S.P. Read Esq: Arsenal v Man City

Our daily columnist and pundit S.P. Read Esq. looks ahead to Sunday’s League Cup Final at Wembley between ARSENAL v MAN CITY and finds the best opportunities available on Star Spreads, the home of sports spread betting.

If today’s League Cup Final goes into extra time at Wembley today we’ll have 210 minutes of Arsenal v Man City this week – as they also meet in the Premier League on Thursday!

Not surprisingly, Man City are slightly shorter odds today at the ‘neutral’ venue. Whilst City’s Quadruple hopes were smashed by the mighty Wigan it’s hard to pick too much fault with Guardiola’s side who beat Leicester 5-1 in their latest Premier League game and were impressive 4-0 winners against Basel in the Champions League midweek.

In contrast, the Gunners have hit a real streaky run of form and were given an almighty scare by Ostersunds in the Europa League – a match they had a 3-0 first leg lead in but two quick goals Ostersunds at the Emirates certainly changed the landscape for a while.

Surprisingly, this is the first-ever meeting between these sides in a major final. Arsenal have won both previous meetings with Manchester City at Wembley – 3-0 in the 2014 Community Shield and 2-1 in last season’s FA Cup semi-final.

It also gives Guardiola the chance to win his first major trophy in English football.

He feels this Final represents the perfect chance to put behind the FA Cup loss against Wigan.

He said: “We are now involved in three so we are going, of course, to win.

“The team is stable, it’s been stable all season. The good moments come and there’ll be another one.

“We lost. Congratulations again to Wigan but now we are going to play a final. It is a moment to enjoy and be serious.”

Arsenal v Man City
Carabao Cup Final
16:30 Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD
(Maximum 10 matches)
Nov 2017 PREMIER Man City 3-1 Arsenal
Apr 2017 FA CUP Arsenal 2-1 Man City
Apr 2017 PREMIER Arsenal 2-2 Man City
Dec 2016 PREMIER Man City 2-1 Arsenal
May 2016 PREMIER Man City 2-2 Arsenal
Dec 2015 PREMIER Arsenal 2-1 Man City
Jan 2015 PREMIER Man City 0-2 Arsenal
Sep 2014 PREMIER Arsenal 2-2 Man City
Aug 2014 COMMUNITY SHIELD Arsenal 3-0 Man City
Mar 2014 PREMIER Arsenal 1-1 Man City

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