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It took a long time, but Arsenal have finally gotten rolling this season, running off five straight unbeaten matches and losing just one of their last 13 in all competitions. But what stands out about that run is a decided lack of quality opposition and poor results when they did face them, which is leaving fans of the Gunners decidedly nervous as they head north to face Manchester City.
While Arsenal’s form has looked good on paper of late, they’ve faced just three teams currently in the top half of the Premier League table during that run, and their results aren’t promising. They’ve won just one of those games, and that in an uninspiring performance against Brighton & Hove Albion, playing a bore draw with Chelsea and getting beaten late by Watford in the other two outings. Everything else has been beating up on much smaller teams or teams struggling badly for form — and even many of those outings didn’t exactly inspire confidence.
So with the Gunners slated to face a Manchester City team that’s dropped just two points in the EPL all season and has been dominating all season, including demolishing one of the most talked-about sides in Europe this season in Napoli in back-to-back Champions League matches. Especially with City being the much healthier team right now, it feels an awful lot like Arsenal’s form is about to get exposed in a bad way.
Match info, plus how to watch on TV and stream
Match Date/Time: Sunday, 9:15 a.m. ET, 2:15 p.m. local
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England
TV: NBCSN (U.S. - English), Telemundo (U.S. - Spanish), Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League (U.K.)
Online: NBC Sports Live, NBCSports.com (U.S.), Sky Go (U.K.)
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