Manchester City vs. Manchester United: Preview and betting tips

Manchester City welcome their city rivals United to the Etihad Stadium in the 188th Manchester derby. It will also be the first time they have faced a top team. The game against Tottenham has been postponed. The last match ended in a 4-1 win for the Citizens, will a similar debacle be repeated on Sunday?

Manchester United have picked up momentum after the embarrassing defeat to Brentford and have recorded 4 wins in a row, two of which came against Liverpool and the previously 100 percent Arsenal. However, the death of Queen Elizabeth II meant the postponement of two games, namely against Crystal Palace and Leeds United.

Thus, the Red Devils will take to the pitch for a league match after practically a month and straight against the biggest favourite to win the current Premier League season.

Pep Guardiola’s charges haven’t known the bitterness of defeat since the beginning of the league season and literally in every match they are the team from which nothing but three points are expected after a few minutes of play.

Moreover, they dominate many league statistics. Average time of ball possession – 66.4%, pass success rate – 90.6%, shots per game – 16.9 (only Liverpool is better in this case – 19.5), 23 goals scored and only 6 goals conceded (only Brighton is better – 5 goals).

Moreover, the last league game Manchester City lost was on 19 February this year, when they lost at home to Tottenham. However, to find another Citizens defeat, we would have to leaf through the pages again.

The bookmakers logically offer odds of 1.33 for the home team to win. At Over 2.5 then 1.44. Many expect goals to fall, however, more than two goals have fallen in only one of the last 7 duels and that was in March this year, when the whole Red Devils team was waiting for the end.

Manchester United’s main strength on Sunday will of course be their speed, as Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and the skilful left-back Antony will be waiting for their chances all game. This very quick trio can really make the most of little and if the Citizens players give them just a little chance, they could soon wonder.

However, the home side will be big favourites and nothing but their continued dominance throughout the game can be expected. After all, we are talking about a team that has won 28 of their last 35 league games.

But what pick to make? Definitely on Haaland to score. If you bet on it in every game since the beginning of the season, you would only fail in the game against Bournemouth, which Manchester City won 4: 0 and the Norwegian striker scored the only assist.

Otherwise, however, it is generally expected that goals will be scored despite the aforementioned statistics from the duels. A bet on Over 3.5 or on both teams to score seems to be the best bet.