Manchester City VS Manchester United Match Prediction
2020-01-29
19:45:00
Manchester City
VS
Manchester United
Our Prediction Tip
Manchester City will win this match.
2020-01-2919:45:00 Manchester City will win this match.
Manchester City got back to winning ways in this fixture in the first leg of this tie, after a surprising 2-1 league defeat at the Etihad in December. Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial scored in that game, before Nicolas Otamendi’s scored late to pull one back for the hosts. At Old Trafford in this tie, however, Bernardo Silva’s superb opener, Riyad Mahrez’s goal and Andreas Pereira’s own goal put them 3-0 up at half-time. Rashford pulled one back after the break to keep United in contention, however.
Here are the results of the last five competitive meetings:
Jan 07, 2020: Manchester United 1-3 Manchester City
Dec 07, 2019: Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United
Apr 24, 2019: Manchester United 0-2 Manchester City
Nov 11, 2018: Manchester City 3-1 Manchester United
Apr 07, 2018: Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United
Manchester City were in supreme form in the first leg of this tie, hitting shell-shocked United hard with a lightning-fast start.
Bernardo Silva’s superb opener and then brilliant pass for the second goal was the Portuguese ace at his best once more.
The only surprise in the end was that United managed to pull one back to stay in this tie. Their performance certainly did not merit much.
This tie is nevertheless still alive, however, and an early goal at the Etihad could be crucial.
City had the luxury of resting players like Kevin de Bruyne and Sergio Aguero for their FA Cup win against Fulham at the weekend, whereas United fielded a strong team for an equally routine win.
A fresh De Bruyne and a fresh Aguero, with both in supreme form this season, is a daunting prospect for anybody taking on Pep Guardiola’s side.
United won comfortably at Tranmere, but back-to-back Premier League defeats against Liverpool and Burnley were why the pressure has been ramped up on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
It was surprising they managed to win – and play well – at the Etihad in December, but City know they are big favourites to win this time out.
A professional performance in front of their home fans should be more than enough to secure their safe passage to the next round.
Manchester City are 3/10 favourites to beat United in this second leg with 10Bet, 888sport, Betway, Ladbrokes and Betfair.
They are even bigger favourites to reach Wembley with Bet365 and Ladbrokes only willing to offer 1/200 on that outcome.
Nevertheless, United got a goal in the first leg and both teams to score again has been priced at 20/23 with Betfair.
Sergio Aguero is 8/13 to score at any time with Bet365, Ladbrokes, Betfair and Paddy Power, while Bernardo Silva is 15/8 with Betfair and Paddy Power after his first-leg contribution.
Manchester City were in supreme form at Old Trafford and another top-quality performance in front of their own fans will seal a place at Wembley.
Among the players rested at the weekend were Kevin de Bruyne, Sergio Aguero, Aymeric Laporte and Fernandinho – all of whom could be back in action for this match.
Bernardo Silva – Scored a stunning opening goal in the first leg and hit another good strike in the win against Fulham at the weekend.
Sergio Aguero – The Argentine striker has scored eight goals in his last five matches and 21 in all competitions in total this season. He is one behind City’s record for Manchester derby goals.
Kevin de Bruyne – The Belgian playmaker has laid on 18 assists so far this season, as well as scoring seven goals of his own.
Manchester City took their current run to seven wins in their last eight games with a routine 4-0 victory against ten-man Fulham at the weekend. The Championship side paid the price for Tim Ream’s early red card as Ilkay Gundogan netted the subsequent penalty, Bernardo Silva doubled the lead and Gabriel Jesus added two in the second-half. They had previously won 1-0 at Sheffield United, with Sergio Aguero scoring yet another goal.
Under-fire Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fielded a relatively strong team at Tranmere and the likes of Harry Maguire, Fred, Victor Lindelof and Anthony Martial will all expect to start against City too. David de Gea will return in goal and Aaron Wan-Bissaka is another likely returnee, but Paul Pogba, Scott McTominay and Marcus Rashford are all injured.
Antony Martial – His goal against Tranmere at the weekend was his 12th of the season, which also includes his strike at the Etihad in December.
Harry Maguire – Scored a thunderbolt at the weekend, but it is his defensive qualities which were badly missed in the first leg of this tie.
Mason Greenwood – If the young striker is given another chance to impress, he will be keen to add to his 11 goals so far this season – the latest of which came in Sunday’s win.
Manchester United recorded just their third win in their last eight games when they crushed League One Tranmere Rovers last time out. After back-to-back league defeats, losing 2-0 at Liverpool and then against at home to Burnley, Harry Maguire, Diogo Dalot, Jesse Lingard, Phil Jones, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood all scored to comprehensively avoid an FA Cup upset last time out.
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