Man City vs Arsenal stats and head-to-head

2017-18. Sun, 5 Nov 2017

31Full time, half-time 1–0

Man City won by 2 goals.

WWDWWLeague form, oldest to newestWLWLW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Etihad Stadium. Photo: Arne Müseler , cropped by Blackcat / arne-mueseler.com / Original source, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Man City have 5 scored home results and Arsenal 5 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Man City at home: 2.60 points per match (5 measured matches); Arsenal away: 0.80 points per match (5 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Man City scored 4.20 per home match (5 measured matches); Arsenal scored 1.20 away (5). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.28 per club appearance across 212 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 4 of 10 pooled club appearances (40.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. No earlier meetings between these teams are stored.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half10

Second half21

The match in numbers

Man CityArsenal

9Shots6
5Shots on target3
5Corners5
15Fouls15
1Yellow cards6
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Man City

Shots9
On target5
Goals3

56% of shots on target, 60% of those scored.

Arsenal

Shots6
On target3
Goals1

50% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

No valid scored meetings are available in this bounded stored window.

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

Man City at homeWLWWWW

Sun, 20 Septv Sunderland5–3C 6–5 · Y 0–1
Thu, 17 Septv Norwich5–0C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 5 Septv Coventry1–0C 4–5 · Y 1–2
Sun, 23 Augv Bournemouth2–1C 8–3 · Y 1–2
Sun, 24 Mayv Aston Villa1–2C 9–4 · Y 1–0
Wed, 13 Mayv Crystal Palace3–0C 9–4 · Y 0–2

Arsenal awayWWWWWL

Sat, 19 Sept@ Brighton0–3C 6–5 · Y 1–4
Tue, 15 Sept@ Ipswich4–2C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 12 Sept@ Sunderland2–0C 2–4 · Y 2–7
Wed, 9 Sept@ Napoli1–0C ––– · Y –––
Mon, 31 Aug@ Aston Villa1–0C 4–2 · Y 1–3
Sun, 24 May@ Crystal Palace2–1C 4–3 · Y 1–0

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Man City at home, Arsenal away

61%
Both teams scored
League 49%
19 + 19 matches
92%
Over 0.5 goals
League 92%
19 + 19 matches
79%
Over 1.5 goals
League 74%
19 + 19 matches
71%
Over 2.5 goals
League 51%
19 + 19 matches
47%
Over 3.5 goals
League 29%
19 + 19 matches
24%
Over 4.5 goals
League 15%
19 + 19 matches
3.3
Avg total goals
League 2.68
19 + 19 matches
74%
1st half over 0.5
League 67%
19 + 19 matches
32%
1st half over 1.5
League 33%
19 + 19 matches
9.6
Corners per match
League 10.29
19 + 19 matches
66%
Corners over 8.5
League 71%
19 + 19 matches
53%
Corners over 9.5
League 58%
19 + 19 matches
32%
Corners over 10.5
League 46%
19 + 19 matches
3.4
Cards per match
League 3.15
19 + 19 matches
47%
Cards over 3.5
League 41%
19 + 19 matches
34%
Cards over 4.5
League 26%
19 + 19 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2017-18

Home and away Overall

Man City at home, Arsenal away

Man City (home)		Arsenal (away)
1	Position	6
WLWDW	Last 5, oldest to newest	LLLLW
19	Played	19
2.63	Points per match	0.84
84%	Win %	21%
3.21	Scored / match	1.05
0.74	Conceded / match	1.63
3.95	Avg total goals	2.68
58%	Both scored	63%
42%	Clean sheets	21%
5%	Failed to score	26%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

Man CityArsenal

1.111st half scored / match0.37
0.261st half conceded / match0.58
2.112nd half scored / match0.68
0.472nd half conceded / match1.05
68%Leading at half-time16%
84%1st half over 0.563%
37%1st half over 1.526%
95%2nd half over 0.579%
79%2nd half over 1.553%
68%Scored in both halves11%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Man City at home, Arsenal away, this season.

Goals

Man CityArsenal

3.21Scored / match1.05
0.74Conceded / match1.63
3.95Match total / match2.68
95%Scored 1+74%
84%Scored 2+11%
58%Conceded 1+79%
11%Conceded 2+58%
90%Match over 1.568%
84%Match over 2.558%
63%Match over 3.532%

Shots and xG

Man CityArsenal

18.26Shots for13.16
5.58Shots against12.53
7.95On target for4.58
2.11On target against4.16
18%Shot conversion8%

Corners

Man CityArsenal

7.26Corners for4.89
2.47Corners against4.53
9.74Match total9.42
74%Over 7.568%
68%Over 8.563%
63%Over 9.542%
32%Over 10.532%
16%Over 11.516%

Cards

Man CityArsenal

1.42Cards for1.74
2.21Cards against1.42
3.63Match total3.16
63%Over 2.558%
53%Over 3.542%
37%Over 4.532%
16%Over 5.521%
8.89Fouls committed10.37

Referee this season

M Oliver

Matches

Cards / match

3.40

30 matches

Over 3.5 cards

37%

30 matches

Over 4.5 cards

30%

30 matches

Fouls / match

22.40

30 matches

The table, 2017-18

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
1	Man City	38	79	100
2	Man United	38	40	81
3	Tottenham	38	38	77
4	Liverpool	38	46	75
5	Chelsea	38	24	70
6	Arsenal	38	23	63
7	Burnley	38	-3	54
8	Everton	38	-14	49

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