• Arsenal has won its last four FA Cup meetings against Manchester City. It has reached the final every time it has beaten City, winning on three occasions (1971, 2017, 2020)
  • Manchester City has won its last nine home matches in the FA Cup, scoring at least three goals in every win and 40 goals in total. The only other team to have won nine in a row while scoring 3+ goals in FA Cup history is Blackburn Rovers between 1881 and 1885, a run of 12.
  • Arsenal lost its last FA Cup match against a fellow Premier League side, 1-0 at Southampton in the 2020-21 fourth round. It has not lost consecutive such meetings in the competition since January 2010 (vs Stoke) and March 2011 (vs Manchester United).