Comments and predictions for Man City vs MU: The Red Devils escape defeat
The match between Man City vs MU in the English Premier League takes place at 10:30 p.m. on September 14. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Man City vs MU squad information
Man City enter the derby with a heavy injury list, especially in defence, with Josko Gvardiol, Abdukodir Khusanov, John Stones, Rayan Aït-Nouri and Rico Lewis all absent.
Up front, Omar Marmoush picked up an injury while on international duty with Egypt and will miss the game. Savinho and Rayan Cherki are also out, leaving Guardiola with Phil Foden, Oscar Bobb and Jeremy Doku as his main options on the wings.
Mateo Kovacic is still a few weeks away from returning from an Achilles injury, but Rodri's return should keep City's midfield strong.
Man United are also without key players: Matheus Cunha, Diogo Dalot and Mason Mount are all absent. That opens up the opportunity for Benjamin Sesko to make his first Premier League start, after playing two consecutive matches for Slovenia during the international break.
Senne Lammens has just arrived to solve the goalkeeper problem, but coach Amorim has confirmed that Altay Bayindir will start, after Andre Onana joined Trabzonspor on loan.
Latest expected lineup Man City vs MU
Manchester City:
Donnarumma; Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Ake, O'Reilly; Bernardo, Rodri, Reijnders; Bobb, Haaland, Doku
Manchester United:
Bayindir; Yoro, De Ligt, Shaw; Mazraoui, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dorgu; Mbeumo, Sesko, Amad
Latest Man City vs MU football review
As for Man City, they are in an unfamiliar position after three rounds, having fallen to 13th place after two consecutive defeats to Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion.
After winning their opening four games in each of the previous two seasons, City's loss in two of their opening three games this season was a huge shock, and the first time that has happened since 2004-05.
Pep Guardiola's big worry is that the last time a team lost two of their opening three games of the season and still won the league was back in the very first season of the Premier League, when Man United started slowly but still won the title in 1992-93.
Having picked up just three points from a possible nine is Guardiola's worst start to a league managerial career. He desperately needs to turn things around, as the last time City lost three of their opening four games of a season they were relegated in 1995-96.
Home fans will be hoping for a repeat of last season’s form, when City won five straight home games to secure a Champions League place. But United have often proved a tough opponent. City have won five of their last eight meetings, but last season they only managed one point against United – a drab 0-0 draw at Old Trafford in April.
United have often performed well at the Etihad. Of Guardiola's 16 Premier League home defeats, a quarter have come against the Red Devils, including last season when Amad Diallo produced a dramatic 2-1 comeback.
Statistics also show that home advantage seems to have disappeared in the Manchester derby, with the home team winning just six of the last 20 meetings.
Ruben Amorim’s victory over City last season was also rare, as in 30 games in charge of United he has won just eight, four of which were against newly promoted sides. He has won just four of his other 25 games, a 16% success rate. Even against Burnley last time out, they needed a 97th-minute penalty from Bruno Fernandes to win 3-2 – the club’s fourth-latest goal in Premier League history.
United have had 58 shots in the Premier League this season – 14 more than any other team – but they have still had to rely on luck, becoming the first team in the history of the competition to have their first two goals of the season come from their opponents’ own net, as many as they have conceded in the last two campaigns combined.
Latest Man City vs MU score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Man City vs MUas follows:
- Sportsmole:Man City 2-1 MU
- WhoScore:Man City 1-1 MU
- Our newspaper predicts:Man City 1-1 MU
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