Arsenal have won the EFL Cup twice in their history, lifting the trophy in 1987 and 1993
Manchester City are eight-time winners of this competition, most recently in 2021
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Arsenal and Manchester City will be competing for the first trophy of the 2025-26 English football season when they meet in Sunday's EFL Cup final at Wembley.
Mikel Arteta's Gunners have had a good week, increasing their lead over City in the Premier League title race to nine points before knocking out Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League round of 16.
Meanwhile, City were beaten 5-1 on aggregate by Real Madrid in their European tie.
Pep Guardiola's former assistant Arteta lifted the FA Cup with Arsenal in August 2020, but that remains his only trophy with the Gunners, who are in the hunt for the quadruple this season.
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Team news
Arsenal have a doubt over Jurrien Timber, so Ben White should continue at right-back.
Gunners captain Martin Odegaard will also be assessed, while fellow midfielder Mikel Merino is the only confirmed injury absentee.
City's cup goalkeeper James Trafford will start at Wembley instead of regular number one Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Croatian central defender Josko Gvardiol is sidelined, but the Citizens have no fresh injury concerns and Erling Haaland is expected to be okay to feature
The stats
Four of the last six meetings between these two teams have ended in 90-minute draws, while Arsenal have lost only three of their 49 matches in all competitions this season.
Four of the Gunners' last five games featured under 2.5 goals.
Manchester City's Haaland has scored just five goals in 19 appearances since Christmas
City have conceded only eight first-half goals in 30 Premier League matches this season and both teams scored in four of the Citizens' last five games in all competitions.
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Prediction
Arsenal and City had contrasting fortunes in the Champions League this week and the weary rivals could be hard to split in the EFL Cup final.
Four of the last six meetings between these clubs were level after 90 minutes, dating back to the Gunners' penalty-shootout win in the Community Shield in August 2023.
Before that Wembley clash, City had claimed 12 straight Premier League victories over the Londoners, but the balance of power has shifted this season.
Arsenal are favourites for all four trophies, while City lost valuable ground in the title race after recent draws with Nottingham Forest (2-2) and West Ham (1-1).
September's league game at the Emirates Stadium ended 1-1, but Arsenal needed a late equaliser from Gabriel Martinelli to break down a dogged City defence.
Neither team has been playing with great attacking fluency recently and the Gunners made hard work of their recent league wins.
They edged past 10-man Chelsea 2-1 at the Emirates, needed a goalkeeping error to pinch a 1-0 win at Brighton and last weekend's 2-0 victory over Everton was goalless until the 89th minute.
Bernardo Silva's early red card meant City had to play with 10 men for more than 70 minutes in Tuesday's 2-1 second-leg defeat to Real Madrid.
Arsenal had a smoother build-up, sealing a 3-1 aggregate win over Leverkusen thanks to quality strikes from Eberechi Eze and Declan Rice.
But Arteta's men were dismal in the away leg, equalising through a late Kai Havertz penalty, and it may take extra-time or even a penalty shootout to decide the EFL Cup winners at Wembley.
