Man United team boast of a 100% start to the 2016/1017 campaign,
gathering maximum points from all their games 3 games so far. The Red
Devils claimed a crucial last minute winner against Hull City before the
international break courtesy of a goal scored by Marcus Rashford. Prior
to that, Mourinho's men won the Community Shield against Leicester City and
were comfortable winners against both Bournemouth and Southampton in the
league.
Luke Shaw and Fellaini have recovered and both
are expected to be in the starting line-up. Marcus Rashford is pushing
for a start after following up his winner against Hull with a hat-trick
for the England U21s on Tuesday and the youngster is in contention with
Anthony Martial for a starting berth. Juan Mata is another that could
drop out. Antonio Valencia will need to be assessed following his late
arrival back from international duty while Zlatan Ibrahimovic will lead
the line once more.
Like United, Man City have also enjoyed a perfect start to the
2016/17 campaign with five wins out of five in the Premier League and
Champions League qualifiers. The Citizens recently cruised to a 3-1 home
victory over West Ham United while in the first two league fixtures
Guardiola's men narrowly beat Sunderland 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium and
hammered Stoke City 4-1 away from home.
Aguero has been
given a three-match ban for elbowing West Ham's Winston Reid prior to
the international break. As consequence, Kelechi Iheanacho is expected
to lead the line while the likes of Nolito, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva
and Raheem Sterling will start as offensive midfielders. Bacary Sagna
has returned to training following a hamstring injury and is available
while Vincent Kompany will not be risked. Pep Guardiola can also call on
Ilkay Gundogan and Leroy Sane for the first time and Claudio Bravo
could make his City debut in goal.
In 16 head-to-head meetings
between Mourinho and Guardiola, the Spanish manager has come out firmly
on top having won seven of those and only suffered defeat in three
matches. Thirteen of the last seventeen Manchester Derby games at Old
Trafford have finished with both teams scoring.
Manchester United last 5 matches:
03/08/16 Manchester United 0 – 0 Everton
07/08/16 Leicester City 1 – 2 Manchester United
14/08/16 Bournemouth 1 – 3 Manchester United
19/08/16 Manchester United 2 – 0 Southampton
27/08/16 Hull City 0 – 1 Man United
Manchester City last 5 matches:
13/08/16 Man City 2 – 1 Sunderland
16/08/16 Steaua Bucuresti 0 – 5 Manchester City
20/08/16 Stoke City 1 – 4 Manchester City
24/08/16 Manchester City 1 – 0 Steaua Bucuresti
28/08/16 Manchester City 3 – 1 West Ham
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