Arsenal-Manchester City: the official line-ups

Objective: get 2022 off to a good start! On behalf of the 21st day in England, Arsenal (4th) receives the leader Manchester City, with the ambition to take seven lengths ahead of West Ham and get closer to a qualification for the Champions League that escapes him for 5 seasons. But the Citizens, impressive consistency, remain on ten consecutive victories in the Premier League.

For this first match of the year, Mikel Arteta still does without the services of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and offers a 4-2-3-1, with the double-pivot Partey-Xhaka and the trio Saka-Odegaard-Martinelli in support by Lacazette. Opposite, Pep Guardiola relies on Cancelo in his 4-3-3, despite the aggression of the Portuguese side at his home. Laporte is in central defense. De Bruyne, Rodri and Bernardo form the middle line, while the trio Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling are in front.

Team compositions:

Arsenal: Ramsdale – Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tierney – Partey, Xhaka – Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli – Lacazette

Manchester City: Ederson – Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Aké – De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo – Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling