Manchester City and Manchester United will face off on Sunday the 3rd of March at 3:30 pm in the 27th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in Manchester at the Etihad Stadium. The appointed referee is Andy Madley.
Manchester City is in the 2nd position in the table with 59 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against AFC Bournemouth in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 18 times, draw 5 times, and lost 3 times.
Manchester United occupies the 6th place in the table with 44 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Fulham in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 14 times, drawn twice, and lost 10 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (18 times or 69.23%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (18 times), 3-2-4-1 (6 times) and 4-1-4-1 (2 times).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: Ederson, Nathan Aké, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Kyle Walker , Rodri, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Julián Álvarez, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Manchester City would be 28.55.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ Josko Gvardiol because of injury.
Jack Grealish will definitely miss the match.
Manchester United
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (26 times).
Erik ten Hag is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: André Onana , Sofyan Amrabat , Victor Lindelöf , Raphaël Varane, Diogo Dalot, Casemiro, Kobbie Mainoo, Alejandro Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes , Antony and Marcus Rashford.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Manchester United would be 26.73.
Harry Maguire, Tyrell Malacia , Lisandro Martínez, Luke Shaw, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Mason Mount , Rasmus Højlund and Anthony Martial will definitely miss the match.
