Arsenal take on Manchester City at the Etihad tomorrow afternoon, in a game which both sides must not lose.
The Gunners are just three points behind bitter rivals Spurs and also three in front of City, who sit fourth.
The top three automatically qualify for the Champions League next season, with the fourth positioned side needing to play a tie before doing so – Arsenal fans will know all about this.
It promises to be an intriguing encounter between the Gunners and City tomorrow afternoon, so here are 10 match stats and facts you should know about both sides before their clash (stats supplied by OPTA):
1. Manchester City have lost 23 Premier League games against Arsenal, more than against any other side.
2. The Gunners are unbeaten in their last four Premier League matches against City, winning the last two (W2 D2).
3. City’s win percentage against Arsenal in the Premier League is 16%, their lowest against any opponent in the history of the competition.
4. Theo Walcott has scored three goals in his last two Premier League appearances against Manchester City.
5. Mesut Ozil provided his 14th and 15th assists of the season at the Emirates against Man City in December. Since then, he has just three assists in 18 Premier League games.
6. Arsenal have lost just one of their last eight Premier League away matches, but five of those have been draws (W2).
7. Manchester City’s next defeat in the Premier League will be their 250th, becoming the ninth team to reach this milestone.
8. The Gunners have kept three clean sheets in a row in the top-flight, last managing four successive league clean sheets in May 2014.
9. Kelechi Iheanacho’s 86.9 minutes per goal rate is the best in Premier League history for any player to score three or more goals.
10. Danny Welbeck has equalled his Premier League goal tally from last season for Arsenal (4), but has played only 10 games this season compared to 25 in the last campaign.
