Simon Bajkowski for some specialist insight. City win. It has been a long time since Guardiola's side were outplayed or outfought by Arsenal.Mikel Arteta may be able to close the gulf between the teams but it would still be a surprise were Arsenal to pick anything up from the game.
That's why City are a slim 1/3 with thepools.com to win, but there are other more appealing prices out there.
If in doubt, say Aguero - at 23/10 first scorer and 8/15 to score at anytime . Raheem Sterling will be determined to get a goal having admitted he hasn't scored as many as he should.
The suspension of football has extended the amount of time he hasn't scored for. He is 15/4 to open the scoring and 19/20 anytime .
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