Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal

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

Manchester City · Arsenal · Premier League predictions

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.