Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 19 April 2026

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 19 April 2026, 15:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal: match report

Manchester City beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 19 April 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Rayan Cherki opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Rayan Cherki (16') and Erling Haaland (65'). Arsenal scored through Kai Havertz (18').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 64 points from 31 and Arsenal 1st on 70 points from 32. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Arsenal 1st with 85.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rayan Cherki of Manchester City (7.8), ahead of Nico O'Reilly (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Arsenal.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Arsenal's L-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Rayan CherkiManchester City · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Kai HavertzArsenal · 1-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Cristhian MosqueraArsenal
  • 36'Yellow card · Pep GuardiolaArsenal
  • 60'Yellow card · Marc GuéhiManchester City
  • 65'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Erling HaalandManchester City
  • 83'Yellow card · Gabriel MagalhãesArsenal
  • 84'Yellow card · Pep GuardiolaManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 5, draws 3, Arsenal 2.

Team news

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

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guéhi, Nico O'Reilly, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Cristhian Mosquera, William Saliba, Gabriel, Piero Hincapié, Martin Ødegaard, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz, Eberechi Eze