FA Cup, Arsenal vs Manchester City: Preview, Dream11 and stats

Pep Guardiola praised his counterpart Mikel Arteta.

"There is no better person to do the job than Mikel," said Guardiola. "They have team spirit. Mikel has created."

Arteta worked as Guardiola's assistant at City before taking his first managerial job at Arsenal.

He said Arsenal have a lot of experience and history in the FA Cup and wants his side to go for it.

Arsenal will be confident after overcoming champions Liverpool in gameweek 36 of the Premier League season.

Arteta has a promising group of players and they seem to be getting his vision into play.

Guardiola's side has sealed second position in the league and would want to dominate the proceedings.

City boast of a solid record against Arsenal and the Gunners will be tested immensely.

Arsenal are playing in their 30th FA Cup semi-final.

Four of Arsenal's seven FA Cup goals this season have been scored by players under the age of 21.

Arsenal are looking to enter their fourth FA Cup final in seven seasons.

Arsenal have lost their past seven meetings with Manchester City in all competitions.

The Gunners have scored just twice in this phase.

Dream11 team prediction (4-4-2): Ederson; Walker, Fernandinho, Luiz, Holding; De Bruyne (c), Xhaka, Ceballos, Foden; Aubameyang (vc), Sterling.

The match is set to start at 12:15 AM IST.

One can watch the match live on the Sony Ten Network and stream the same on Sony Liv app (paid subscription).

Match prediction: 1-2.