‘I worry for Arsenal if…’ – Chris Sutton predicts the result of Gunners v Man City

The biggest game in the Premier League this weekend is between Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal and Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.

Arsenal and Manchester City will lock horns with each other at the Emirates Stadium in North London in the Premier League on Sunday.

City, who won the Premier League, the UEFA Champions League and the FA Cup last season, has picked up 18 points from seven matches.

Arsenal are third on 17 points from seven games and they will be desperate to pick up all three points and send a message to their rivals concerning their title intent.

However, Chris Sutton does not see the Gunners picking up any point against the Premier League champions, tipping Pep Guardiola’s side to narrowly edge them out and win 2-1.

Arsenal have suffered injuries and knocks to some of their key players recently, and the BBC pundit reckons that could affect their chances of getting any positive result against Man City.

“I worry for Arsenal if they are without Bukayo Saka, I really do,” the BBC Sport football expert said in his prediction column.

“This is a test of their mettle now. They are already without Gabriel Martinelli through injury, so will they carry enough of a threat against City if Saka is out as well? I am not sure.

“Arsenal will still be dangerous without Martinelli and Saka, but you would give them far more of a chance if they were coming into this game at full tilt.

“City’s squad is stretched too and their striker Erling Haaland is having something of a quiet spell with only one goal in his past four games, but I certainly wouldn’t write him off.

“Even if City don’t play that well, they are resilient and I can see them hitting Arsenal with a sucker-punch – yes they lost twice last week, but they won’t lose too many more games this season.”