EPL: Arsenal Vs Manchester City - Preview, team news and expected lineups

London, April 2: Arsenal take on Manchester City in a crucial English Premier League (EPL) game week 30 encounter at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday (April 2).

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The Gunners who are experiencing a terrible run of form in the recent times have gone down the league table to 6th position.

Manchester City, on the other hand, have seen a topsy-turvy season. They started the season as firm favourites to win the title but faltered in between several times and are now 12 points behind leaguers Chelsea.

Pep Guardiola's men are fighting for a position in the top 4 so that they can qualify for the Champions League. A win tonight would help them climb up to the third position just 2 points behind Tottenham Hotspur.

For Arsenal, it is a must-win match as they struggling at the sixth position. Any further mishap would wreck their chances of qualifying among the top 4 teams.

Kick off: 8:30 PM (IST)

Venue: Emirates Stadium, London

Match will be telecasted LIVE on Star Networks and Hotstar.

Team News

Manchester City have a series of injury scares which includes star players like Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna.

But the good news for Guardiola is that except for Sagna the other players are expected to recover fully before the tie.

Arsenal will miss the services star goalkeeper Petr Cech who has been ruled out of action for 1 week due to a calf strain. David Ospina will likely fill in Cech's position.

Lucas Perez and Kieron Gibbs too have injury scares but their absence will not hurt the team as they are not regular starters.

Predicted lineups

Arsenal (4-2-3-1): David Ospina; Hector Bellerin, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal; Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Granit Xhaka; Theo Walcott, Alex Iwobi, Mesut Ozil; Alexis Sanchez.

Manchester City (4-3-3): Claudio Bravo; Pablo Zabaleta, John Stones, Nicolas Otamendi, Aleksandar Kolarov; Fernandinho, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva; Leroy Sane, Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling.

Prediction

Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City

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