Manchester City 4-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 26 April 2023

Result

Manchester City 4-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Wednesday 26 April 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 4-1 Arsenal: match report

Manchester City beat Arsenal 4-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 April 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Kevin De Bruyne (7'), John Stones (45+1'), Kevin De Bruyne (54') and Erling Haaland (90+5'). Arsenal scored through Rob Holding (86').

Discipline: Manchester City received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 70 points from 30 and Arsenal 1st on 75 points from 32. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 84.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (9.3), ahead of Erling Haaland (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 10 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 0 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · John StonesManchester City · 2-0
  • 45+5'Yellow card · Rúben DiasManchester City
  • 54'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 3-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Jack GrealishManchester City
  • 76'Yellow card · Thomas ParteyArsenal
  • 86'Goal · Rob HoldingArsenal · 3-1
  • 88'Yellow card · RodriManchester City
  • 90+5'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 4-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Manuel Akanji, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Bernardo Silva, Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White, Rob Holding, Gabriel, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Martin Ødegaard, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli