Arsenal 0-2 Manchester City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - League Cup, 22 Mar 2026

📅22/03/2026 · 🕒19:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 2-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
38%
2.18
Draw
28%
3.28
Away
34%
2.94
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
49%
2.03
Over 2.5
51%
1.71
Both Teams to Score
Yes
56%
1.6
No
44%
2.19
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
25%
3.69
2-3 Goals
41%
1.79
4-5 Goals
23%
3.08
6+ Goals
11%
10.3
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
3.08
1/2
9%
29.5
1/X
7%
11.9
X/1
13%
5.31
X/2
11%
6.74
X/X
14%
4.8
2/1
6%
24.35
2/2
14%
4.47
2/X
7%
12.35
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
38%
Home Win
42%
-4.6pp
28%
Draw
27%
+1.2pp
34%
Away Win
31%
+3.4pp
49%
Under 2.5
45%
+3.7pp
51%
Over 2.5
55%
-3.7pp
56%
BTTS Yes
58%
-2.5pp
44%
BTTS No
42%
+2.5pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Arsenal EU Bookmakers 46%
Head to Head
AWAY Manchester City EU Bookmakers 34%
-47% / -47% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +1% / +1%
1.16/1.55 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.80/0.91
-65% / -48% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +17% / +68%
51% Ball Possession 49%
12 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 6
390 · 81% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 390 · 82%
32.7 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 30.2
20.7 Crosses 17.4
2.4 Yellow Cards 2.4
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Arsenal
2W-4D-0L
AWAY Manchester City
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 0.83
0.74 xG 1.08
42% Ball Possession 58%
9 Total Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 5
327 Passes 473
81% Pass Accuracy 86%
21 Box Touches 27
14 Crosses 17
2 Yellow Cards 2
21.09.2025 Arsenal Arsenal 1-1 HT 0-1 Manchester City Manchester City İNP
02.02.2025 Arsenal Arsenal 5-1 HT 1-0 Manchester City Manchester City İNP
22.09.2024 Manchester City Manchester City 2-2 HT 1-2 Arsenal Arsenal İNP
31.03.2024 Manchester City Manchester City 0-0 HT 0-0 Arsenal Arsenal İNP
08.10.2023 Arsenal Arsenal 1-0 HT 0-0 Manchester City Manchester City İNP
06.08.2023 Manchester City Manchester City 1-1 HT 0-0 Arsenal Arsenal İCS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Arsenal
0-2
AWAY Manchester City
0.89 xG 1.54
38% Ball Possession 62%
10 Total Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 3
258 Passes 476
78% Pass Accuracy 87%
21 Box Touches 30
12 Crosses 15
3 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Arsenal vs Manchester City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Manchester City saw off Arsenal 2-0 away from home. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match split (38% / 28% / 34%) promised a tight game; Manchester City found the edge the numbers couldn't. The goals read — both teams to score (56%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Arsenal had 38% of the ball to Manchester City's 62%, shots finished 10-10, expected goals 0.89 to 1.54.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Arsenal had the better of it with 2 wins, 4 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Arsenal and 0.83 for Manchester City.

What was the final score of Arsenal vs Manchester City?

Arsenal 0-2 Manchester City in the England - League Cup on 22/03/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Arsenal vs Manchester City?

Before kick-off our model rated a Arsenal win the most likely single outcome at about 38%, with the full match-result split Arsenal 38%, draw 28%, Manchester City 34%. The final score 0-2 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Arsenal) ✗ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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