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Man. City face a trip to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium 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 53 and win only 14 of the 84 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2007, the Gunners carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premier League match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 22 Nov | Man. City | 3 - 0 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 02 Feb | Man. City | 1 - 3 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Gunners have scored 10 and conceded 1 during this period.
In complete contrast to Arsenal, Man. City are having a torrid time on their travels, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. Sky Blues have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Arsenal sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 55 points from their 30 games. Man. City's 38 points from 30 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 15 |
| Man. City | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sky Blues are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Arsenal. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arsenal | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Man. City | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 11 away matches. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |