Date: Wednesday 26th April, 2023
Time: 7:45 pm
Stadium Etihad Stadium
Referee Michael Oliver (England)
Goal Scorer:
Team News
Manchester City
Man City head into Wednesday's crunch clash with an almost clean bill of health, but Guardiola will be sweating over the fitness of Nathan Ake - who scored the winner in January's FA Cup success over Arsenal - as he nurses a thigh injury.
The Catalonian coach was not shy about ringing the changes for the FA Cup semi and will recall the likes of John Stones, Ruben Dias, Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne to the XI here, while Mahrez's hat-trick against the Blades could see the Algerian play his way into a start too.
The irrepressible Erling Braut Haaland sits on 32 goals in the top flight and needs just one more to break the record for a 38-game season, while a seventh hat-trick in Man City colours would see the 22-year-old enter a league of his own in the Premier League - Andy Cole and Alan Shearer currently lead the way with 34 strikes in a 42-game campaign.
Manchester City possible starting lineup:
Ederson; Akanji, Dias, Laporte; Stones, Rodri; Mahrez, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Grealish; Haaland
Arsenal
Arsenal also have a key defensive concern to worry about, as William Saliba continues to make slow progress in his recovery from a back injury, and the French centre-back will miss Wednesday's game and potentially the rest of the season - the worst possible news for Gooners as the maligned Rob Holding comes face-to-face with Haaland.
Takehiro Tomiyasu and Mohamed Elneny will also watch on from the sidelines as they rehabilitate from season-ending knee surgeries, but Granit Xhaka should fight off the illness that ruled him out of the draw with Southampton; the ineffective Fabio Vieira will certainly make way if so.
Oleksandr Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus are both in line to start against their former club, while Gabriel Martinelli will break the record for the most goals by a Brazilian player in a single Premier League season with a 16th strike here - the 21-year-old's current tally of 15 is equal to Roberto Firmino's 2017-18 haul.
Arsenal possible starting lineup:
Ramsdale; White, Holding, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Xhaka, Partey; Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli; Jesus
Prediction: Manchester City 3-1 Arsenal
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