Manchester City will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League when they face Arsenal on Saturday.
With fellow title-chasers Liverpool and Chelsea facing each other this weekend, a win for City could see Pep Guardiola's side move 11 points clear of the two sides before their clash on Sunday.
City's last outing saw Phil Foden poke home the only goal in a 1-0 win over Brentford on Wednesday, lengthening their winning streak to 10 consecutive games in the same week Liverpool and Chelsea both dropped points. It won't be a simple task for Guardiola's side though, with Arsenal in strong form recently.
The last meeting between the two saw City expose a weakened Arsenal side to win 5-0 and send the Gunners to the bottom of the league after three games, but since then, only City have picked up more points in the league as Mikel Arteta's side sit in fourth place.
City have been handed a timely boost with Kyle Walker back in training, and he may be thrown into the starting XI on Saturday after Joao Cancelo was assaulted during a burglary of his home.
Rodri has missed City's last two games through injury with Fernandinho starting in his place, and the Spaniard will be touch and go to return to the squad on Saturday.
So, what line-up will Guardiola select? And, what could the final score be?
We used FIFA 22 to get a score prediction for Arsenal vs Man City on Saturday and this is what happened...
Arsenal vs Man City score predicted by simulation
We used kick-off mode in FIFA 22, but didn't select a team to control, we then selected the teams and watched the match play out by itself, to give us a score prediction.
We predict that the Gunners could set up in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with their line-up as follows: Ramsdale; Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tierney; Partey, Xhaka; Saka, Odegaard, Smith-Rowe; Lacazette.
We then predict that City could set up in their 4-3-3 formation, with their line-up as follows: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Laporte, Zinchenko; Gundogan, Fernandinho, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Silva, Sterling.
Man City took an early lead at the Emirates as Kevin De Bruyne volleyed home the opener.
Walker found himself in acres of space down the right before finding Riyad Mahrez in the box, and the Algerian's delicate flick on evaded Gabriel and fell into the path of De Bruyne who volleyed past Aaron Ramsdale from close range.
The goal had been coming for City who had already tested the gloves of the 'keeper on multiple occasions, with Arsenal struggling to carve out any clear chances.
But Arsenal were the brighter side at the start of the second half, and they found the equaliser five minutes after the restart when Thomas Partey prodded into an empty net.
Alexandre Lacazette did well to hold up the ball inside the box and find the overlapping run of Emile Smith-Rowe, and the Englishman tested Ederson with a weak effort. Ederson's save was parried to the feet of Partey who was left unmarked in the six-yard box, and despite the City defender's best efforts to block it on the line, the midfielder found the net.
However, City regained their lead just minutes later when Bernardo Silva took aim from distance.
Mahrez was involved once again as he tormented Kieran Tierney on the wing, and Algerian cut into the box before finding Silva on the edge of the area.
The Portuguese international took one touch onto his right before firing a powerful effort towards the far right corner, flying past the outstretched Ramsdale to restore City's lead.
Arsenal found themselves getting desperate for an equaliser as they charged forward in numbers, and a late City counter-attack saw De Bruyne grab his second of the game to make it 3-1 to City.
Silva flew forward with De Bruyne by his side after winning possession back in his own half, and the Belgian's run wasn't spotted by Partey in midfield as he latched onto Silva's through ball and fired past Ramsdale to confirm all three points for City.
FIFA 22 predicted final score: Arsenal 1-3 Manchester City
Here are the full-time match stats:
FIFA 22 predicts that Man City could extend their winning run to 11 games on Saturday with a win over Arsenal, once again showing the major gulf in quality between City and the rest of the league.
What do you think the final score will be in the real game? Let us know in the comments below.
FIFA 22 is the latest game in EA's popular FIFA video game franchise, which was released worldwide on Friday, October 1, 2021. The game is available now on all platforms including Xbox One, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Stadia and PC.
