Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta pit their wits against each other once again this weekend, as Manchester City take on Arsenal in the Premier League.
Friends who have become rivals, Arteta began his coaching career on Guardiola’s staff at Manchester City before leaving to take charge of Arsenal in December 2019.
In recent seasons, Arteta’s evolution of the Gunners has turned Arsenal into the closest challengers to Manchester City’s Premier League throne. Arsenal have finished as runners-up in each of the past two campaigns, pushing the league’s dominant force in successive title races before falling just short.
Their early season match-up at the Etihad could be crucial to this season’s battle, with just two points having separated the sides at the season’s end in 2023/24.
Arsenal took four points from the league meetings between the sides last season, though those results were in contrast to earlier encounters. A
shock FA Cup semi-final upset of the Citizens in his debut campaign aside, Arteta lost his first nine games against his former mentor, including a 4-1 thrashing at the Etihad during the 2022/23 title run-in.
Every Guardiola vs Arteta managerial meeting
- Arsenal 0-3 Manchester City, 17th June 2020 (Premier League)
- Arsenal 2-0 Manchester City, 18th July 2020 (FA Cup)
- Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal, 17th October 2020 (Premier League)
- Arsenal 1-4 Manchester City, 22nd December 2020 (League Cup)
- Arsenal 0-1 Manchester City, 21st February 2021 (Premier League)
- Manchester City 5-0 Arsenal, 28th August 2021 (Premier League)
- Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City, 1st January 2022 (Premier League)
- Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal, 27th January 2023 (FA Cup)
- Arsenal 1-3 Manchester City, 15th February 2023 (Premier League)
- Manchester City 4-1 Arsenal, 26th April 2023 (Premier League)
- Arsenal 1-1 Manchester City (4-1 penalties), 6th August 2023 (Community Shield)
- Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City, 8th October 2023 (Premier League)
- Manchester City 0-0 Arsenal, 31st March 2023 (Premier League)
Pep Guardiola vs Mikel Arteta head-to-head record
- Games played – 13
- Pep Guardiola wins – 9
- Draws – 2
- Mikel Arteta wins – 2
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