Manchester United vs Manchester City Match Preview


Week 11 features a match on Sat Nov 6th, where Manchester City and Manchester United will play a match in Manchester in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the ever popular Manchester derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. Manchester United sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Atalanta. Josip Iličić struck first for Atalanta in the 12th minute on a feed from Duván Zapata, then Cristiano Ronaldo tied it up for Manchester United in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time . Manchester United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Manchester City recorded a 0-2 loss against Crystal Palace. Wilfried Zaha scored the first goal for Crystal Palace in the 6th minute, then Conor Gallagher added another in the 88th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Manchester City couldn’t manage to score, and Crystal Palace took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Manchester City should be reasonably happy with their performance.

Manchester United and Manchester City last played eachother at the Etihad Stadium on Jan 29th. Manchester United won by a score of 1 to 0. Nemanja Matić scored the first goal for Manchester United in the 35th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Manchester City couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester United took the shutout win.

Manchester City is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden each having 3 goals in their last 5. Cristiano Ronaldo has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Manchester United

Manchester United will be without Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes, while Benjamin Mendy is unavailable to play for Josep Guardiola i Sala’s team.