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2011-12-18 - Manchester City vs Arsenal

A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser

Match Preview :

Match of the week no doubt as leaders Manchester City welcomes in form Arsenal to the City of Manchester Stadium.

Manchester City after suffering their first defeat of the season at the hands of Chelsea, will aim to bounce back and maintain their perfect home record for the season as they have won all 7 of their previous games at home so far.

After being eliminated in the Champions League, they were then beaten by Chelsea 2-1 and this will be their first real test against an in form Arsenal side. At the moment, they are still two points ahead of United but could be behind when they take on Arsenal as United play in the earlier kickoff and could go top by then.

Interestingly there are a number of former Arsenal players in the City side so this game will be very interesting to watch from the neutral's perspective.

Samir Nasri will be the player that the visiting fans will give a hot reception after the Frenchman angered the Arsenal faithful when he moved to the Etihad Stadium in a protracted £25million deal over the summer. The other former Arsenal players now in the City side will be Kolo Toure and Gael Clichy, though the latter will sit out this game following his red card at Stamford Bridge on Monday.

Arsenal who endured a poor start have made a spectacular recovery as they aim to continue their good run. As it is now, the Gunners are unbeaten in their last eight matches - winning seven of those and have now even become title contenders themselves.

Arsenal have their Captain - Robin van Persie - to thank as he has hit 33 goals in 32 Premier League games in 2011. For the record, only Alan Shearer (36) in 1995 and Thierry Henry (34) in 2004 have outscored him in a calendar year in the Premier League era.

Team News :

Manchester City Team News :
Mancini will be hoping Micah Richards will recover from a calf injury in time to return to the side at full-back considering that Aleksander Kolarov misses with a groin injury while Clichy is suspended for this fixture.

Arsenal Team News :
Arsenal full-back Andre Santos is out for three months with an ankle injury so there is a gap that is open at the back that needs to be filled.

The other absentess are Kieran Gibbs (hernia) and Bacary Sagna (broken leg), but Carl Jenkinson is facing a late fitness test on a back injury.

Possible lineups

Manchester City : Hart, Richards, Kompany, Zabaleta, Lescott, Milner, Barry, Silva, Y Toure, Aguero, Dzeko.

Arsenal : Szczesny, Mertesacker,Vermaelen, Koscielny, Djourou, Arteta, Walcott, Ramsey, Song, Van Persie, Gervinho.

Predictions :

Take Manchester City to carry on their fantastic home form and win and give the 3/4 ball asian handicap.

Cheers and good luck,
Cruiser

The Statistics :

MAN_CITY LAST SIX HOME FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2011-12-03	W	5-1	H v Norwich
	2011-11-19	W	3-1	H v Newcastle
	2011-10-29	W	3-1	H v Wolves
	2011-10-15	W	4-1	H v Aston_Villa
	2011-09-24	W	2-0	H v Everton
	2011-09-10	W	3-0	H v Wigan

ARSENAL LAST SIX AWAY FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2011-12-03	W	0-4	A v Wigan
	2011-11-19	W	1-2	A v Norwich
	2011-10-29	W	3-5	A v Chelsea
	2011-10-02	L	2-1	A v Tottenham
	2011-09-17	L	4-3	A v Blackburn
	2011-08-28	L	8-2	A v Man_Utd

HEAD TO HEAD MAN_CITY v ARSENAL
DATE	HOME	SCORE	AWAY
2010-10-24	Man_City	0-3	Arsenal
2009-09-12	Man_City	4-2	Arsenal
2008-11-22	Man_City	3-0	Arsenal
2008-02-02	Man_City	1-3	Arsenal
2006-08-26	Man_City	1-0	Arsenal
2006-05-04	Man_City	1-3	Arsenal

The Pick :

Manchester City 2-0 Arsenal

BEST BETTING TIP :

Take Manchester City to win.
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Main Bet:
Take Manchester City to clear the 3/4 ball asian handicap.

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