Mesut Ozil reveals the key reason behind his decision to join Arsenal

The value in backing an away win diminishes further when accounts for the fact that Arsenal have lost one of their 18 Premier League home matches against Manchester City (W11 D6 L1) while City’s 22 EPL defeats against Wenger’s team is their joint-highest number of defeats against any opponent (along with Chelsea).

“It is a massive game”.

We have Arsenal hosting Man City at the Emirates Stadium for another exciting fixture for the Barclays Premier League.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side were given a tough game against the Welsh side and needed a 90th minute victor from Kelechi Iheanacho to secure the three points.

And the Frenchman believes it is good to see a team belying their financial short-comings when compared to the big spenders in the division.

Wenger accepts that their character will continue to be called into question, although insists that they have already displayed signs of having the tools required to end their drought. The north London side have gone 12 years without winning the championship, during which time Wenger and his team have frequently been criticized for lacking the consistency required to mount a concerted challenge.

However, captain Vincent Kompany remains unavailable for selection despite returning to light training following a calf injury so he joins Fernando, Pablo Zabaleta and Samir Nasri on the sidelines.

While they’ve won seven pf their nine home games, Manchester City have only won three of their seven away games this season, scoring only seven goals in those seven games.

“We had many players on the flanks, but Sterling was at QPR – that’s where we should take the players”, Wenger said, via Sky Sports.

City made a storming start to the season.

“It will be a very tight game because if you look at the numbers since the start of the season, offensively and defensively the numbers are very close”. We played very good football in the second half of last season. Arsenal took just one point from West Brom and Norwich either side of critical business in Zagreb.

City’s misery was doubled when Mario Balotelli was sent off for two yellow cards and their title hopes looked to be over.

The Germany global has set up 13 goals in 16 Premier League games, more than any other player across the five top European leagues – La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, the Bundesliga and the Premier League.

Petr Cech has equalled David James’ record of 169 Premier League clean sheets and needs one more to be the outright leader.

“I always talk about big-time players producing”, he added.