Here’s a look at the key numbers and facts ahead of the Carabao Cup Final between Arsenal and Manchester City this weekend...

Arsenal are looking to win the League Cup for the third time, after 1987 and 1993. However, the Gunners have lost more finals than any other side (6), most recently in 2018 against Manchester City.
Manchester City have won eight of their nine League Cup finals, with only Liverpool winning the competition more often (10). The Citizens have triumphed in each of their last seven finals, since a loss to Wolves in 1974.
With current Premier League leaders Arsenal taking on second placed Manchester City, this is the first League Cup final in history played between the top two teams in the country.
Arsenal have lost just one of their five meetings with Manchester City at Wembley Stadium (W3 D1), though that was in the 2018 League Cup final (0-3).
Manchester City beat Arsenal in the 2018 League Cup final. Only two teams have beaten the Gunners in two major cup finals before – Newcastle United (1932 FA Cup, 1952 FA Cup) and Leeds United (1968 League Cup, 1972 FA Cup).
Manchester City have won their last four League Cup meetings with Arsenal by an aggregate score of 11-1. Their last defeat to the Gunners came in the third round in 2004-05 (1-2).
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last six meetings with Manchester City in all competitions (W2 D4), having lost 15 of their previous 16 against them (W1).
Manchester City have lost their last two major finals, both in the FA Cup in 2024 (vs Manchester United) and 2025 (vs Crystal Palace). The Citizens have never previously lost three consecutive major final appearances.
This will be the second League Cup final to take place between two non-British managers of the same nationality (Spaniards Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta). Previously, Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool beat fellow German Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea on penalties in 2022.
Arsenal have had eight different goalscorers in the League Cup this season (excluding own goals), with no Gunners player netting more than once. They last had more different scorers in a single campaign in 1987-88 (9), when they lost the final to Luton Town.
Manchester City have won all five of their League Cup games this season by a 2+ goal margin. Only two teams have ever won the trophy while winning every game by 2+ goals – Man City in 2013-14 and Man Utd in 2022-23.
This is just Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta’s second major final in charge, previously winning the FA Cup in 2019-20. No Gunners manager has ever won both of their first two major finals with the club.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has won all four of his League Cup finals in charge, doing so in four consecutive seasons between 2017-18 and 2020-21. No manager has ever won the trophy five times.
Mikel Arteta has never lost at Wembley with Arsenal as either a player (W3 D1) or a manager (W2 D2), going on to win on penalties after all three of those draws.
Gabriel Jesus played in Man City’s 3-0 win against Arsenal in the 2018 League Cup final. If he plays for Arsenal in this game, he would be the first ever player to have played for both sides in a League Cup final fixture.
Erling Haaland has scored in each of his last three games against Arsenal in all competitions. However, he’s never scored in six appearances at Wembley so far in his Manchester City career.
Rayan Cherki has been involved in four goals in his four League Cup appearances for Manchester City (3 goals, 1 assist), averaging a goal involvement once every 47 minutes in the competition.
Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze scored Crystal Palace’s winner against Manchester City in the 2025 FA Cup final. He could become the third player to score against an opponent in both a League Cup and an FA Cup final after Roberto Di Matteo (vs Middlesbrough) and Didier Drogba (vs Liverpool).

Carabao Cup Final pre-match stat pack

Carabao Cup Final pre-match stat pack