Overview
- Kick-off is 4:30pm GMT on Sunday, November 9 at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League.
- Pep Guardiola reaches his 1,000th game as a manager in this fixture against the reigning champions.
- Arsenal lead after 10 matches with City six points back and Liverpool seven, and BBC data shows no team has overcome a seven-point gap at this stage to win the title.
- City enter with six straight home wins by a 19-3 aggregate and Erling Haaland on 13 league goals in 10 starts, while Liverpool arrive buoyed by two clean sheets including a 1-0 win over Real Madrid but with three consecutive league defeats away.
- Team news remains significant: City list Rodri as a major doubt and Mateo Kovacic injured, and Liverpool are without Alisson and Jeremie Frimpong with Alexander Isak a possible bench option.