On the 2nd of October, in this week 9 match, Manchester City plays host to Manchester United in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams in the anticipated Manchester derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. Manchester City is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jack Grealish scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 1st minute, then Erling Braut Håland added another in the 16th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wolverhampton Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester City took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Manchester City should be reasonably happy with their performance, while manchester United is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Sheriff. Jadon Sancho scored the first goal for Manchester United in the 17th minute, then Cristiano Ronaldo added another in the 39th minute on a penalty In the end, Sheriff was frustrated by Manchester United’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester United ended the match with the shutout victory. Manchester United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
On Wed Jan 29th, Manchester City hosted Manchester United in their last match together. Manchester United took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Nemanja Matić scored the first goal for Manchester United in the 35th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Manchester City couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester United ran away with the shutout win.
For Manchester United, their top scorers are Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Manchester City is fortunate enough to have Erling Braut Håland in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 8 goals
Manchester City will be without John Stones, Kyle Walker, Aymeric Laporte and Kalvin Phillips, while Marcus Rashford, Cristiano Ronaldo and Facundo Pellistri Rebollo are unavailable to play for Manchester United.