boasting a cleanable grounds truthful acold this term. Arsenal, person won 3 of four, with their lone blemish that 1-1 gully astatine location to Brighton.

The Gunners confirmed the grade of Martin Odegaard’s ankle wounded this week with the Norway planetary expected to beryllium retired until mid-November.

The nine skipper volition miss immoderate immense games successful that period starting with the sojourn to the Etihad connected Sunday wherever Arteta volition again beryllium without Mikel Merino.

The Spain planetary suffered a enarthrosis wounded successful his archetypal grooming league with the nine and is not expected to beryllium backmost until adjacent month.

Declan Rice is disposable erstwhile again aft serving his suspension and is expected to articulation Thomas Partey and Jorginho successful midfield.

Kai Havertz dropped into a deeper midfield relation connected Thursday nighttime against Atalanta with Gabriel Jesus starring the enactment successful Bergamo but the Germany planetary should instrumentality to his much acquainted relation up apical against the champions.

Raheem Sterling made his debut disconnected the seat successful the `1-0 triumph implicit Tottenham past week and volition beryllium pushing for a starting relation against the broadside helium scored 91 goals for.

Bukayo Saka meantime came disconnected with cramp against Spurs but was backmost successful the broadside against Atalanta, playing 73 minutes earlier being replaced by Sterling.

Manchester City could besides person a occupation successful midfield with Kevin de Bruyne injured midweek up of Sunday’s clash.

The Belgium planetary was forced disconnected astatine half-time successful Wednesday’s goalless gully with Inter Milan with a suspected hamstring injury.

While de Bruyne was expected to miss today’s game, Pep Guardiola hinted helium could inactive feature.

‘He feels a small amended today… Tomorrow we bid and we volition see. He could beryllium [involved],’ Guardiola told a property league connected Friday.

Wednesday nighttime marked Rodri’s archetypal commencement of the play with Phil Foden coming disconnected the seat successful the second-half.

The England planetary has not featured since the opening crippled of the play against Chelsea but Guardiola is not acrophobic by his deficiency of crippled clip heading into what promises to beryllium an aggravated day against Arsenal.

Oscar Bobb remains a semipermanent absentee with Nathan Ake not expected to instrumentality until aft October’s planetary break.

Man City predicted XI to look Arsenal

Ederson, Walker, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Rodri, Silva, Gundogan, Foden, Haaland

Arsenal predicted XI to look Man City

Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber, Jorginho, Partey, Rice, Saka, Havertz, Sterling

Where to ticker Man City vs Arsenal? Kick-off clip and TV channel

Man City vs Arsenal kicks disconnected astatine 4:30pm connected Sunday 22 September.

Live sum is disposable connected Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event, with a unrecorded watercourse disposable connected the Sky Go app and NOW TV.

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