15 Sep, 2025
Our Arsenal vs Manchester City predicted lineups with data & tactical insights.
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Arteta, speaking on Arsenal’s injuries to the media on Friday revealed “Bukayo is out. He is still out and he is trying to get back as quick as possible. We need to respect that process… William Saliba trained today and Ben White too. We have a decision to make if we play (Saliba) or not. It’s very good news.” Arteta is now famous for his words on injuries meaning very little, so it probably did not come as a major surprise when Saliba did not even make the matchday squad. Ben White did. I would imagine with another week of training, Saliba is fit enough to start this massive game against City.
With Saka having suffered two fairly serious hamstring injuries in the past 9 months, Arsenal and Arteta will air on the side of caution. I would expect Saka to return in GW6 in the best case scenario. Ben White returning is good news for Arsenal, but I expect Timber to start this game at right-back.
Calafiori looks to have made the left-back role his own. However, with the signing of Piero Hincapie who has played left-back and left wing-back for Bayer Leverkusen, Calafiori’s starting place is slightly less certain long term, but for now he is the starter. Hincapie played plenty of minutes as a centre-back, mostly in a back-5, and is likely Gabriel’s top deputy. Arteta, speaking on Arsenal’s new signing, stated “He is a player we have wanted for a few years. With the departure of Jakub Kiwior as well, we needed another player in that position… He’s ready to go. He’s trained two days with us…”. Whether he becomes a real factor at left-back is also one to watch out for.
Rice, as far as we know, was simply just rested against Forest, and came off the bench in the second half. No injury or benching concerns and he will start against Man City in Merino’s place.
With Saka out, Eze, Gyokeres and Madueke will be the 3 starting forwards once again. Madueke was particularly impressive against Forest, giving Toffolo a torrid time.
Saliba:
Saka:
Mosquera:
Eze:
Rice:
White:
Hincapie:
Speaking on Friday, Pep Guardiola revealed that Omar Marmoush, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rayan Cherki and John Stones will be out for the Manchester derby if not longer. Guardiola revealed “Omar
Donnarumma started in the 3-0 win over Manchester United in GW4 and will continue to be City’s starting GK.
Rayan Cherki has a quadriceps tear and has been ruled out for around 2 months. A big blow to City especially after a slow start to the season and back-to-back losses. Foden returned to the starting lineup and put in his best performance in over a year, and opened the scoring against United.
Doku will start at left-wing while Marmoush is out, and had a very good Club World Cup and played well against United, setting up Foden’s goal with a wonderful dribble and cross (on the second attempt). Savinho returned to the squad and game action with a cameo off the bench against United, and is certainly an option to start against Arsenal at right-wing. He caused the Gunners a lot of trouble in this same fixture last season.
Donnarumma:
Gvardiol:
Khusanov:
Foden:
Doku:
Savinho:
Stones:
Marmoush:
Cherki:
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