Manchester City and Arsenal meet on Wednesday in the top match of the English Premier League. The match will go a long way in determining who will win the league championship.
An extremely big match in terms of the championship will be played in the English Premier League on Wednesday night. Arsenal and Manchester City, who are fighting for the championship, will meet at City’s home ground.
Arsenal’s lead in the standings is five points before the match, but City has played two matches less. Arsenal, who led the league all season long, has struggled in the last few games.
The Londoners have played three consecutive draws. Against Liverpool and West Ham, Arsenal lost a two-goal lead. In the league jumbo against Southampton last Friday, Arsenal, on the other hand, leveled up in the last moments after a disastrous start. In the championship battle, the scales have swung in the direction of long-term winners City.
Arsenal is a traditional top club, but recent times have been difficult for them. The previous league championship is from the 2003–04 season. That was when the famous “The Invincibles” played, an Arsenal team that didn’t lose a single match the entire season. After that, Arsenal still enjoyed themselves in the top places, but the last time they were even in the top four, qualifying for the Champions League, in the 2015–16 season.
Manager Arsene Wenger’s the beginning of the long era saw a lot of success, but in Wenger’s final years the results began to decline. Neither Unai Emery’s during the expected result did not come, but this season Mikel Arteta in the lead, Arsenal’s game has fallen into place.
Arsenal has played an active ball control game with a young team and scored goals effectively. The front four Martin Ödegaard, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and transferred from City Gabriel Jesus has played well together and all have also been good finishers.
The defensive end has also worked. In recent games, there have been more mistakes and they have backfired. The Frenchman has been missing from the defense due to a back injury William Salibawho is not involved against City either.
Mutual matches went strongly for City
Manchester City has been the leading club in the Premier League for the past ten years. Since the spring of 2012, it has won six championships and has never been lower than fourth place. City’s dynasty was expected to continue – especially as the team went from strength to strength with goals at a blistering pace With Erling Haaland.
City is still involved in the Champions League and the FA Cup, so it has a heavy backlog of matches. Arsenal is in a more advantageous position in that sense. Winning the Champions League is City’s big goal, which it chases year after year.
Winning the Premier League title would be almost routine for City, but for Arsenal it would be a real pinnacle moment for a long time. Wednesday’s match is eagerly awaited all over the football world. However, Arteta says that the match will not decide the title.
– We knew we had to go there. It will be tough, but will it decide the championship? No, Arteta said, according to the BBC.
– If we win the match, we haven’t won the league. It might change things, but we still have five tough games to go.
According to Arteta, the belief in the team is strong.
– I watched how the players reacted after the Southampton match. They defended each other in every situation. We want to win and we will show it again on Wednesday. But the game has to be perfect because it’s required at this point in the season.
The statistics of the matches between each other do not promise much for Arsenal. City have won 14 of the 15 previous meetings, including all competitions. Of course, Arsenal is a completely different team this season, but this season too, City has won the league and FA Cup head-to-head.
If City also win at home, they will move to within two points of Arsenal and still have two games in hand. Then the championship is very strongly going to Manchester again. But if Arsenal manage to take the points, the difference will be eight points and then the championship will no longer be in City’s own hands.
Arsenal have five games left after Wednesday. It faces, among others, the dangerous Newcastle and Brighton, as well as Chelsea, who have underperformed this season. City have seven more matches after the Arsenal game.
Manchester City hosts Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday 26.4. at 10 p.m. You can see the Premier League standings at this link.