Manchester City vs Arsenal Confirmed Line Ups & Team News

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Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta’s teams are in and the starting line ups for Manchester City vs Arsenal have been revealed ahead of tonight’s FA Cup fourth round clash.

Manchester City Starting Line Up Vs Arsenal

Starting XI: Ortega; Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Ake; Rodri, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C); Mahrez, Grealish, Haaland

Bench: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Phillips, Cancelo, Laporte, Alvarez, Bernardo, Palmer

City will look to extend their impressive record against Arsenal at the Etihad, having beaten the Gunners at home in all of their last six fixtures.

Joao Cancelo starts on the bench alongside Bernardo Silva, Julian Alvarez and Aymeric Laporte. Rico Lewis is the preferred right-back this evening, with Nathan Ake expected to start at left-back.

Arsenal Starting Line Up Vs Manchester City

Starting XI: Turner; Tomiyasu, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney; Xhaka (C), Partey, Vieira; Trossard, Saka, Nketiah

Bench: Ramsdale, White, Zinchenko, Saliba, Kiwior, Lokonga, Odegaard, Marquinhos, Martinelli

Arsenal boss Arteta will be looking to get one over his former boss, having spent three years at Manchester City as Guardiola’s understudy.

The Gunners make six changes from their last league outing, against Manchester United.

Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Zinchenko, Odegaard and Martinelli all drop to the bench, replaced in the line up by Turner, Tomiyasu, Holding, Tierney, Vieira and Trossard.

Kick-off is at 8pm and will be shown live on ITV. The man in the middle will be Paul Tierney, as Arsenal attempt to remain unbeaten in all competitions since returning from the World Cup.

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