Manchester City vs Arsenal:
Sunday, 18th December; Etihad, Manchester; KO: 9:30 pm IST
The Gunners are fresh from a loss at the Goodison Park and will take on Manchester City who were back to winning ways with a victory over Watford. Both teams are tied on points in the 3rd and 4th places in the points table, making for an exciting encounter.
Arsene Wenger will still be without star players Chuba Akpom (back), Danny Welbeck (knee), Per Mertesacker (knee), Mathieu Debuchy (hamstring) and Santi Cazorla (ankle) for this game along with Shkodran Mustafi (hamstring) who are all injured.
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey (hamstring) is facing a race to fitness ahead of this game and will remain the only other absentee for this game.
Expected Lineup (4-2-3-1)
Cech; Bellerin, Koscielny, Gabriel, Monreal; Coquelin, Xhaka; Walcott, Ozil, Chamberlain; Sanchez
Pep Guardiola also has a few absentees to be worried about ahead of this game against Arsenal. Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho are both suspended while skipper Vincent Kompany (knee) remains sidelined for this game.
Fabian Delph (knock) is also ruled out of this game while midfielder Ilkay Gundogan (knee) is also expected to sit out of this clash.
Expected Lineup (4-1-4-1):
Bravo; Sagna, Stones, Otamendi, Kolarov; Fernando; Navas, Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling; Iheanacho
