Manchester UtdAttacking momentumManchester City
Preview
- Home side Manchester United meet Manchester City at Old Trafford on 2026-01-17 (kick-off 12:30 GMT), contesting week 22 of the 2025-2026 Premier League.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Darren Fletcher and Guardiola.
- Manchester United currently rank 7th (with 32 pts), versus Manchester City at 2nd on 43 pts.
- Both teams have no missing players.
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Manchester United should be met by Manchester City's expected 4-1-4-1.
- In their last outing, Manchester United's highest-rated performer was N. Mazraoui (8.2), while Manchester City's standout was Omar Marmoush (6.7).
- Both teams are coming from different results: Manchester United fell 1-2 against Brighton & Hove Albion, while Manchester City prevailed 2-0 over Newcastle United.
- Momentum favors Manchester City (2-3-0) after Manchester United managed only 1-3-1 from 5 matches.
- Manchester City hold the upper hand H2H: of 55 meetings, they've triumphed 24 times, conceded 23 times and shared 8 draws.
- 1-2 leads the pack at 19.5% of all our users' guesses, with 1-3 next on 13.4%.
- Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Manchester City to win 2-1, despite Manchester United's 5-3-2 home form - Manchester City's strong 5-2-3 record away with 2.45 goals/game does the trick.
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Match Info
Most Guessed Score
2
0
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Team Kits
Manchester Utd
Manchester City
Events
| 11' | D. Dalot | ||
| 17' | L. Shaw | ||
| 45+2' | Rodri | ||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 46' | |||
| 48' | N. O'Reilly | ||
| 65' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 71' | |||
| 75' | R. Lewis | ||
| 76' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 80' | |||
| 80' | |||
| 80' | |||
| 81' | |||
| 90+1' | |||
| 90+1' | |||
| 90+4' | VAR- Mason Mount | Goal cancelled | |
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Manchester Utd is going head to head with Manchester City on 17/1/2026 12:30 GMT at Old Trafford for the England Premier League. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 0. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Manchester Utd v Manchester City H2H statistics!