Live stream, TV channel, team news, kick-off time as Tomiyasu STAR for Gunners in today’s match
Can Mikel Arteta finally overcome his old teacher Pep Guardiola in the Premier League?
The Arsenal boss is yet to see his side score against his former owner in the league – and Manchester City are on a 10-game winning streak.
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The Gunners have been excellent lately but haven’t played since Win 5-0 on Gifting Day as their match against Wolves on December 28 was postponed.
Their recent form has been a significant improvement with their first three games of the Premier League season, having lost three in a row, including a defeat to their opponents today.
Man City beat Brentford 1-0 to take an eight-point lead over Chelsea and look to defend the title this term.
Their 10-game winning streak is ominous for the rest of the league.
Arsenal will also not have a coach Arteta like the Spaniard tested Be positive with Covid-19 on Wednesday afternoon.
What time does Arsenal vs Man City start?
- Arsenal’s big clash with Man City will take place from 12:30pm UK time on Saturday, January 1 – TODAY.
- The clash will take place at Emirates Stadium.
- There will be a full capacity audience attending the match.
What channel is it and can it be streamed?
- Arsenal vs Man City will be shown live on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultimate.
- You can stream the action live from the BT Sport app, which is available to download to your mobile device or tablet.
Team News
Mikel Arteta will not sit on the Arsenal bench after testing positive for Covid-19.
Calum Chambers, Cedric Soares, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ainsley Maitland-Niles all missed their Boxing Day win over Norwich due to isolation.
And it remains to be seen whether Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will be brought back from the cold weather.
As for Man City, Rodri, John Stones and Kyle Walker all missed the win over Brentford and are doubtful for such a fast spin game.
Jack Grealish and Phil Foden have both returned to that game and are expected to reappear.
The odds
- Arsenal – 5/1
- Draw – 5/18
- Man City – 1/2
* Allowed odds of Betfair and correct at the time of publication.
Catch up on all the action from Emirates Stadium in our live blog…
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On the Arsenal bench
1 Leno, 10 Smith Rowe, 15 Maitland-Niles, 16 Holding, 17 Cedric, 19 Pepe, 20 Nuno Tavares, 23 Sambi Lokonga, 25 Elneny
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This is the Manchester City team
31 Ederson; 2 Cancelo, 3 Dias, 14 Laporte, 6 Ake; 17 De Bruyne, 16 Rodrigo, 20 Bernardo; 26 Mahrez, 9 Jesus, 7 Sterling
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Arsenal started the XI – Tomiyasu started
32 Ramsdale; 18 Tomiyasu, 4 White, 6 Gabriel, 3 Tierney; 5 Partey, 34 Xhaka; 7 Sake, 8 Odegaard, 35 Martinelli; 9 Lacazette
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Gunners fear Man City has a quick start
Arsenal fans always come to the Emirates Stadium full of hope, but that faith is often quickly extinguished when Manchester City come as a guest.
The Citizens have opened the scoring in the first quarter of an hour in all five away Premier League games against Arsenal under Pep Guardiola, scoring in the first two minutes of each of the last two seasons.
City also scored after three minutes in their League Cup quarter-final against Arsenal last season, winning 4-1.
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Arteta is absent from Pep’s reunion
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will be hoping that the new year brings new luck when his side take on Manchester City.
The Gunners have lost their last nine matches to the defending Premier League champions, and were beaten 5-0 in the reverse fixture in August.
However, if the Londoner were to somehow take the field today, Arteta would not have been at the Emirates to witness it, having tested positive for Covid-19 a second time.
Instead, the Spaniard will be isolated at home and admit he will need plenty of space to deal with his frustrations.
He said: “It will be a very strange experience and I will need a large room to walk around because I will not be able to just sit on the sofa and watch. I’m going to focus completely because it’s a big, big game and it’s frustrating not being there.
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City bets on another success
Arsenal may have won the last 5 matches, scoring 19 goals and conceding only 2, but the bookies did not give them many opportunities before the arrival of Manchester City.
- Arsenal won 9/2
- Drawing 16/5
- Man City won 8/13
Odds from Betfair exact at the time of posting.
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Happy new year everyone
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the first match of the Premier League of 2022, the clash between Arsenal and Manchester City.
City start the new year as leaders have clearly pulled out of Chelsea and Liverpool in December, and will be targeting an 11th straight win when they head to London.
Arsenal hope to start this new year as they wrap up 2021, after five consecutive wins in all competitions.
And today’s contest will be a testament to how far Mikel Arteta’s youth side have come when they fell 5-0 at the Etihad in August.
It’s kicking off at 12:30pm at the Emirates and we’ll have all the important team news soon as part of our pre-match build-up.
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