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Match predictionOur tip: 1-2
Manchester United vs Manchester City Prediction: Carrick's United Host Maresca's Perfect Start
The first Manchester derby of 2026 27 lands at an odd moment for both clubs. United sit 11th after three Premier League matches, having managed just a win and a draw either side of an opening day loss, while City…
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- It's week 4 of the 2026-2027 Premier League on 2026-09-13 at 16:30 GMT, when Manchester United and Manchester City go head-to-head.
- Referee M. Oliver has dished out around 3-4 yellows and 0 reds, plus 23 fouls per match across 10 games.
- With the data available to us, Michael Carrick and E. Maresca have not met as managers before.
- After 3 matchdays, Manchester United sit 11th with 4 points and Manchester City are 1st having collected 9 points.
- Manchester United have 5 players sidelined: T. Heaton (Injury), M. Ugarte (Knee Injury), M. de Ligt (Back Injury), C. Baleba (Ankle Injury), A. Diallo (Injury) whereas Manchester City face 2 absences: J. Doku (Calf Injury), N. O'Reilly (Back Injury).
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Manchester United should be met by Manchester City's expected 4-2-3-1.
- Last time out, L. Martinez registered the best mark for Manchester United - 8.7 - and E. Haaland did likewise for Manchester City with an 8.3 score.
- Manchester United came off a win (4-0 vs Sabah) and Manchester City also triumphed (2-0 vs Porto).
- Manchester United's form is 2-1-2 recently, but Manchester City are on a roll with 4-0-1 in their last 5 matches.
- This one's been tight: in 56 head-to-head games, Manchester United have won 24 games, Manchester City 24 games, and there've been 8 draws.
- 2-1 leads the pack at 15.1% of all our users' guesses, with 0-2 next on 11%.
- Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Manchester City to win 2-1, despite Manchester United's 1-0-0 home form - Manchester City's strong 1-0-0 record away with 1.50 goals/game does the trick.
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2
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Manchester Utd
Manchester City
Events
| 23' | P. Foden | ||
| 45+1' | E. Maresca | ||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 60' | Goal confirmed | Erling Haaland-VAR | |
| 60' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 67' | |||
| 80' | J. Gvardiol | ||
| 81' | H. Maguire | ||
| 81' | E. Fernandez | ||
| 82' | |||
| 83' | |||
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Manchester Utd is going head to head with Manchester City on 13/9/2026 15:30 GMT for the England Premier League. Our users most predicted score for this game is 1 - 2. 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!