Arsenal vs Manchester City Preview

April 21, 2017
By: Deke Hardman

Sunday’s match at Wembley sees Arsenal face Manchester City in the second of this weekend’s FA Cup semi-finals.

The Gunners, who have won this competition in two of the last three seasons, beat Preston North End, Southampton and non league duo Sutton United and Lincoln City to book their place in the last four.

However, their overall form isn’t great with the North London outfit losing five of their last ten matches in all competitions and they are in real danger of finishing outside the top four of the Premier League for the first time in over twenty years.

Arsene Wenger is unable to call on David Ospina, Shkodran Mustafi, Santi Cazorla, Lucas Perez and Danny Welbeck so may stick with the side that beat Middlesbrough on Monday evening, which included a three-man defence.

Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez can each be backed at 7.5 (13/2) to open the scoring ahead of Theo Walcott, who is a 10.0 (9/1) shot with Bet 365.

Arsenal are 4.33 (10/3) to win the match inside ninety minutes with Betfiar, with Manchester City a 1.91 (10/11) chance with William Hill. The draw is 4.0 (3/1) with most firms.

Pep Guardiola’s side have lost just two of their last seventeen games in all competitions but are likely to see this as their best chance of clinching any silverware with them eleven points behind leaders Chelsea in the Premier League.

On route to the semi-finals, the Citizens eased past top-flight duo West Ham United and Crystal Palace before needing a replay to get past Championship promotion hopefuls Huddersfield Town in round 5 while Middlesbrough were their opponents in the last eight.

Gabriel Jesus could be involved just ten weeks after breaking a bone in his foot while John Stones has not yet recovered from the muscle injury that saw him miss last weekend’s win over Southampton.

Sergio Aguero is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 5.0 (4/1) with Sky Bet with Leroy Sane a 7.5 (13/2) chance with several bookmakers.

Five of the last six clashes between these sides have seen both teams score, and you can back that outcome here at 1.55 (11/20) with Sporting Bet.

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