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I think it's about time we started the Matchday thread, and to tee us off, here's a few match stats, courtesy of the Beeb:

Match facts

Head-to-head

This is the first-ever meeting between these sides in a major final. Arsenal have won both previous meetings with Manchester City at Wembley - 3-0 in the 2014 Community Shield and 2-1 in last season's FA Cup semi-final.

City have lost just one of their past five meetings with Arsenal in all competitions (W2 D2), beating them 3-1 in their previous meeting in the Premier League this season.

In the League Cup, City have won their past two ties against Arsenal (2009-10 and 2011-12), having lost their previous five between 1977-78 and 2004-05.

Arsenal

This is Arsenal's eighth League Cup final - they've lost more than any other side in the history of the competition (5), winning the tournament twice - in 1987 and 1993.

Arsenal have scored just six goals in the competition this season, the lowest tally of any team to reach the final in the competition's history.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is aiming to become the eighth different manager to win all three of the English top-flight trophies after Bill Nicholson, Joe Mercer, Don Revie, George Graham, Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish and Jose Mourinho.

Wenger has won seven of his 10 domestic cup finals with Arsenal, with his last two defeats coming in this competition (2007 v Chelsea and 2011 v Birmingham).

Of the 13 players who played for Arsenal in the 2011 League Cup final defeat to Birmingham, only Laurent Koscielny and Jack Wilshere are still at the club.

Manchester City

Manchester City will be making their sixth appearance in the League Cup final, and third in the last five seasons. They've won four of their previous five, failing only in 1974.

City boss Pep Guardiola has triumphed in six of his previous seven major domestic and European finals, losing only to Real Madrid with Barcelona in the 2011 Copa del Rey final.

Both Leroy Sane (3 goals, 1 assist) and Bernardo Silva (1 goals, 3 assists) have been involved in 50% of City's eight goals in the competition this season.

Sergio Aguero has scored in each of his last four appearances against Arsenal in all competitions (4 goals in total). Only twice before has he netted in five consecutive games for Manchester City against a single opponent (Tottenham with a run ending in May 2015 and Sunderland in a run ending in March 2017).

An impressive win for sure today- the launchpad for the treble!

johnny crossan wrote:An impressive win for sure today- the launchpad for the treble!

I've no idea how it's going to pan out as I always see these games as a 50/50, with certain decisions having an outcome on the game. However, looking at our current positions then, of course, we are slight favourites, it's just whether we bring it to the party and those special people put the ball in the back of the net.

Whichever way it goes, it should be a cracker with 2 of the best footballing sides going head-to-head. After the 'Park-the-bus' Derby that precedes our game, at least there's a chunk of light for those wanting to see real football.

Come on City!!!

The wait is legit killing me today!!!!

Pretty Boy Lee wrote:The wait is legit killing me today!!!!

What time is it over there?

Win or lose I fuckin love City.

*Getting that in early so that if we lose later I can absolutely destroy Pep and City.

Beefymcfc wrote:

Pretty Boy Lee wrote:The wait is legit killing me today!!!!

What time is it over there?

It's Monday over there in another hour. He's already out celebrating our win.

Strong team despite Bravo and go for it. Pass the fuckers off the park and hope Sergio has his clinical finishing boots on!

Always loved Beefy's articulated build up. This is a proper way to start a matchthread, Nige


To be entirely pedantic, a mention of what Mib will be officiatting would have make it perfect... but granted we are gonna play the billiard pitch of the Empire stadium am "arrogantly" confident on that Almighty Sky Blues shall leapfrog any possible obstacle posed by either Arses and a possible Munichen in charge of the game. You don't play finals on Wigan's potato fields...

COME ON CITY!!!

Arsenal will look for a repeat of last seasons Wembley win, Merlin will be fouled within the first 4 minutes and it will go unpunished by that CUNT pawson.

I can see 90 minutes of me swearing at the fuckin Gooners down the pub when I should be enjoying our breath taking attack.

Will we win our first trophy of the season? or will the Wankers from north London cheat their way to the Micky mouse cup

C'mon City....

Hope we twat these maaard arse self entitled cunts today! Let’s fuck em up!

Which end is our support, East or West?

Justified logic wrote:Which end is our support, East or West?

East..

As I am away and nowhere Berra a pub, will this be flowing down any rivers close bye? Thanks in advance x

Time to make the transition from softcore to hardcore and show the world what we can do!

Come on!

Sterling is out. Pity as we will miss his cutting edge.

CTID Hants wrote:

Justified logic wrote:Which end is our support, East or West?

East..

Boo! I thought the pre-match pubbing was rubbish compared to the west side. And we lost. To Arsenal. Badly.

Dimples wrote:Sterling is out. Pity as we will miss his cutting edge.

well Pep said he didn't know on Friday - has something been said?

johnny crossan wrote:

Dimples wrote:Sterling is out. Pity as we will miss his cutting edge.

well Pep said he didn't know on Friday - has something been said?

Some articles today saying he's been taken out/pulled out of the squad.

Finally got it
Pawson assisted by VAR. Won't be easy for the Alsatian paedo
https://www.efl.com/news/2018/february/ ... cup-final/