Arsenal vs Manchester City Preview

September 11, 2014
By: Deke Hardman

Danny Welbeck

The Premier League returns this weekend, with Arsenal and Manchester City getting the action underway at the Emirates Stadium in Saturday’s early kick off.

The Gunners currently sit in seventh place with five points after their unbeaten start to the campaign, with draws against Everton and Leicester City following their opening day win over Crystal Palace.

Danny Welbeck, fresh from scoring a both goals for England in their 2-0 against Switzerland in Basel is set to make his debut for Arsene Wenger’s men, though Aaron Ramsey is doubtful and Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud are both out.

Welbeck is widely available at 7.5 (13/2) to get the first goal of the game, with Sanchez an 8.0 (7/1) shot with Bet Victor.

The home win is priced at 3.0 (2/1) with Bet Victor, with City a 2.5 (6/4) chance with a variety of firms while the draw is 3.6 (13/5) with William Hill.

Manuel Pellegrini’s men are three places above Arsenal after taking six points from nine available, though they did fall to a shock 1-0 defeat to Stoke City last time out.

Stevan Jovetic may miss the game after picking up a hamstring problem in training with Montenegro, though Fernando and Pablo Zabaletta should recover from their respective knocks in time to feature.

Sergio Aguero is favourite to open the scoring at 6.5 (11/2) with Bet Victor, with Edin Dzeko priced at 8.0 (7/1) with the same firm.

The two sides met just last month when Arsene Wenger’s men ran out convincing 3-0 winners, while last season’s corresponding league fixture ended in a 1-1 draw, with Mathieu Flamini’s second half strike cancelling out David Silva’s eighteenth minute opener.

It was City who emerged victorious when the sides met in Manchester last December, with the sides sharing out no fewer than nine goals though that was just the fourth time in the last fourteen competitive meetings between the sides when both sides have scored.

With this in mind, you may be tempted to take advantage of Coral’s offer of 2.38 (11/8) for both teams not to score in the match.

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