Manchester City travels on Saturday, November 6 to face Manchester United at the Old Trafford. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side haven’t enjoyed to kind of spell they wanted especially after securing the signature of club legend Cristiano Ronaldo. It’s been a season of ups and downs for the Red Devils. For Man City, it’s been a quite good performance for the club since the commencement of the 2021/22 season. Manchester City currently lies 3rd on the league log with 20 points and 5 points behind league leaders Chelsea FC.
Match Preview
Kick-off time: 12:30 noon
Pep Guardiola would be disappointed with his team’s performance last weekend. A lackluster performance coupled with some frustrating refereeing decisions. City bounced back in Europe and would love to improve their recent record. Manchester City have won 6 matches, drawn 2 and lost 2 in the Premier League this season.
In midweek in the Champions League, they bounced back from a disappointing result in the Premier League as Crystal Palace beat them 0-2 at the Etihad Stadium. They beat Club Brugge 4-1 in the Champions League.
Manchester United, on the other hand, have total points of 17 placing them 5th on the table with 5 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws. Last week against Spurs saw the team bouncing back to winning ways as they won with a scoreline of 0-3 at the Tottenham Stadium.
The start-stop nature of the team’s performances have led to frustration among fans despite the team not being far off especially in the league. A lot is at stake in this encounter for Manchester United’s boss as this fixture’s results could determine his future and continuity in the club.
Ole would be taking inspiration from a good record against Pep and Manchester City would need to improve on recent bad records against the red devils.
TEAM NEWS
Man City
Walker received a knock on his foot against Brugge and will be assessed ahead of kick-off. Laporte is suspended following his red card against Crystal Palace, while Liam Delap is still sidelined with an ankle injury. Ferran Torres is definitely ruled out.
Man United
Manchester United will be without Raphael Varane (hamstring) and Paul Pogba (suspended). Victor Lindelof has a knock and is rated as 50/50 to be fit for Saturday.
HEAD TO HEAD
Both teams have met 48 times in the league. They have played 9 draws. Manchester United have the upper hand by becoming victorious 24 times with Manchester City winning 15 times.
In recent times since April 2019, Manchester City have recorded only one win, a draw and three losses in the Premier League against Manchester United.
Predicted Starting XIs
Man United: De Gea, Maguire, Bailly, Lindelof; Shaw, Fred, Matic, Wan Bissaka; Bruno, Ronaldo, Cavani.
Man City: Ederson, Walker, Días, Stones, Cancelo; De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo, Foden, Jesus, Mahrez.
Match Predictions
Manchester United 1:3 Manchester City
