Arsenal v Man City

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Sunday afternoon brings us the pick of this weekend's fixtures in the Premier League as third placed Arsenal take on the current league leaders Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium with a valuable three points at stake for both clubs, and with just one point separating the two sides, this promises to be an enthralling encounter.

Arsenal still remain unbeaten so far in this season's top flight campaign having picked up five wins and drawn the other two within their opening seven games of the new term and although The Gunners were handed a 2-1 defeat away at French Ligue 1 side, Lens, in their midweek Champions League tie, the north London club will be eager to return to winning ways here.

Mikel Arteta's side registered a comprehensive 4-0 rout of Bournemouth in last week's tussle at the Vitality Stadium and the hosts know if they can take all three points here on Sunday afternoon, they could leapfrog Manchester City into top spot.

The Gunners have lost just once in their last 13 matches in all competitions and have picked up a total of 10 victories within this impressive sequence of results but they do possess a poor record against their upcoming visitors.

Manchester City find themselves in familiar territory in the Premier League table as Pep Guardiola's side sit top of the league albeit by a single point ahead of Tottenham and Arsenal prior to this weekend's fixtures in the English top flight.

While Arsenal were struggling against their French counterparts in their midweek Champions League clash, Manchester City were fairly cruising to a resounding 3-1 win away from home against German Bundesliga outfit, RB Leipzig, which will give City plenty of confidence ahead of this upcoming trip to the nation's capital on Sunday.

However, even Manchester City are vulnerable from time to time and this has been evident in recent matches where the visitors have been dealt defeats by Newcastle United in the League Cup along with last weekend's shock 2-1 defeat away from home at lowly Wolves to hand City their first league defeat of this new season.

The bigger picture does seem to favour Manchester City though as the visitors have lost just twice in their previous 24 matches in the Premier League while also collecting a total of 20 wins in the process, so City still look an extremely serious threat to hosts Arsenal this Sunday.

Arsenal v Manchester City Verdict

As mentioned previously, Arsenal possess a poor head-to-head record against visitors, Manchester City, as The Gunners have lost eight out of the last nine meetings and this Sunday's clash could once again unfold in favour of the current title-holders, Manchester City, in what could be a real blockbuster.

Therefore, our main bet will be Manchester City win @ 2.40

Other side bets worth considering:

Man City win & Over 2.5 goals @ 3.60

Correct score: Man City 2-1 @ 11.00