Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 February 2021

Result

Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 21 February 2021, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Arsenal · Manchester City · Premier League predictions

Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City: match report

Arsenal lost to Manchester City 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 February 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Raheem Sterling of Manchester City in the 2nd minute.

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

Going into the game Arsenal were 10th on 34 points from 24 and Manchester City 1st on 56 points from 24. Arsenal went on to finish that season 8th with 61 points, and Manchester City 1st with 86.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rob Holding of Arsenal (7.8), level with Rúben Dias (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 8 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaManchester City
  • 53'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 64'Yellow card · João CanceloManchester City
  • 87'Yellow card · Héctor BellerínArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 0, draws 2, Manchester City 8.

Team news

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

Bernd Leno, Héctor Bellerín, Rob Holding, Pablo Marí, Kieran Tierney, Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka, Nicolas Pépé, Martin Ødegaard, Bukayo Saka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

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

Ederson, João Cancelo, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, İlkay Gündoğan, Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling