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Manchester City take on the visitors Arsenal in the 1/16-finals of English FA Cup. The match will be played on Friday, January 27th at Etihad Stadium (Manchester).
The Citizens are simply absorbed by the dream of a long-awaited victory in the Champions League. Last spring, in an incredible way, the British lost in 1/2 to Real Madrid, despite all the advantage. Of course, with Haaland on the cutting edge, the chances will be good. But so far, it has not been possible to tune in to a serious fight in the domestic arena - it seems that everyone in Albion has “become fed up” with this. It all started with a defeat in the Super Cup to Liverpool, and then there were a number of failures in the Premier League. The break did not help either, when, during the World Cup, Guardiola and his staff had time to deal with problems. Here is a misfire with a frankly weak Everton, and a defeat in a derby with Manchester United, and an unexpected relegation from the League Cup after 0-2 with Southampton. Yes, and with “Tottenham” they first conceded 2, and only then they scored four times against the “spurs”.
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The Gunners have become a breakthrough this season. They topped the table from the very start and only increased the gap from their pursuers, led by just Manchester City. Courage was not lost and in the North London derby it turned out to beat the Hotspurs 2-0. It is clear that if half a year ago in the capital the Red-Whites could only plan to fight for a place in the Champions League quartet, now they want to defend the leadership and win the title in the Premier League. For the sake of this, they are also working on the transfer market - Chelsea won the dispute for Mudryk, but at the same time, they completed the transfers of Kiver from Spezia and Trossard from Brighton. And they are also conducting other negotiations, so quite loud newcomers may appear later. In parallel, for the sake of the Premier League, other tournaments are being sacrificed. In the Europa League they used mostly reserve players. Well, in the League Cup they lost back in November at home to Brighton. It is possible that Arsenal would have got rid of this competition. But the last opponent was the very modest Oxford United. As a result, Nketia and company won 3-0.
The Citizens have 12 wins in 13 last full-time matches. In 2020, Arteta beat Guardiola in the semi-finals of the cup, but after that, City took 5 wins in a row. It is difficult to predict the motivation of the clubs in this match. So it’s worth stopping at a neutral offer in the form of more than 2.5 goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
