MANCHESTER CITY will leapfrog opponents Arsenal if they emerge victorious on Sunday.
The Citizens bounced back from their humbling defeat against Leicester City last week with a 2-0 win against Watford on Wednesday night.
Arsenal’s chances of an elusive Premier League crown were sent crashing when Everton came back to stun the Gunners 2-1 at Goodison Park on Tuesday.
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Arsene Wenger will be looking for an immediate reaction as they could potentially be nine points behind Chelsea after the weekend having been first last Saturday.
Where can I watch it?
Sky Sports 1 will be showing live coverage of the game from 3.30pm, while BBC Radio 5 Live will have live commentary from kick-off.
The game kicks off at the Etihad Stadium at 4pm on Sunday December 18.
Alternatively you can follow all the action on the SunSport live blog, or watch highlights on Match of the Day on BBC 1 at 20.45pm on Monday December 19.
Team news
Ilkay Gundogan is feared to be out for over a month as he limped off in the win against the Hornets with what is believed to be knee ligament damage.
Aaron Ramsey may miss out again with a hamstring injury, while Shkodran Mustafi will definitely miss the clash as he remains out with his own hamstring problem.
Form guide
Manchester City: WLDLW
Arsenal: LWWWL
Latest odds from SunBets
Manchester City win: 11/10
Draw: 5/2
Arsenal win: 23/10
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Manchester City v Arsenal - Fact me
The last six Premier League meetings between these two sides have produced 24 goals - four per game, on average.
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last six games with Manchester City in all competitions (W3 D3 L0).
Olivier Giroud has scored in four successive appearances against Manchester City in all competitions.
Manchester City have been given eight red cards in the Premier League against Arsenal; more than they have against any other opponent.
Arsene Wenger has won just two of his previous eight competitive meetings with Pep Guardiola (W2 D2 L4), all in the Champions League. Away from home, his record versus the Spaniard is W0 D1 L3.
Only Chelsea (7) have won more Premier League games away at the Etihad than Arsenal (6).
The Gunners haven't lost consecutive Premier League away games since April 2014 (0-6 vs Chelsea, 0-3 vs Everton).
Petr Cech has failed to keep a clean sheet in his last seven Premier League appearances; he has never gone eight successive games without a clean sheet in the competition.
Arsenal are the only Premier League side not to be losing at half-time in the Premier League this season (winning seven times, drawing nine times).
Alexis Sanchez has had a hand in 27 goals in his last 27 Premier League appearances for Arsenal (19 goals, 8 assists).
Sanchez has scored 41 goals in 81 Premier League appearances for Arsenal. The only players to reach 41 goals quicker for the club in the competition were Thierry Henry (74 apps) and Ian Wright (77 apps).
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