“Manchester City” and “Arsenal” will compete for a ticket to the 1/8 finals of the FA Cup.

On Friday, January 27, the match of the 1/16 finals of the FA Cup will take place, in which “Manchester City” will play against “Arsenal”.

The meeting of the teams will be held at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.

Manchester City and Arsenal are battling it out for the English Premier League title, but their first meeting of the season will be in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

“Citizens” have so far played only one match in the current FA Cup draw. In the 1/32 final, Pep Guardiola’s wards inflicted a humiliating defeat on London “Chelsea” with a score of 4:0.

Before the game against “Arsenal”, Pep Guardiola’s men won a crushing victory in the EPL against “Wolverhampton” (3:0). Erling Holland, the leader of the “burghers” attack, scored a hat trick in this game.

London Arsenal will also play only the second match in the ongoing FA Cup draw. At the stage of the 1/32 final, the Gunners defeated Oxford United with a score of 3:0.

Before the meeting with the “burghers”, Mikel Arteta’s team won against “Manchester United” in the Premier League with a score of 3:2. Two goals for the Gunners in this game were scored by Eddie Nketia, another goal by Bukoyo Saka.

Manchester City – Arsenal: prediction

Bookmakers consider Pep Guardiola’s team as the favorites for this confrontation.

Manchester City’s win is rated at 1.75, while Arsenal’s win is at 4.10. Odds of 4.15 are offered for a draw.

According to analysts, the first duel between “Arsenal” and “Manchester City” this season will be productive: the total over 2.5 goals goes for 1.64, and the total less than 2.5 goals – for 2.26. The goal of the “townsmen” in the confrontation with the “gunners” is estimated at a coefficient of 1.13, while on the goal of Mikel Arteta’s team, bets are accepted with a coefficient of 1.40.

Bookmakers consider a draw with a score of 1:1 as the most likely result of the match in regular time. The odds for this event are 8.30.

The passage of “Manchester City” to the next round of the FA Cup is estimated at a coefficient of 1.45, the final triumph of “Arsenal” at 2.76.

Manchester City – Arsenal: broadcast

On the territory of Ukraine, the live broadcast of the match of the 1/16 finals of the English Cup “Manchester City” – “Arsenal” will be available on January 27 on the Setanta Sports channel.

The meeting starts at 22:00 Kyiv time.

It will be recalled that Ukrainian midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko plays for Arsenal. He joined the London club from Manchester City last summer. It will be his first game against his former team.

As part of Manchester City, Zinchenko played 128 matches, scored two goals and provided 12 assists.