Arsenal 5-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 February 2025

Result

Arsenal 5-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 2 February 2025, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 5-1 Manchester City: match report

Arsenal defeated Manchester City 5-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 February 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Martin Ødegaard opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Martin Ødegaard (2'), Thomas Partey (56'), Myles Lewis-Skelly (62'), Kai Havertz (76') and Ethan Nwaneri (90+3'). Manchester City scored through Erling Haaland (55').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 47 points from 23 and Manchester City 4th on 41 points from 23. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 71.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kai Havertz of Arsenal (8.3), level with Declan Rice (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 2 draws and 7 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Martin ØdegaardArsenal · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Jurriën TimberArsenal
  • 55'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 1-1
  • 56'Goal · Thomas ParteyArsenal · 2-1
  • 62'Goal · Myles Lewis-SkellyArsenal · 3-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Martin ØdegaardArsenal
  • 76'Goal · Kai HavertzArsenal · 4-1
  • 90+3'Goal · Ethan NwaneriArsenal · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 2, Manchester City 7.

Team news

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Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Jurriën Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Ødegaard, Thomas Partey, Declan Rice, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Leandro Trossard

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

Stefan Ortega, Matheus Nunes, Manuel Akanji, John Stones, Josko Gvardiol, Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic, Phil Foden, Omar Marmoush, Savinho, Erling Haaland