Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Arsenal vanadium Man City in the Premier League on January 1 ; kick-off 12.30pm

Team news

Arsenal will again be without Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for Saturday ‘s Premier League visit of leaders Manchester City .
The striker has been lacking since a disciplinary breach saw him dropped and stripped of the captainship and he has been allowed to leave early to link up with Gabon ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Manager Mikel Arteta will be watching from home having tested positive for Covid-19, while defensive four Cedric Soares, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Calum Chambers and Ainsley Maitland-Niles all missed the 5-0 Boxing Day win at Norwich after contracting coronavirus. City defender Kyle Walker could return after missing the last four matches. Riyad Mahrez sat out against Brentford in midweek and is set to start his end bet on before departing for the african Cup of Nations .
John Stones and Rodri are still doubts, as is Joao Cancelo after he was assaulted during a burglary at his home .

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Follow Arsenal five Man City in our dedicate live match web log. Highlights will besides be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube impart from 5.15pm on Saturday .

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Jones Knows predicts…

There never actually is the ‘perfect ‘ time to play Manchester City but for Arsenal, this might be close to it. Yes, City are in irresistible human body, winning the last 10 in the Premier League but Arsenal are flowing nicely besides, particularly at home. They are unbeaten in 11 home games in all competitions, winning 10 of those and it ‘s their adept defensive axis that continues to impress me. Since the Ben White, Gabriel and Aaron Ramsdale brick wall was formed, Arsenal have placid not conceded a goal before the 38th minute in those 16 fixtures. only City have kept more clean sheets than Arsenal ( 9 ) since the trio have played together in the succeed over Norwich. With Arsenal coming in the fresh team having not played since Boxing Day, the case for them to make this competitive is a hard one. I ‘d not put anyone off having a stab at the Arsenal duplicate luck at 6/4 with Sky Bet, but I ‘m taking a more timid route and backing them with a +2 goal start so they can win, draw or lose by one for us to land. In their last 18 away days against top-eight sides, Man City have merely won four times by more than one goal. It ‘s a job-done mentality rather than an all-conquering one for Pep Guardiola in these types of slippery games. I ‘m felicitous to throw in the plot to be a card friendly affair in regulate to boost the price, excessively. These two teams are notoriously well behaved in their matches. In 2021, entirely West Ham have seen less yellow cards given to their opponents than Arsenal ( 50 ) and Man City ( 53 ) when assessing ever-present Premier League teams. It makes the under 50+ booking points very appealing at 4/6 with Sky Bet so I ‘m happy to sprinkle a bite of that across a decent 100/30 same-game multi-bet priced up by Sky Bet. SCORE PREDICTION: 1-1 BETTING ANGLE: Arsenal +2 handicap, under 3.5 goals & under 50+ booking points (100/30 with Sky Bet)

Opta stats

● Arsenal have lost their end nine Premier League games against Manchester City since a 2-2 withdraw in April 2017 – it ‘s their long ever losing run against an adversary in their league history. ● Man City have won each of their end four away league games against Arsenal, by an sum score of 9-0. It ‘s a many victories as the Citizens had picked up in their previous 50 league visits to Highbury/Emirates Stadium combined ( W4 D14 L32 ).

● Arsenal have failed to score in their last five Premier League games against Man City – only against Chelsea ( 6 between 2013 and 2016 ) and Liverpool ( 6 between 1997 and 2000 ) have the Gunners failed to score in more consecutive league games against an opposition. ● Manchester City have opened the score in the first 15 minutes in all five of their Premier League away games against Arsenal under coach Pep Guardiola, netting in the first two minutes in each of the last two seasons. ● Arsenal have merely lost one of their survive 10 Premier League games on New Year ‘s Day ( W8 D1 ), going down 2-0 at Southampton in 2015. At dwelling, the Gunners are unbeaten in 11 New Year ‘s Day games ( W9 D2 ) since a 2-1 loss against Tottenham in 1985.