Man City vs Man United prediction

Pep Guardiola's City came into this gameweek in second place in the Premier League, trailing Arsenal by a single point, while Erik ten Hag's United entered this ...

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A roundtable of City writers give their derby day predictions.

In the end, I’m counting on City’s quality in the final third to be the difference. If they sit back and let City have the ball as much as they did against Arsenal and What they have been doing is taking their chances when they can, and defending alright to hold the result. Think City will be wise to use speed and it’s why I see Mahrez and Haaland getting in the scoresheet. If the match plays to form, I see a relatively close 90 minutes. Enough time to make a latte and figure out which streaming platform the City match is on today. Luckily, the introduction of Haaland has seen us score plenty of goals and even come back from being down a few times. However, unforgivable finishing has led to results that have left Pep Guardiola and the Etihad faithful with their head in their hands on countless occasions. Would not surprise me if Pep attempts to make this match incredibly dull, focusing more on possession, moving the ball meticulously up the pitch, and potentially putting me back to sleep. This time the Sky Blues face off against their old rivals, [Manchester United](https://thebusbybabe.sbnation.com). City to win 11-0, Haaland triple hat-trick, an Ederson penalty and a calamitous own goal by Maguire from a United corner. I’m normally quite reserved in predictions but that’s out of the window for this match.

Manchester City and their next door neighbours will clash for the first time in the 2022-23 Premier League season. At the Etihad, second-placed Manchester.

Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane will stand in the last line of defence for Manchester United against Manchester City. Up ahead in midfield, Casemiro will likely be given a start, alongside Christian Eriksen, who has been terrific since joining Manchester United. For Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, they will be without their defender, John Stones, who has been ruled out for this game. At the Etihad, second-placed Manchester City will welcome a resurgent Manchester United in a tricky game on Sunday. Pundits and fans alike are still wondering how the shortest central defender in the league, Lisandro Martinez would be able to keep the Norwalegian quiet today and this means that the United defender will have a tough time dealing with the giant striker who will be desperately in search of his first derby goal. Manchester City and their next door neighbours will clash for the first time in the 2022-23 Premier League season.