This Sunday football fans will watch the 191st derby match between Manchester City and Manchester United. The record greatly favors them red devilsas is logical, since the The citizens They only started competing with their arch rival a decade and a half ago.
That’s why, then 190 matches were playedhe Manchester United won 78 of them while Manchester City took the win inside 59 caseswith total 53 ties. On the other hand, the The citizens they want to prevent Old Trafford accumulate a negative streak against teams that make up the Big Six of the Premier League.
The negative streak that Manchester City wants to prevent
Pep Guardiola’s side redeemed themselves last weekend by beating them 2 to 1 in Brightonafter suffering Premier League defeats by Wolverhampton and Arsenal. Another consecutive decline would mean a unprecedented negative record in the circle of the Spanish manager of Manchester City.
Now the Citizens will be present at Old Trafford to face their biggest rival. If you lose the match, it would be second straight loss against a member of the Big Six from Manchester City, something that hasn’t happened for over two years for the Premier League.
The last time Guardiola was in charge was defeated twice in a row of teams in this elite group was when they went down 2-0 on 7 March 2021 and, later, 2-1 on 8 May of the same year against Chelsea.
The present of Manchester City and Manchester United
In any case, and even though Manchester United beat him 2-1 in his last match at Old Trafford last season, the current situation of both teams is quite different and, although it is football, it would be a small surprise if Manchester City fall again against red devils.
While the Citizens are located 2nd in the Premier League just two points behind the leader Tottenham (23 against 21), the Manchester United is 8th in the table with 15 units. Manchester City have won 7, lost 2 and have a +12 goals against. Instead of this red devils They have won 5, lost 4 and are at -2 on goal difference.
After winning the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup last season, It is unusual that Manchester City are not ahead currently the English league. But there are still a lot of games left and they are also very close to Tottenham. On the part of Manchester United, it was expected from the beginning to fight for the championship and today it is far from it. In fact, for a long time there have been questions about the figure of Erik Ten Hag. In your favor? They come to this match with three consecutive wins.
The supremacy over the years is in favor of Manchester United, but if we take the derby matches in It was Guardiola Starting from the 2016-2017 season, Manchester City wins: 10 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws in all competitions (7 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws in the Premier League).
