Man City vs Arsenal LIVE early team news, lineup and how to watch Premier League fixture

Well, it's here - the big one. This fixture has been highlighted in the diary for a number of months now and the form of both Manchester City and Arsenal have waned and weaved in that time.

The hosts go into the match favourites, riding the crest of a rich vein of form. City have seen off Bayern Munich to book a Champions League semi-final while their most recent game saw them cruise into the FA Cup final.

Arsenal travel to the Etihad on the back of three draws against Liverpool, West Ham and Southampton and are without two key players in William Saliba and Granit Xhaka.

Nathan Ake got the winner in February's 1-0 FA Cup fourth-round win over Arsenal at the Etihad but he plays no part this afternoon due to his injury.

Pep Guardiola has the rest of the squad to choose from though in what is the biggest Premier League game of the season.

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Guardiola has been asked so many times if he regrets letting Jesus or Zinchenko go to Arsenal, but it is striking that Haaland has outperformed his expected goals so much while Jesus has underperformed his.

That is the upgrade City wanted from their No.9, and safe to say City wouldn't be where they are in the league if they had Jesus up front rather than Haaland.

The loss of Nathan Ake is a blow for City, given how well he shackled Bukayo Saka in the cup game.

Aymeric Laporte has been wanting to play more and this should be a big chance for him to show why he should have been.

Rodri, John Stones, Ruben Dias, Ederson and Kevin De Bruyne were all rested during Saturday's 3-0 FA Cup semi-final win over Sheffield United.

All five are therefore expected to start the clash with Arsenal