Manchester City v Arsenal

Manchester City will host a struggling Arsenal team in Saturday’s early English Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium. Photo: EPA/PETER POWELL

LIVE | Manchester City v Arsenal – 28 August 2021

Manchester City will host a struggling Arsenal team in Saturday’s early English Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City v Arsenal

Manchester City will host a struggling Arsenal team in Saturday’s early English Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium. Photo: EPA/PETER POWELL

Manchester City will host a struggling Arsenal team in Saturday’s early English Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium.

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Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City side were in the news this week after failing to lure Cristiano Ronaldo to the blue side of Manchester with the Portugal superstar opting to join cross-town rivals Manchester United.

Arsenal have been in the news for being, well, rubbish.

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Mikel Arteta’s men have lost both their opening 2021/22 Premier League matches and have yet to score a goal in 180 minutes.

Today’s referee will be Martin Atkinson.

Kick-off is at 13:30 SA time.

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Players to watch

Raheem Sterling has eight career goals vs Arsenal, including both Premier League match winners last season.

Arsenal’s only win against City in the last 11 attempts featured two goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and his last 21 goalscoring club games (90 mins) have seen Arsenal avoid defeat.

Hot stat

Across the last 23 competitive head-to-heads, 22 have featured at least one first-half goal.