The Manchester derby refers to football matches between Manchester City and Manchester United, first contested in 1881. United play at Old Trafford while City play at the City of Manchester Stadium, the two grounds separated by approximately 4 miles.
Manchester Utd vs Manchester City, 12.30pm GMT
Old Trafford plays host to a highly-anticipated Premier League derby on Saturday lunchtime, as Manchester United welcome Manchester City to the Theatre of Dreams.
Two places and three points separate the bitter rivals in the table at present, with one manager certainly under more pressure than his counterpart this week, so could this spell the end for Ole?
Worryingly for the Old Trafford faithful, United have taken just one point from their last three home games in the Premier League, scoring a solitary goal in that miserable streak and not since April’s win over Granada have the Red Devils crowd seen their side keep a clean sheet on familiar territory.
Having seen their eight-game unbeaten run in the league come to a bitter end, third placed City are now five points behind leaders Chelsea after 10 matches, but they have taken 10 points from the last 12 on offer away from home in the Premier League.
Despite posting two EFL Cup wins against their rivals in recent years, City are winless in four Premier League Manchester derbies, failing to score in any of their last three but not many United fans will be placing bets on their side’s success continuing on Saturday.
Our Picks
Man City Win + BTTS @15/8
10+ match shots on target, 10+ match corners and 10+ booking points each team @4/1
Feeling Lucky
Ronaldo to score, BTTS, 4+ corners in each half and Rodri to be carded @20/1
Manchester United predicted starting 11:
De Gea; Bailly, Lindelof, Maguire; Wan-Bissaka, McTominay, Fred, Shaw; Fernandes; Ronaldo, Cavani
Manchester City predicted starting 11:
Ederson; Walker, Dias, Stones, Cancelo; Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne; Jesus, Foden, Grealish
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