Manchester City responded in typical trend after their opening spherical loss by thrashing Norwich, their second-straight 5-0 dwelling win and an outcome which prompted boss Pep Guardiola to joke that his group had been now “scary” after being “written off” the week earlier than. Nonetheless, that win prolonged their run of inconsistent performances ranging from the backend of the final season that’s seen them alternate wins and losses over their final seven Premier League (PL) rounds.

They’ll be extremely fancied to snap that seven-game sequence towards an Arsenal facet they’ve overwhelmed in 5 straight-dwelling H2Hs. They opened the scoring within the final 4 of these and did likewise in 16 of 19 dwelling league video games final season, though that couldn’t cease Metropolis recording much fewer factors at dwelling (41) than away (45) for the primary time since their top-flight return in 2002/03.