📊 Form Guide

Manchester United

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Manchester United will be looking for an improved result here after the 1-0 Premier League loss in their previous game against Nottingham Forest.

In that match, Manchester United had 68% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. At the other end, Nottingham Forest got 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Anthony Elanga (5') was the scorer for Nottingham Forest.

It’s been all too rare in recent games where Manchester United have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Manchester United have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 5 goals during that time. In any event, we will just have to wait and see if the trend might continue on here in this game or not.

Heading into this fixture, Manchester United haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Manchester City

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Manchester City head into the encounter following on from a 2-0 Premier League win vs Leicester City in their last match.

In that match, Manchester City had 73% possession and 18 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Manchester City, the goalscorers were Jack Grealish (2') and Omar Marmoush (29'). On the other side, Leicester City got 1 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

The stats tell the story, and Manchester City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 7 goals overall. Defensively, Manchester City certainly have room for improvement.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 03/06/2023 shows us that Manchester United have won 2 of them & Manchester City 3, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

In all, 18 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 for The Red Devils and 11 coming from The Citizens. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The previous league match featuring these sides was Premier League match day 16 on 15/12/2024 when it finished Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United.

That time, Manchester City had 52% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Joško Gvardiol (36').

At the other end, Manchester United got 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Bruno Fernandes (88') and Amad Diallo (90') scored.

The match was refereed by Anthony Taylor.

ℹ️ Team News: Manchester United

Jonny Evans (Muscle injury), Altay Bayındır (unknown injury), Ayden Heaven (unknown injury), Kobbie Mainoo (Muscle injury), Luke Shaw (Muscle injury), Amad Diallo (Ankle injury) and Lisandro Martínez (Cruciate ligament injury) are not available for Manchester United gaffer Rúben Amorim.

It seems likely that The Red Devils could employ a 4-4-2 system for this one, beginning the first half with Andre Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Harry Maguire, Leny Yoro, Diogo Dalot, Manuel Ugarte, Casemiro, Patrick Dorgu, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hoejlund.

🗞️ Team News: Manchester City

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Manuel Akanji (Adductor injury), John Stones (Hamstring injury), Erling Haaland (Ankle injury), Nathan Aké (Foot surgery) and Rodri (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.

There’s a good chance that The Citizens could decide to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system by sending out Ederson Moraes, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Ilkay Gundogan, Mateo Kovacic, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden and Omar Marmoush.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Manchester United should have enough to get a goal against this Manchester City outfit, but a single goal possibly won’t be enough.

Our tip is for a narrow 1-2 victory for Manchester City by the conclusion of the game. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Victor Martins, 15:02 06/04/2025