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Man City face a trip to Arsenal at Highbury on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 49 and win only 14 of the 80 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2005, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 04 Jan | Arsenal | 1 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 27 Oct | Man City | 1 - 2 | Arsenal | LGEC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 25 Sep | Man City | 0 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 01 Feb | Arsenal | 2 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 31 Aug | Man City | 1 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Feb | Man City | 1 - 5 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 10 Sep | Arsenal | 2 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Gunners have rattled up an impressive 18 goals, and conceded 2.
The Sky Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Sky Blues's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Arsenal's 13 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Man City sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 17 points from their 9 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| Man City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Arsenal is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arsenal | Won 5 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Man City | Not won in previous 3 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |