Manchester City-Sheffield United is a match on the 20th day of the Premier League and is played Saturday at 4 p.m.: TV, formations, predictions.
After winning everything possible to win in one year, and as their last trophy the World Club Championship, Manchester City, in front of their fans, want to end 2023 with a victory, resuming their run to the Premier League.
Now, against last-place Sheffield, the distinct feeling is that despite the absence of Haaland, who suffered a stress fracture in his foot, Guardiola’s City will have little difficulty taking victory and three points. Which, no, may not be decisive given the tussle in the English top league up there, but which certainly may prove crucial to staying hooked to the fast-running train.
Poor Sheffield, then, we feel to say, as the team will also have the opportunity for the first time since winning the Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia to be embraced by their fans who also expect a fitting end to the calendar year. And the team that has proven on the field that it is the strongest in Europe and the World, undoubtedly has no intention of closing with a defeat or a result other than victory.
The prediction
A match of at least 3 goals in total, perhaps even something more, with one certainty that will be difficult not to be confirmed: victory for Guardiola’s Manchester City in a challenge that will unravel in favor of the hosts already in the first half. And in the end it could be precisely the lineup fresh from the World Cup title that finds the way to the net. No, we have no doubt about that.
The probable lineups of Manchester City-Sheffield United
MANCHESTER CITY (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Dias, Ake; Lewis, Rodri; Bernardo, Foden, Grealish; Alvarez.
SHEFFIELD UNITED (5-3-2): Foderingham; Bogle, Baldock, Robinson, Trusty, Lowe; Souza, Norwood, Brooks; Archer, McBurnie.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 4-0
