Manchester City vs Manchester United; Premier League
Manchester City vs Manchester United. Premier League.
Etihad StadiumAttendance54,403.
Manchester City 1
- N Otamendi (85th minute)
Manchester United 2
- M Rashford (23rd minute pen)
- A Martial (29th minute)
Live on Sky: Man City vs Man Utd preview
Watch Man City vs Man Utd live from 5pm on Sky Sports Premier League; kick-off 5.30pm. Match highlights available shortly after full-time on the Sky Sports website and app
Friday 6 December 2019 14:56, UK
Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Man City vs Man Utd in the Premier League on Saturday, live on Sky Sports.
Team news
Oleksandr Zinchenko and Ilkay Gundogan are back in contention as champions Manchester City host derby rivals Manchester United in the Premier League.
Zinchenko has been out since undergoing minor knee surgery in October while Gundogan missed the midweek win at Burnley through suspension.
The game comes too soon for Sergio Aguero (thigh) while Aymeric Laporte and Leroy Sane (both knee) are both long-term absentees.
- Man City-Man Utd combined XI
- Young: United relish being underdogs
- Manchester derby: Selection dilemmas
Paul Pogba remains absent but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes Anthony Martial will be involved for United.
Pogba is building fitness having been out since September with an ankle injury, while Martial missed the midweek win against Tottenham with a knock picked up against Aston Villa. Solskjaer hopes to have the France forward for at least part of the game.
The United boss said Nemanja Matic was close to returning earlier in the week, while Eric Bailly, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Diogo Dalot are building fitness after injury.
How to follow
Man City vs Man Utd is live on Renault Super Sunday from 5pm; kick-off 5.30pm. Sky Sports customers can watch in-game clips in the live match blog on the Sky Sports website and app.
Highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after the final whistle.
Opta stats
- Only Chelsea (18) have won more Premier League games against Man Utd than Man City have (15), with 10 of those victories coming in the last eight years (67%).
- Man Utd have only lost one of their last four away league games against Man City (W2 D1), though it was in this exact fixture last season (1-3).
- Man City won 3-1 and 2-0 against Man Utd in the Premier League last season - the last team to beat United by 2+ goals in three consecutive top-flight meetings was Liverpool, who did so in four in a row between 1978-1979.
- Manchester City have won 24 of their last 27 Premier League home games (D1 L2), with the Citizens netting 81 goals in that time, only failing to score on one occasion.
Live Premier League
- Manchester United have won just one of their last 11 away league games (D4 L6), and are without a clean sheet in their last 12 on the road. They last conceded in more consecutive away league games in April 1986 (15 games).
- Manchester United are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games against 'big six' teams (W2 D3), including all four games in 2019-20 - they last went six consecutive such games without defeat back in March 2016 under Louis van Gaal.
- Manchester United have won seven away league games under Ole Gunnar Solskjær - however, the average starting league position of those seven clubs is 14th, with third-placed Tottenham in January 2019 the only side they've beaten starting the day in the top half of the table.
- Pep Guardiola has won four of his six Premier League games against Man Utd (D1 L1) - in Man City's top-flight history only Les McDowall (7/24) and Joe Mercer (5/10) have won more against the Red Devils in charge of the Citizens.
Charlie Nicholas' prediction
Does United's victory over Spurs signify the turning of a corner under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer? We've said that so many times, but we've been proven wrong on every occasion. City have the fire, the burning desire back in their bellies, we saw that in the victory at Burnley, and it is for that reason why the United revival will be short-lived. It will be a blue day in Manchester.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 3-1 (9/1 with Sky Bet)
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