- Arsenal have taken just three points from seven games against the teams in the current top five - fewer than any of the other four clubs.
- The Gunners have won just one of seven Premier League matches against teams from the top half of the table since the turn of the year.
- Nicklas Bendtner has scored nine goals in his last 12 matches in all competitions.
- Carlos Tevez has scored 20 goals in his last 19 Premier League matches.
- The Gunners have won 10 and lost none of the 12 Premier League home games against Man City.
- Emmanuel Adebayor has scored five goals in his last three appearances when Arsenal have played against City in the league, four in two games for Arsenal and one in the reverse fixture earlier this season.
- City are unbeaten in their last five away matches, winning the last two; they haven't won three road trips in a row since April 2007 (a run that ended at the Emirates with a 1-3 defeat).
- Arsenal have won their last five Premier League games at the Emirates and conceded just one goal in that run.
