Manchester City vs Manchester United 02.10.2022

The Premier League resumes this weekend with one of the most mouth-watering fixtures thus far – the first Manchester derby of the season. Man City will welcome their cross-town rivals to the Etihad this Sunday afternoon. They remain undefeated to start the season and their new signing Erling Haaland has quickly adjusted to life in the Premier League like fish in water. The Blues are second on the table, just a point behind Arsenal and this will be their first real test of the season.

United had a woeful start to the season with back-to-back losses including a 4-0 loss at home to Brentford which had many questioning the summer hiring of Ajax’s former coach Eric Ten Haag. They however got their act together and have since railed off four consecutive impressive wins including over rivals Liverpool and Arsenal and they are firmly back in the title race.

This fixture is never short of drama. Both teams are in great form and have been clicking particularly well upfront. With the quality of attackers on both sides, we fancy an open-ended encounter that could possibly yield quite a few goals both ways.

Main tip: BTTS & Over 2.5 Goals (go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats Manchester City vs Man United

We look at the last 10 matches between these teams:

• Man City has 5 wins, United has 4 wins and only 1 match ended in a draw
• On average, these matches scored 2.30 goals per match
• The last time they met, City won 4-1

Latest results Manchester City

• 4 wins and a draw in their last five matches
• 16 goals scored in their last 5 games. Average 3.20 goals per game
• They thrashed Wolves 3-0 away in their last match

Latest results Man United

• 4 wins and a loss in their last 5 games
• 7 goals scored in their last 5 games. Average 1.40 goals per game
• They beat Sheriff Tiraspol 2-0 away in their last game

Premier League Standings and Latest Results

Man City: rank 2nd – 7 matches – 5 wins – 2 draws – 0 losses – 17 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-W-W-D-W

Man United: rank 5th – 6 matches – 4 wins – 0 draws – 2 losses – 12 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-L-W-W-W

Possible squad Manchester City

Man City: Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Dias, Cancelo; De Bruyne, Rodri, Silva; Foden, Haaland, Grealish

Out: Stones (Hamstring), Laporte (MCL), Phillips (Shoulder)

Coach: Pep Guardiola

Possible squad Man United

Man United: De Gea; Dalot, Varane, Martínez, Malacia; McTominay, Eriksen; Antony, Fernandes, Sancho; Ronaldo

Out: Maguire (Hamstring), Rashford (Hamstring), Martial (Achilles tendon), van de Beek (Knock), Dubravka (Knock)

Coach: Erik ten Hag

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Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on Both Teams To Score & Over 2.5 Goals

BC.Game offers competitive odds for the bet “Both Teams To Score & Over 2.5 Goals”
The odd of 1.80 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 56% chance that both teams will score and there will be no less than three total goals scored in this match.

Odds for BTTS & Over 2.5 Goals

BC.Game – odd 1.80
Betway – odd 1.77

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2) Bet on Over 4.5 Bookings

• 4 of the last 5 meetings have witnessed at least 5 bookings
• There is a lot on the line for both teams. A physical contest is expected

1xBet offers competitive odds for the bet “Over 4.5 Bookings”
The odd of 2.10 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 48% chance that there will be at least 5 bookings in this game.

Odds comparison for Over 4.5 Bookings

1xBet – odd 2.10
Betway- odd 2.05

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