{"id":1900,"date":"2026-03-22T07:29:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T07:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2026-03-22T07:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T07:29:46","slug":"arsenal-vs-manchester-city-predicted-lineup-and-team-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1900","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal vs Manchester City \u2013 Predicted lineup and team news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Arsenal face Manchester City at Wembley today, aiming to banish a 33-year Carabao Cup hoodoo and secure Mikel Arteta\u2019s second major trophy in North London.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Gunners have moved into a position of dominance both domestically and in Europe, currently sitting nine points clear at the top of the Premier League. Manager Mikel Arteta has overseen a ruthless path to the final, including a semi-final victory over Chelsea, and now looks to become the first manager in Arsenal history to win both of his first two major cup finals.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Arsenal team news<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">Mikel Arteta manages a squad facing late fitness tests for two essential pillars. Notably, captain Martin \u00d8degaard and defender Jurri\u00ebn Timber are being assessed up until kick-off for knee and ankle issues, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Consequently, Eberechi Eze is expected to continue his influential role in the attacking third. Notably, Kepa Arrizabalaga is set to start in goal, having been the designated keeper for this competition. If Gabriel Jesus features tonight, he will make history as the first player to ever play for both sides in a League Cup final fixture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Kepa Arrizabalaga will start behind a back four likely featuring William Saliba and Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es. In midfield, Martin Zubimendi and Declan Rice will look to dictate the tempo, providing the service for a front three of Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli (or Trossard), and Viktor Gy\u00f6keres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Notably, Arsenal are unbeaten in their last six games against City and will look to exploit a visiting defence missing the cup-tied Marc Gu\u00e9hi to secure their first League Cup since 1993.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Arsenal predicted lineup<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Arsenal Predicted XI (4-3-3):<\/b> Kepa; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Zubimendi, Rice; Saka, Eze, Trossard; Gyokere<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>When will the match kick off?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Carabao Cup Final takes place at Wembley on Sunday, 22 March 2026, at 16:30 GMT.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>How to watch Arsenal vs Man City?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">UK fans can watch live on Sky Sports Main Event and ITV1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Read more-\u00a0Manchester United in contract talks with key duo<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>See Also-\u00a0Carrick \u2018baffled\u2019 by Man Utd penalty call against Bournemouth<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Facebook | Instagram | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\">Twitter<\/a> | YouTube<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal face Manchester City at Wembley today, aiming to banish a 33-year Carabao Cup hoodoo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}