Arsenal 2-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 April 2017

Result

Arsenal 2-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 2 April 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Arsenal · Manchester City · Premier League predictions

Arsenal 2-2 Manchester City: match report

Arsenal drew with Manchester City 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-2.

Leroy Sané opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Arsenal's goals came from T. Walcott (40') and Nurgzay Khayrulin (53'). Manchester City scored through Leroy Sané (5') and Sergio Agüero (42').

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 50 points from 27 and Manchester City 4th on 57 points from 28. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 78.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Shkodran Mustafi of Arsenal (7.8), level with Jesús Navas (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 3 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Leroy SanéManchester City · 0-1
  • 8'Yellow card · Jesús NavasManchester City
  • 15'Yellow card · Francis CoquelinArsenal
  • 32'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 40'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 1-1
  • 42'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-2
  • 47'Yellow card · FernandinhoManchester City
  • 53'Goal · Nurgzay KhayrulinArsenal · 2-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Nurgzay KhayrulinArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 3, Manchester City 3.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Ospina, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Francis Coquelin, Granit Xhaka, Theo Walcott, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Danny Welbeck

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Willy Caballero, Jesús Navas, John Stones, Nicolás Otamendi, Gaël Clichy, Fernandinho, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, David Silva, Leroy Sané, Sergio Agüero