Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Manchester United & Manchester City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The two big teams from Manchester in England, Manchester City and Manchester, are located only a few kilometers apart. They have met since 1881, the rivalry increasing almost steadily ever since. Recent history between the teams has featured both some memorable goal fests, lots of drama and violence both on and off the pitch.
Manchester City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Chelsea. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Manchester United form and stats
Manchester United was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Carabao Cup. Manchester City was too strong.4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Manchester United have to build on here at Old Trafford in the Premier League. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Carabao Cup for Manchester United. Manchester haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Arsenal, 66 days ago. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Manchester, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Before that, Manchester had a Premier League home game versus Wolverhampton Wanderers which ended with a victory 1-0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Manchester, as the FA Cup home game vs Watford is only three days away.
Manchester United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. 13 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Manchester City form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Manchester City, as they won the Carabao Cup.3-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Manchester City in their Premier League matches away. Total Carabao Cup statistics for Manchester City: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Manchester has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Manchester goalkeeper Zack Steffen is eager to challenge this, with his 227 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Newcastle United.
It was a convincing performance from Manchester when Chelsea were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Phil Foden, İlkay Gündoğan and Kevin De Bruyne scored their goals.
A new game in only four days for Manchester, the FA Cup home match versus Birmingham City. Busy days.
Manchester have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Manchester are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Manchester United five wins, one draw and Manchester City four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Borges Fernandes 11 goals |  M. Rashford 7 goals |   R. Sterling 4 goals |
Manchester United missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Manchester United | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 56 | 22 | Scored | S | 21 | 47 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.4 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 15.6 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Everton | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 8 | Manchester City | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 9 | Southampton | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Arsenal | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Burnley | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Fulham | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -28 | 8 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | -21 | 2 |
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