Manchester derby : Manchester United vs Manchester City

Premier league: Manchester United vs Manchester

Manchester City can take a major step towards securing Premier League title glory if they can inflict more misery on Manchester United in Wednesday’s pivotal derby.


Pep Guardiola’s side can move a point clear of Liverpool at the summit of English football with just three games of the season left with a win at Old Trafford.


Sections of United’s support would rather neighbors City win the title at the expense of arch-rivals Liverpool, who will be hoping for a major favour from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side in their quest to end their 29-year wait for a league trophy.

Manchester United's Team news

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is seeking a response from the hugely disappointing defeat at Everton as the Reds face City in the derby on Wednesday.

Despite a painful 4-0 reverse to the Toffees, Arsenal's surprise home loss to Crystal Palace suggests there could still be more twists and turns in the battle for a top-four spot in the Premier League.

There is some positive news with the return of Luke Shaw at left-back after a two-game domestic suspension and the European ban that caused him to miss the Champions League defeat to Barcelona. Marcos Rojo, Ashley Young and Diogo Dalot filled the gap in those three outings, but our latest Player of the Month will be determined to show he is still in top form and a contender for our overall SIr Matt Busby Player of the Year award.

However, Phil Jones will need to be assessed after apparently picking up an injury while making a tremendous challenge at Goodison Park. The center-back was withdrawn at the interval, with Young coming off the bench and Victor Lindelof reverts to a more familiar position at the heart of the defense, alongside Chris Smalling.

Manchester City's Team news 

City has their own agenda as they face a real scrap to retain the title. Matters remain in their own hands - if they win their last four fixtures, they will pip Liverpool to first place, but the Merseysiders are currently two points clear at the summit, having played a game more, and are primed to exploit any single slip-up

For Pep Guardiola, Kevin De Bruyne picked up what is being described as a “muscular injury” in the 1-0 win over Spurs with the City boss seeming to already rule him out of the derby.

That would appear to be the only issue for the visitors, except for the continued absence of back-up keeper Claudio Bravo, as the fact influential midfielder Fernandinho has not started the couple of matches is said to be due to tactical reasons.

Head to Head

Total matches played: 43

Manchester United won: 21

Manchester City won: 14

Draws: 08

Recent Meetings in Premier Legue

• Sunday, 11 November 2018  Man City 3:1 Man United
• Saturday, 07 April 2018        Man City 2:3 Man United
• Sunday, 10 December 2017  Man City 2:1 Man United
• Thursday, 27 April 2017          Man City 0:0 Man United

Predicted XIs

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw, McTominay, Matic, Pogba, Sanchez, Rashford, Lukaku
Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Mendy, Fernandinho, David Silva, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Sterling, Aguero

Date and Time

25th APRIL 2019 00:30 IST 

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