Manchester City-Manchester United is a match valid for the 16th day of the Premier League and is played on Sunday at 5:30pm: live TV, probable formations, prediction.
A Manchester derby leveled downward, in which-probably for the first time in recent years-City seems to be coming off worse than its United cousins. Anything but out of the tunnel: Pep Guardiola’s team has lost its bearings and last Wednesday suffered its seventh defeat in its last 10 games between cups and the league, surrendering without putting up much resistance to Juventus in the Champions League.
Appearing inconsistent in attack and vulnerable in defense, the Cityzens lost 2-0 in Turin and now risk not even qualifying for the play-offs for access to the round of 16: in January we will witness a “battle” with PSG to avoid an elimination that, in either case, would be resounding. Meanwhile, a sort of “trial” is beginning against the Catalan coach, to whom the situation seems to have gotten out of hand. There is no talk of exoneration, but it is safe to say that since he has been coaching Manchester City Guardiola has never been so much in question. Since the end of October, the reigning English champions have only gotten the better of Nottingham Forest (by the way, the only game in which they managed to keep their goal unbeaten) and in the league they have slipped to -8 behind Liverpool, which, however, has to make up the derby with Everton.
Two teams in trouble
It is only 13th instead for Manchester United. Despite the arrival of Ruben Amorim on the bench the trend is still the same: the Red Devils remain an inconsistent team and struggling with many problems.
In the Premier League, after the success with Everton, came two defeats in a row against Arsenal and Forest, and the very hard-fought victory in the Europa League against the not irresistible Viktoria Plzen (1-2) cannot completely reassure the former Sporting CP coach, who just over a month ago at the helm of the green-and-white club had contributed to exacerbate City’s crisis, overwhelming them 4-1 in the Champions League.
For Guardiola, problems continue in defense: in addition to Aké, Akanji and Stones, Lewis will also be absent. Reason why it cannot be ruled out that to keep Ruben Dias company in the center of the rearguard could be a youth boy, for example Simpson-Pusey. On the other side, Amorim should change many pawns compared to the Europa League match: from 1′ former Atalantino Hojlund, author of a double in the Czech Republic.
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The Prediction
In light of the defensive problems currently plaguing both, we are unlikely to see a Manchester derby poor in goals. Playing the game and dominating possession will most likely be City, which despite being in crisis remains stronger than United – the Red Devils have not won at Etihad Stadium since 2021 – on which the Amorim “cure” has not yet taken effect. Cityzens slightly favored, then, in a match of at least one goal per side and more than two overall.
The probable formations of Manchester City-Manchester United
MANCHESTER CITY (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Walker, Ruben Dias, Simpson-Pusey, Gvardiol; De Bruyne, Kovacic; Bernardo Silva, Foden, Matheus Nunes; Haaland.
MANCHESTER UNITED (3-4-2-1): Onana; Mazraoui, de Ligt, Lisandro Martinez; Diallo, Ugarte, Mainoo, Dalot; Bruno Fernandes, Garnacho; Hojlund.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
