Manchester United vs Manchester City: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

  • Manchester United are without the suspended Paul Pogba for the derby
  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Phil Jones and Nemanja Matic are all available though
  • David Silva fit for Manchester City after missing midweek loss in Europe
  • City will assess Vincent Kompany who is a doubt at Old Trafford 

Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Manchester United's home clash with Manchester City.

 

Manchester United vs Manchester City (Old Trafford)

Team news

Manchester United


Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba starts a three-match ban as bitter rivals Manchester City arrive on Sunday.

The France international was sent off in last weekend's win at Arsenal and begins his domestic ban on Sunday, joining captain Michael Carrick and defender Eric Bailly on the side-lines.

Paul Pogba is suspended for the Manchester United ahead of the derby at Old Trafford

Paul Pogba is suspended for the Manchester United ahead of the derby at Old Trafford

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Phil Jones and Nemanja Matic are available for the derby, while midfielder Marouane Fellaini will be assessed ahead of the game.

Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Pereira, Valencia, Darmian, Tuanzebe, Young, Shaw, Blind, Rojo, Smalling, Lindelof, Jones, Matic, Herrera, McTominay, Fellaini, Lingard, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Martial, Rashford, Lukaku, Ibrahimovic.

Manchester City

Manchester City playmaker David Silva is fit for Sunday's derby at Manchester United but captain Vincent Kompany is doubtful.

Silva has overcome the knock which forced him to miss the midweek loss at Shakhtar Donetsk but Kompany will be assessed over an unspecified problem.

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is a fitness doubt ahead of the clash on Sunday

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is a fitness doubt ahead of the clash on Sunday

Makeshift left-back Fabian Delph has recovered from a sickness bug but defenders John Stones (hamstring) and Benjamin Mendy (knee) are still out.

Provisional squad: Ederson, Bravo, Walker, Danilo, Otamendi, Mangala, Kompany, Delph, Zinchenko, Toure, Gundogan, Fernandinho, D Silva, B Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling, Sane, Aguero, Jesus.

 

MAN UTD vs MAN CITY

Kick-off: Sunday, 4.30pm - Sky Sports Main Event

Odds (subject to change):

Manchester United 27/11

Draw 13/5

Manchester City 5/4

Managers:

Jose Mourinho (Manchester United)

Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)

Head-to-head league record:

Manchester United wins 61

Draws 51

Manchester City wins 44

Recent league form (latest result first):

Manchester United: WWWWL

Manchester City: WWWWW

Referee: Michael Oliver

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Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

After losing four Premier League games in a row against Manchester City, Manchester United have lost just one of their last five derbies against them (W2 D2 L1).

No away side has scored more Premier League goals at Old Trafford than Manchester City (27 - level with Chelsea) while only Chelsea (6) have won more games there as the visiting side in the competition than City (5).

Manchester United have lost seven of their last 12 league games against their local rivals (W3 D2 L7) – as many as they had lost in their previous 45 in league competition against them (W22 D16 L7).

Jose Mourinho’s side are on the longest current unbeaten home run in the Premier League (24 games - W14 D10 L0), with their last such defeat at Old Trafford coming against Manchester City in September 2016 (1-2).

Manchester City have now won 13 successive league matches – a joint-record within a single top-flight season, alongside Chelsea (2016-17), Arsenal (2001-02), Preston and Sunderland (both 1891-92).

Kelechi Iheanacho (centre) celebrates with Nolitio after scoring Manchester City's winner in their 2-1 derby victory at Old Trafford last season

Kelechi Iheanacho (centre) celebrates with Nolitio after scoring Manchester City's winner in their 2-1 derby victory at Old Trafford last season

If Pep Guardiola’s side win this match then they will equal the all-time English top-flight league record of 14 consecutive victories; set by Arsenal between February and August 2002.

Jose Mourinho has won just four of his 19 managerial meetings with Pep Guardiola in all competitions (W4 D7 L8), with just one of those wins coming in league competition (2-1 with Real Madrid at Barcelona in April 2012).

These are the two tightest defences in the Premier League this season, with Manchester United (9) having conceded one goal fewer than Manchester City (10); this despite facing more than double the tally of shots on target (64 v 27).

Manchester United’s cumulative xG conceded total in the Premier League this season is 18.79 (8th best), meaning that from the quality of chances they have allowed their opponents, the average side would have conceded 10 goals more than they have done (19 instead of nine).

Romelu Lukaku scored in both of Everton’s league matches against Manchester City last season – the only player to have scored in three successive league appearances against a side managed by Pep Guardiola is Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona between March 2009 and February 2010).

Gabriel Jesus has been directly involved in 21 goals in his 24 Premier League appearances so far in his career (15 goals, six assists).

Ederson has only made 20 saves in 15 Premier League appearances this season for Manchester City – his rival goalkeeper at Manchester United; David de Gea has saved 21 shots in his last four Premier League appearances, including 14 in his last game against Arsenal.