Manchester City welcome Arsenal as they look to turn their form around and begin a push to try and take title back off of Liverpool. 

Arsenal on the other hand have started well and will be hoping they can carry this form on when they travel to Manchester. They currently sit three points behind league leaders Everton and if they want to challenge they will need to beat the top sides. 

  • Team News

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Kevin De Bruyne has been ruled out of this game through injury but Pep Guardiola has no other injury concerns going into the game.

The injury could mean a return to the starting lineup for either Phil Foden or Bernardo Silva. 

Arsenal will be sweating over the availability of Kieran Tierney as he faces issues after being away with Scotland and one of their players having COVID-19.

New signing Thomas Partey could well make his debut should Mikel Arteta want to throw the Ghanaian straight into the spotlight. 

  • Predicted Lineups

Manchester City predicted starting XI: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Laporte, Mendy; Foden, Rodri, Bernardo; Mahrez, Sterling, Torres

Arsenal predicted starting XI: Leno; Luiz, Gabriel, Tierney; Bellerin, Ceballos, Partey, Saka; Willian, Lacazette, Aubameyang

  • Ones to watch

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In a team full of quality, it is hard to pick out a singular player but for this game week it is Phil Foden, the England international had issues during the previous international break and he will be keen to prove his worth to Manchester City and Guardiola.
 

His ability to unlock defences will be key as they face off against Arteta's Arsenal. 

For the visitors, the one to watch will be new signing Partey. Hailed as the new Patrick Vieira by many Arsenal fans, the midfielder is tenacious and tough in the tackle but also has a great range of passing as he picked up two assists on international duty. He will be keen to impress his news teammates and fans so a big performance is expected. 

  • Previous meeting

The last time these two met was in June and it was a resounding win for City. 

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring for The Cityzens before half-time, straight after the break David Luiz saw red as he gave away a penalty which was duly converted by De Bruyne. 

Foden rounded off the scoring in the last minute as the home side dominated The Gunners throughout the whole contest with Arsenal not registering a single shot on target in the game.

  • Where to watch

The game will be available to watch on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League with kick off at 17:30 BST on Saturday 17th October. 

  • What the managers have said

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Mikel Arteta previewed the game as he spoke to the Arsenal website. 

"I think it will be a completely different game," he said. "City's approach when they play us will be very different to [Sheffield United's], very different demands for what we have to do with and without the ball as well.
 
"I am really happy with the way we managed to win the game and how patient we were, and the improvements compared with last year against this type of opposition but again, we know the level of difficulty at Manchester City will be another level.
 
"They are still producing incredible numbers in everything that they are doing. In my opinion, they have been really unlucky with some of the results they got because they should have put games to bed very early in those games, and then the level of efficiency of the opponents when they had half chances have punished them a lot.
 
"But I haven't seen any decrease in the level of the way they are playing or in what they are producing game by game. I haven't seen any of that."