Watch a breakdown of Sergio Aguero versus Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Sport360 staff
10:52 02/02/2019
Sport360 staff
10:52 02/02/2019
Manchester City host Arsenal on Sunday, with two star strikers set to go head-to-head.
Sergio Aguero and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are expected to lead the frontline for City and the Gunners respectively.
Both players are into double goalscoring figures for the season, with Aguero on 11 goals from 20 matches, and Aubameyang on 15 goals from 24 matches. Check out the video to see the statistical breakdown.
In team news, City will check on the fitness of left-back Benjamin Mendy The France international has sat out the last two games as City ease him back into action following knee surgery but he has been involved in training this week.
Captain Vincent Kompany remains on the sidelines with a muscular problem and manager Pep Guardiola says he is unsure when the defender will return. Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo (Achilles) is a long-term absentee.
Arsenal could hand a debut to new signing Denis Suarez.
The 25-year-old former City youngster joined on loan from Barcelona for the rest of the season and is in line to make his bow at the Etihad Stadium.
Captain Laurent Koscielny (jaw) is fit to return and Henrikh Mkhitaryan could feature after overcoming a foot problem but Danny Welbeck and Sokratis Papastathopoulos (both ankle), Hector Bellerin and Rob Holding (both knee) remain out.