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Arsenal vs. Man City live score: Carabao Cup final result, updates, stats from Wembley

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Arsenal and Manchester City clash for the first major domestic honour of the English football season in Sunday's Carabao Cup final.

It is the first time in the competition's 66-year history that the teams placed first and second in England's top division have faced off in the final, and the form book favours Arsenal.

Mikel Arteta's men have a nine-point lead at the top of the Premier League table, although City have a game in hand, and they eased into the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in midweek.

City have won this trophy eight times in their history, with four of those triumphs coming in consecutive finals from 2018 to 2021 under Pep Guardiola. However, they have failed to beat Arsenal in the past six meetings between the sides and are nursing a chastening Champions League exit at the hands of familiar foes Real Madrid.

Will Arsenal win their first major trophy since Arteta's maiden FA Cup success back in 2020, igniting a challenge for honours on all fronts, or will City get the job done and perhaps sew a few seeds of doubt for the remainder of the title race?

The Sporting News is following the Carabao Cup final live, providing score updates and commentary

Arsenal vs. Man City score

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Venue: Wembley Stadium, London
Referee: Peter Bankes

Starting lineups:

Arsenal (4-2-3-1 right to left): 13.Kepa Arrizabalaga (GK) – 4. Ben White, 6. Gabriel, 2. William Saliba, 5. Piero Hincapie – 36. Martin Zubimendi, 41. Declan Rice – 7. Bukayo Saka, 29. Kai Havertz, 19. Leandro Trossard – 14. Viktor Gyokeres

Man City (4-2-3-1, right to left): 1. James Trafford (GK) – 27. Matheus Nunes, 45. Abdukodir Khusanov, 6. Nathan Ake, 33. Nico O'Reilly – 20. Bernardo Silva, 16. Rodri – 42. Antoine Semenyo, 10. Rayan Cherki, 11. Jeremy Doku – 9. Erling Haaland

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Arsenal vs. Man City Carabao Cup final live updates, highlights, and commentary

1 hr 10 mins before kickoff: The teams are in and City have a relatively unfamiliar central defensive pairing of Abdukodir Khusanov and Nathan Ake for this final. Marc Guehi is cup-tied and Ruben Dias has a hamstring injury. Still, Ake boasts vast experience on the biggest stage and, since the turn of the year, Khusanov has arguably been City's best player. The Uzbekistan international has pace to burn but does like a tackle, maybe one to watch amid the intensity of a cup final.

Otherwise, City are at full strength and Guardiola again trusts Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki as his twin creators after they sparkled in the midweek defeat to Real Madrid.

1 hr 20 mins before kickoff: And what of Manchester City? Pep Guardiola is coming towards the conclusion of what once felt like an entirely infeasible 10th season in Manchester, during which time he has won six Premier League titles, four Carabao Cups, a couple of FA Cups and a Champions League. He and his players have broken most records worth bothering about in English football. But a shopworn side fell apart midway through last season and a hasty rebuild has happened at no little expense over the past three transfer windows.

City are now an exciting, raw but flawed side as opposed to the bankable winners on the big occasion we've got used to seeing them being. Victory here could be a huge marker for this version of Manchester City. Guardola is contracted for 2026/27, but might a convincing Arsenal win help to persuade him it's time to hand over the reins? For what it's worth, the Catalan seems as enthused as ever when it comes to moulding this new team and solving the challenges of an ever-evolving Premier League. However, a defeat here would persuade some to draw uncomfortable parallels with the forlorn Arsene Wenger he beat in this match eight years ago. Time waits for no man, even footballing pioneers.

1 hr 40 mins before kickoff: So, this is Arsenal's time, right? After three runners-up finishes in a row in the Premier League, Mikel Arteta has his team exactly where he wants them across the four big competitions. Granted, City loom fairly large in the collective Arsenal imagination. Those second-place finishes in 2022/23 and 2023/24 came behind City and there was a chasm between the sides when Guardiola romped to a first trophy in English football in this fixture back in 2018

That was a long time ago, though. And, to all intents and purposes, Arsenal's more recent setbacks in title races with City are a long time ago too. There has been massive player turnover in Manchester their mid-season collapse in winter 2024. This is not the team that wrought so much pain in north London. City are better than the team the Gunners hammered 5-1 last February, but not the team of old. Arsenal have not lost any of the past six meetings. Win today, and that shift into a position of strength in this rivalry will be underscored. If they lose, however…

2 hours before kick: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News' live coverage of Arsenal vs. Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final, live from Wembley Stadium. Silverware being up for grabs means this is a big enough deal in itself, but it also feels like a game that could shape the the end of the season for both these clubs and their manager, perhaps with some ramifications beyond that. Strap yourselves in, this is a big one.

Arsenal vs. Man City Carabao Cup final kick off time

The Carabao Cup final kicks off in London, UK at 4:30 p.m. local time.

Here's how that time translates across some of the major territories:

DateKickoff timeUSASun, Mar. 2212:30 a.m. ET/ 9:30 a.m. PTCanadaSun, Mar. 2212:30 a.m. ET/ 9:30 a.m. PTUKSun, Mar. 224:30 p.m. GMTAustraliaMon, Mar, 233:30 a.m. AEDTIndiaSun, Mar. 2210:00 p.m. IST

Arsenal vs. Man City team news

Arsenal team news

  • Kepa Arrizabalaga has been Arteta's cup goalkeeper and should get the nod here over David Raya. 
  • Jurrien Timber and Martin Odegaard could both be back in contention but Ben White may still get the nod at right-back. 
  • Viktor Gyokeres should hold off Kai Havertz to start up front. 

Man City Team News

  • Josko Gvardiol is Pep Guardiola's only remaining injury absentee. The Croatia international will only return for his club this term in the closing weeks of the season, if at all
  • A more immediate defensive conundrum for Guardiola are the absences of Ruben Dias and Mark Guehi. Dias was substituted at halftime against Real Madrid in midweek and has suffered a hamstring strain. Guehi is ineligible, having completed his move from Crystal Palace to City after the first leg of the semifinal against Newcastle.
  • Antoine Semenyo also signed for City in Janaury but his switch from Bournemouth was complete before the Newcastle tie, in which he opnened the scoring at St James' Park. The Ghana internaitonal is poised to start in support of Erling Haaland along with Rayan Cherki and Jeremy Doku.

Arsenal vs. Man City live stream, TV channel

Here is how to watch the match in some of the world's major regions:

RegionTVStreamingUSA—Paramount+Canada—DAZNUKITV 1, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports FootballITV X, Sky Sports website, Sky GOAustralia——India—FanCode

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