Manchester City vs Manchester United Preview
Manchester City vs Manchester United Preview
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It's almost time. Manchester United aim to continue their winning run as they travel across Manchester to the Ethiad Stadium for the Manchester Derby on Sunday. It's also a big game for Manchester City who are one of three sides that remain unbeaten in the Premier League, alongside Liverpool and Chelsea and a defeat could send them from first to third provided Chelsea and Liverpool win earlier that day. This fixture has provided so much drama, passion, excitement and goals, hopefully tomorrow will deliver similar results.
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David de Gea made some excellent saves against Juventus on Wednesday and needs to be up to his best again against Man City, especially with the leaky back four Manchester United currently have. Anthony Martial can score in the fifth league game running against Manchester City and score against the noisy neighbours for the first time in his United career and worry Kyle Walker who has been taking shots at Jesse Lingard earlier this week. Lingard himself may have to fight Juan Mata for his position in the side as Mata came on and changed the game against Juventus as he did against Newcastle earlier in October. While he may not track Benjamin Mendy back as well as Lingard, he opens up the midfield and finds pockets of space to play into. Raheem Sterling will be raring to go against a team he has yet to score against.
It would be a genuine miracle if United can prevent City from scoring with a combination of City's attacking prowess and United's weaknesses at the back. The Red Devils have shown that they can beat anyone if they have the right mentality and although they did it against Juventus mid-week, I think Mourinho will bring home a hard-fought point and one that should be praised rather than criticised. This should be a cracker!
Predicted Lineup: De Gea, Young (c), Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw, Matic, Herrera, Pogba, Mata, Martial, Rashford
PREDICTED SCORE: 2-2
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