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Man City vs. Arsenal Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 212
Man City wins: 65
Draws: 47
Arsenal wins: 100
The inaugural battle between Arsenal - then prefixed with Woolwich - and Manchester City, formerly known as Ardwick, in 1893 marked the first of 212 showdowns between the Citizens and the Gunners, who lead the way with a century of wins against the English champions, hitting that three-figure mark in an Emirates encounter in October 2023 thanks to a deflected Gabriel Martinelli strike.
Victory number 99 had come Arsenal's way just a few months beforehand in the 2023 Community Shield as they held their nerve from the penalty spot, thereby ending an eight-game losing streak against Guardiola's men since another smash-and-grab Wembley success behind closed doors in the 2019-20 FA Cup semi-finals.
Goalmouth action was sparse in Easter Sunday's Etihad battle in 2024, though, where Arsenal were happy to settle for a goalless stalemate, ending their streak of embarrassment after embarrassment on Man City's territory in the process.
The Gunners had previously lost seven Premier League ties in a row against the Citizens on Manchester turf, but they would be left to lament not going gung-ho for all of the spoils, losing the 2023-24 top-flight crown to Man City by a mere two points.
City's aforementioned eight-game winning sequence took them up to 65 triumphs over Arsenal in their history, and even though the Citizens remain unbreakable on their own territory, they needed a late John Stones goal to save their bacon in an absorbing 2-2 draw in September 2024.
Across their last four top-flight showdowns at the Etihad, Man City have made the net bulge 11 times while conceding just three themselves - to three defenders in Rob Holding, Gabriel Magalhaes and Riccardo Calafiori - and it has been nine years since Arsenal emerged victorious on the Sky Blues' soil.
On that occasion, the silky Santi Cazorla and Olivier Giroud propelled Arsene Wenger's charges to a two-goal victory, but they were just seconds away from a hoodoo-ending win with 10 men at the start of the 2024-25 season, only for Stones to score City's latest Premier League equaliser on record.
Last 20 meetings
Sep 22, 2024: Man City 2-2 Arsenal (Premier League)
Mar 31, 2024: Man City 0-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Oct 08, 2023: Arsenal 1-0 Man City (Premier League)
Aug 06, 2023: Arsenal 1-1 Man City (Community Shield Final)
Apr 26, 2023: Man City 4-1 Arsenal (Premier League)
Feb 15, 2023: Arsenal 1-3 Man City (Premier League)
Jan 27, 2023: Man City 1-0 Arsenal (FA Cup Fourth Round)
Jan 01, 2022: Arsenal 1-2 Man City (Premier League)
Aug 28, 2021: Man City 5-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Feb 21, 2021: Arsenal 0-1 Man City (Premier League)
Dec 22, 2020: Arsenal 1-4 Man City (EFL Cup Quarter-Finals)
Oct 17, 2020: Man City 1-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Jul 18, 2020: Arsenal 2-0 Man City (FA Cup Semi-Finals)
Jun 17, 2020: Man City 3-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Dec 15, 2019: Arsenal 0-3 Man City (Premier League)
Feb 03, 2019: Man City 3-1 Arsenal (Premier League)
Aug 12, 2018: Arsenal 0-2 Man City (Premier League)
Mar 01, 2018: Arsenal 0-3 Man City (Premier League)
Feb 25, 2018: Arsenal 0-3 Man City (EFL Cup Final)
Nov 05, 2017: Man City 3-1 Arsenal (Premier League)
Last 10 Premier League meetings
Sep 22, 2024: Man City 2-2 Arsenal (Premier League)
Mar 31, 2024: Man City 0-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Oct 08, 2023: Arsenal 1-0 Man City (Premier League)
Apr 26, 2023: Man City 4-1 Arsenal (Premier League)
Feb 15, 2023: Arsenal 1-3 Man City (Premier League)
Jan 01, 2022: Arsenal 1-2 Man City (Premier League)
Aug 28, 2021: Man City 5-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Feb 21, 2021: Arsenal 0-1 Man City (Premier League)
Oct 17, 2020: Man City 1-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Jun 17, 2020: Man City 3-0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Ben Knapton
