Arsenal and Man City will currently focus on maintaining their positions in the standings for a Champions League ticket next season. Arsenal facing Liverpool, will certainly have quite a hard time with the resistance from the Premier League champions this season. But Man City may be very favored to win in this week's match.
If Arsenal is unable to get a win, then what happens is that their position is shifted by Man City with a goal difference. We are approaching the end of the season, and the competition for a place in the Champions League is certainly getting more exciting, seeing the points difference, which is not too far between the teams.
Man City seems to have a much better advantage in today's match. Because their opponent, Southampton, doesn't look like a strong team at all. Even though Southampton will host today's match, I think their strength is still not enough to beat Man City. And yes, I also think Man City will succeed in collecting full points in this match.
Meanwhile, Arsenal seems to have a very tough opponent. Facing Liverpool might make Arsenal fail to collect full points if it was a match at the start of the season or in the middle of the season. but because currently Liverpool has secured the trophy this season, I think Liverpool will not play with their full strength throughout the match. Liverpool will probably only use full strength at the start and start withdrawing the main players in the second half, or vice versa. Last week Chelsea even beat Liverpool. So Arsenal should be able to do it too. As long as Liverpool doesn't play at full strength.