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Arsenal vs Man City Women Stats Head to Head: Full Records

Alright team, let me tell you about today’s deep dive. Woke up super curious about the Arsenal and Manchester City women’s teams – those clashes are always spicy! Wanted the real story, the head-to-head numbers everyone argues about. Pulled up my laptop, cracked my knuckles, and fired up the ol’ web browser.

The Initial Scramble

First stop? You know, those big sports data websites. Typed in “Arsenal Women vs Man City Women head to head stats”. Hit enter. Boom. Tons of results. Easy, right? Wrong. Clicked the first few links – looked promising. But then… ah man. Some only showed the last couple seasons. Others had stats broken up weirdly, like only league games or just cup finals. Couldn’t get the complete picture. Frustrating. Kept digging.

Arsenal vs Man City Women Stats Head to Head: Full Records

Hitting the Archives (Sort Of)

Remembered the official FA WSL website. Headed there next. Clicked through their stats section. Better… but still annoying. They showed results, which is great, wins, losses, draws… but finding goal scorers, cards, really detailed stuff? Nah, had to bounce around different tabs and pages. Felt like piecing together a puzzle.

Scrolled further down, thought maybe fan forums or dedicated women’s football blogs would have done the hard work. Found a couple decent threads. Saw people arguing, naturally! But some savvy users actually listed out encounters. Problem? No dates! Just like “Arsenal won that one 2-1.” When? Where? Useless without context. Closed those tabs fast.

Spreadsheet Hell (My Domain)

Fine. Time for the big guns – my spreadsheet. Opened up a blank doc. Decided I’d build it myself, season by season, comp by comp. Here’s where the rubber met the road:

  • Started simple: Made columns – Date, Competition, Venue, Arsenal Score, Man City Score.
  • Painstaking searches: Went back YEARS. Searched “Arsenal W vs Man City W [Year]” for each season I could remember. Clicked on BBC Sport, sometimes the FA website archives, even checked old club news posts.
  • Manual Input: Started typing dates, scores. Kept track: “League Cup semi, 2020, City won 2-1”. “League match, away, Nov 2019, 2-2 draw”. On and on.
  • Spot Checking: Found one site claiming City dominated recently. Scrolled down my sheet – yep, seemed right. Found old articles about Arsenal’s early WSL wins. Dug deeper – confirmed in the sheet.
  • The Devil’s in the Details: Added more columns: Goal scorers? Found match reports. Yellow/red cards? Harder, but dug into detailed reports when I could. Attendance? Sometimes mentioned!

Finding My Focus

As the list grew longer, patterns jumped out:

  • Early WSL? Arsenal wins peppered throughout.
  • Last 4-5 years? Man City started racking up more consistent league wins.
  • Cup games? Absolute chaos! Tight scores, unpredictable.
  • Goals? Almost always both teams score. Rarely a 0-0 snoozer.

Got obsessed with the draws – saw like four 1-1 results in a row a few seasons back. Classic.

The Raw Result

Hours later, leaned back. My spreadsheet… it wasn’t perfect. Some minor cup games from 2011 were fuzzy. Had to make some calls based on best available sources. But the big picture?

  • It’s closer than folks think! Yeah, City’s had a good run, but Arsenal always fights back.
  • Cups are anyone’s game. League form goes out the window.
  • Goals galore. Almost guaranteed entertainment.
  • A real rivalry built on close battles. No one dominates forever.

The head-to-head history? It’s messy, passionate, and full of twists. My spreadsheet proved that. Maybe it’s not the slickest database you’ll find online, but it’s my record, built piece by frustrating piece. Makes the next meeting even more exciting, doesn’t it?