Premier League: Arsenal vs Manchester City odds, betting tips and predictions

Arsenal's new defensive midfielder Martin Zubimendi has settled immediately in North London, announcing himself with two goals against Nottingham Forest last weekend.

The Spaniard is tasked with shielding the defence and stopping counter attacks, and the nature of that role makes it likely he commits a foul in 90 minutes. Indeed, he's committed at least one foul in every Premier League game so far, averaging 2 per game, so we're backing him to make at least one foul again.

This fixture has turned into a real rivalry and contains some proper needle, with the added element of Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta's previous work together at City. They have been directly competing against each other at the top end of the league for the last couple of seasons.

Tensions boiled over in last season's 2-2 draw at the Etihad, which saw Leandro Trossard sent off and Haaland bounce the ball off the back of Gabriel's head after John Stones' 98th-minute equaliser. There were seven yellow cards handed out on that occasion, and no love has been lost, so we're tipping both teams to pick up 2+ cards.

Pep's team will be out for revenge after their 5-1 humbling at the Emirates last season, which made it five games unbeaten for Arsenal against City. However, the Gunners have arguably started the season more strongly, despite a 1-0 loss to last season's champions Liverpool.

After back-to-back losses to Spurs and Brighton, City have found some form with comfortable wins over Man Utd and Napoli, but their rivals are a shambles and Napoli were reduced to ten early on. This represents a much tougher test, and we're not sure if City are a match for Arsenal at the moment. We're backing Arteta to continue his unbeaten streak over Guardiola, and Arsenal to pick up the three points.

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