Arsenal vs Man City: Carabao Cup final preview, predictions and bet builder tips

• Ladbrokes previews Arsenal vs Man City in the Carabao Cup final.

• Arsenal are unbeaten in their last six matches against Man City, with their last loss to Pep Guardiola's side coming in April 2023.

• Arsenal are tipped to win the final, with Gabriel and Erling Haaland chiming in with one and two shots respectively.

Ladbrokes brings you an in-depth match preview for the Carabao Cup final between Arsenal and Man City, including predictions, lineups and expert bet builder tips.

Arsenal vs Man City is the Carabao Cup final fans can look forward to this weekend, with Mikel Arteta hoping to pick up the first trophy of what he hopes will be many come the end of the season.

The Gunners haven't lost to Man City in nearly three years, and we're expecting that unbeaten spell to continue past this weekend, with Bukayo Saka and co lifting the Carabao Cup trophy.

• Fixture: Arsenal vs Man City

• Competition: Carabao Cup

• Date: Sunday, 22 March, 2026

• Kick-off: 16:30 GMT

• Venue: Wembley Stadium

Our prediction: Arsenal 1-0 Man City

Arsenal

Our predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Raya / Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie / Zubimendi, Rice, Eze / Saka, Trossard, Gyokeres

Man City

Our predicted XI (4-3-3): Trafford / Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Ait-Nouri / Rodri, Bernardo, Cherki / Semenyo, Foden, Haaland

Not only are we tipping Arsenal to lift the Carabao Cup trophy, but our team of experts are pegging the Gunners to do so within 90 minutes, not needing extra time or penalties to get the job done.

Arsenal are the best team in England right now, with many seeing it as a matter of when, not if, they win this season's Premier League title. We expect Sunday's game to cement that feeling, rather than throw a spanner into the works.

Arteta tends to get the better of Pep Guardiola, at least that's been the case in the last six matches between the two sides. Arsenal's gaffer hasn't lost to his mentor in nearly three years, and we expect him to approach this game with enough of a stringent plan to get the job done.

Arsenal vs Man City games tend to be slightly different from the Liverpool vs Man City games that dominated English football from around 2018-2022.

In the Klopp vs Guardiola era, both teams tended to attack games and go for the win. However, that hasn't tended to be the case with Arteta now entering the mix. Arsenal are a more pragmatic and defensively-solid side than previous title winners, and we expect that to result in a low-scoring final on Sunday afternoon.

Under 2.5 goals have been scored in four of the last six meetings between the two sides, with a 5-1 win for Arsenal last season an anomaly that most certainly won't be repeated.

It's strange to say, but Arsenal's biggest goal threat is probably one of their defenders, Gabriel. Across all competitions, the Brazilian has scored four goals, popping up with an additional five assists.

Arsenal are such a threat from corners, and we expect Declan Rice to look for Gabriel from dead ball situations, viewing that as a strong way of getting through Man City's defence.

Gabriel averages 0.7 shots per game in the Premier League, with that increasing to 1 in the Champions League. We're tipping the Brazilian to have at least one shot in the game on Sunday afternoon.

From Arsenal's main man to Man City's the final leg of our Arsenal vs Man City bet builder is for Erling Haaland to have at least two shots in the Carabao Cup final this weekend.

Haaland may not be in the best form when it comes to goal scoring, but the striker is still getting shots off when playing for Man City this season.

Against Real Madrid this week, Haaland had seven shots. Although Arsenal are stronger defensively, we are expecting the Norwegian to get chances.

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