Manchester United vs Manchester City: Dismal Derby

Every time a Derby match takes place, the city of Manchester must mobilize thousands of police with the most modern equipment to ensure the match is safe, in the face of the excitement of hundreds of thousands of fans of both teams in the same city.

Manchester Derby matches are always fierce. Photo: Sportkeeda

However, this make-up match of round 31 may not be as anticipated as usual, due to the sad April that both teams have just experienced. If that match had taken place in round 31 as originally scheduled by the Premier League, its heat would have been completely different.

At that time, Manchester City was full of hope for a classic quadruple, while Manchester United was even more excited because they had just made a historic comeback against PSG in the Champions League round of 16 and had many opportunities to enter the Top 4 of the Premier League.

A month has passed and the world has turned around at a dizzying pace, with Man City being the haunting month of April in the Champions League, last season at this time they were eliminated from the tournament by Liverpool.

This season against Tottenham, a weaker opponent, the outcome for Man City remains unchanged. Man City still shows too much immaturity in this arena even though they are led by a seasoned Pep Guardiola with a squad that can be said to be the dream of every team. If they could exchange all domestic titles for a Champions League Cup, perhaps no one at Etihad would refuse?

Man City need to win to defend the championship. Photo: Skysports

As for the Old Trafford team, April was a disaster. They were eliminated from the C1 arena by a comprehensive defeat against Barcelona, ​​but what is more worth mentioning is that this team is returning to a weak and miserable image, an unbelievable decline.

The humiliating 0-4 defeat to Everton last weekend was like a slap in the face to the pride of this team as well as the faith of the fans. For the first time in the Premier League era, Man United lost 5 consecutive away matches in all competitions, goalkeeper De Gea conceded 48 goals in 34 matches, something no Red Devils goalkeeper has ever suffered before.

Man United have almost single-handedly denied themselves the chance to make the top four as their fixtures are extremely tough compared to their direct competitors. In that situation, no one at Old Trafford is in the mood for Derby anymore.

Man Utd want to win to end the dark days. Photo: Skysports

But Derby is still Derby, always has its own attraction that no other match has. For Man City, they have an extremely important arena, the Premier League. Before this match, the Etihad team had played one less match than Liverpool and had 2 points less on the rankings. If they beat Man United, they would return to the top and have a great chance of defending the championship.

As for Man Utd, their chance to enter the Top is still small, but more important than the points is that winning a Derby is a victory of honor and pride. No one at Old Trafford wants to lose to the "noisy neighbor".
And this match, Manchester United players will have a very special fan base. That is Liverpool and all those who love them.

The match takes place at dawn on April 25, at 2am - Hanoi time

Forecast:Manchester United vs Manchester City: 1 – 2

Statistical:In the last 5 meetings in all competitions between the 2 teams, each team has 2 wins and 1 draw.

Expected lineup:
Man Utd:De Gea, Linderlof, Smalling, Young, Luke Shaw, Herrera, Matic, Pogba, Sanchez, Lukaku, Rasford

Man City:Ederson, Kyle Walker, Laporte, Stones, Zinchenko, Sterling, Sane, Gundogan, David Silva, Bernardo Silva, Aguero