{"id":12366,"date":"2023-02-15T08:08:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T07:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=12366"},"modified":"2023-02-15T08:08:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T07:08:57","slug":"arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s the top-of-the-table clash in the Premier League this Wednesday as league leaders Arsenal take on defending champions Manchester City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gunners come into this tie just three points ahead of City with a game in hand, so there is a chance that Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side will overtake them here if they drop points. That makes this tie a must-win for Mikel Arteta&#8217;s title chasers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, they come into this tie in dire form, having not won in three competitive games (D1, L2). Although their last game saw a VAR error. Arteta will hope the conditions are okay in this game as he attempts to beat his mentor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/ac-milan-vs-tottenham-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/\">AC Milan vs Tottenham: Preview and Expert Football Prediction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guardiola is the only manager Arteta has failed to beat in the PL&nbsp; (L5), and City have also emerged victorious the last ten times these clubs have faced each other in this competition. So, the Catalan coach will feel confident here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet his team&#8217;s run of three losses in the last seven games (W4) shows that things can go wrong for them if they lose focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With three clean sheets in the last five meetings between both sides, we can expect a low-scoring affair when both teams meet. However, given the league position of both teams and the magnitude of this game, we can expect a cagey affair. So a bet of <a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/free-football-predictions-under-2.5-goals.php\">under 2.5 goals<\/a> could be the best prediction for this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the top-of-the-table clash in the Premier League this Wednesday as league leaders Arsenal take on defending champions Manchester City. The Gunners come into this tie just three points ahead of City with a game in hand, so there is a chance that Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side will overtake them here if they drop points. That makes this tie a must-win for Mikel Arteta&#8217;s title chasers. However, they come into this tie in dire form, having not won in three competitive games (D1, L2). Although their last game saw a VAR error. Arteta will hope the conditions are okay in this game as he attempts to beat his mentor. Read more: AC Milan vs Tottenham: Preview and Expert Football Prediction Guardiola is the only manager Arteta has failed to beat in the PL&nbsp; (L5), and City have also emerged victorious the last ten times these clubs have faced each other in this competition. So, the Catalan coach will feel confident here. Yet his team&#8217;s run of three losses in the last seven games (W4) shows that things can go wrong for them if they lose focus. With three clean sheets in the last five meetings between both sides, we can expect a low-scoring affair when both teams meet. However, given the league position of both teams and the magnitude of this game, we can expect a cagey affair. So a bet of under 2.5 goals could be the best prediction for this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,123,157,160],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-12366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-prediction","category-match-preview","category-premier-league","tag-arsenal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arsenal vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#8217;s the top-of-the-table clash in the Premier League this Wednesday as league leaders Arsenal take on defending champions Manchester City. The Gunners come into this tie just three points ahead of City with a game in hand, so there is a chance that Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side will overtake them here if they drop points. That makes this tie a must-win for Mikel Arteta&#8217;s title chasers. However, they come into this tie in dire form, having not won in three competitive games (D1, L2). Although their last game saw a VAR error. Arteta will hope the conditions are okay in this game as he attempts to beat his mentor. Read more: AC Milan vs Tottenham: Preview and Expert Football Prediction Guardiola is the only manager Arteta has failed to beat in the PL&nbsp; (L5), and City have also emerged victorious the last ten times these clubs have faced each other in this competition. So, the Catalan coach will feel confident here. Yet his team&#8217;s run of three losses in the last seven games (W4) shows that things can go wrong for them if they lose focus. With three clean sheets in the last five meetings between both sides, we can expect a low-scoring affair when both teams meet. However, given the league position of both teams and the magnitude of this game, we can expect a cagey affair. So a bet of under 2.5 goals could be the best prediction for this game.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-15T07:08:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-15T07:08:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arsenal.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1296\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"518\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Arsenal vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-15T07:08:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-15T07:08:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arsenal.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Arsenal\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Football\",\"Football prediction\",\"Match Preview\",\"Premier League\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/\",\"name\":\"Arsenal vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction - Matchplug Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arsenal.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-15T07:08:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-15T07:08:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arsenal.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arsenal.jpg\",\"width\":1296,\"height\":518},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Arsenal vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Matchplug Blog\",\"description\":\"Matchplug is the best soccer prediction site connecting bettors with winning tips. We are spot on in our Soccer predictions, premier league predictions, Bet9ja prediction, matched betting and premier betting.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Matchplug Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png\",\"width\":389,\"height\":218,\"caption\":\"Matchplug Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Arsenal vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction - Matchplug Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Arsenal vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction - Matchplug Blog","og_description":"It&#8217;s the top-of-the-table clash in the Premier League this Wednesday as league leaders Arsenal take on defending champions Manchester City. The Gunners come into this tie just three points ahead of City with a game in hand, so there is a chance that Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side will overtake them here if they drop points. That makes this tie a must-win for Mikel Arteta&#8217;s title chasers. However, they come into this tie in dire form, having not won in three competitive games (D1, L2). Although their last game saw a VAR error. Arteta will hope the conditions are okay in this game as he attempts to beat his mentor. Read more: AC Milan vs Tottenham: Preview and Expert Football Prediction Guardiola is the only manager Arteta has failed to beat in the PL&nbsp; (L5), and City have also emerged victorious the last ten times these clubs have faced each other in this competition. So, the Catalan coach will feel confident here. Yet his team&#8217;s run of three losses in the last seven games (W4) shows that things can go wrong for them if they lose focus. With three clean sheets in the last five meetings between both sides, we can expect a low-scoring affair when both teams meet. However, given the league position of both teams and the magnitude of this game, we can expect a cagey affair. So a bet of under 2.5 goals could be the best prediction for this game.","og_url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/","og_site_name":"Matchplug Blog","article_published_time":"2023-02-15T07:08:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-15T07:08:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1296,"height":518,"url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arsenal.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Arsenal vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction","datePublished":"2023-02-15T07:08:52+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-15T07:08:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/"},"wordCount":255,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arsenal.jpg","keywords":["Arsenal"],"articleSection":["Football","Football prediction","Match Preview","Premier League"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/","name":"Arsenal vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction - Matchplug Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arsenal.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-15T07:08:52+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-15T07:08:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arsenal.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arsenal.jpg","width":1296,"height":518},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-vs-manchester-city-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Arsenal vs Manchester City: Preview and Expert Football Prediction"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/","name":"Matchplug Blog","description":"Matchplug is the best soccer prediction site connecting bettors with winning tips. We are spot on in our Soccer predictions, premier league predictions, Bet9ja prediction, matched betting and premier betting.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Matchplug Blog","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png","width":389,"height":218,"caption":"Matchplug Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/author\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arsenal.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12369,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12366\/revisions\/12369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}