​Manchester United v Manchester City, the Premier League Round 20 tie, takes place on Saturday at 2.30pm at Old Trafford and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and First Sport 1.

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The Manchester derby, a rivalry that began in 1878 and divides the city into two colours, red and blue, returns as both teams dream of winning the Premier League title.

Manchester United are fourth in the table with 35 points from 17 matches, nine points behind leaders Arsenal, who also suffered their only defeat so far, 3-1 at Old Trafford.

Erik ten Hoeg’s team is unstoppable after parting ways with Cristiano Ronaldo. They have won four in a row in the Championship: 3-0 at Nottingham, as well as 3-0 at Bournemouth (both at home), 2-1 at Fulham and 1-0 at Wolverhampton (both away).

Meanwhile, the Devils also reached the semi-finals of the EFL Cup, where they will play a double with Nottingham Forest, beating Burnley 2-1 and Charlton Athletic 3-0 in the round of 16 in the quarterfinals, each time at home.

At the same time, Manchester United reached the round of 16 of the FA Cup after beating Everton 3-1 at Old Trafford earlier this month.

However, Manchester United suffer in terms of performance: only 27 goals have been scored, the fewest in the TOP-6 (the team’s top scorer is Marcus Rashford, with seven successes), and at Old Trafford this season they have suffered only one defeat, in in the first stage (1-2 with Brighton), after which they beat, among others, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham.

Manchester City are in second place with 39 points from 17 games, five points behind leaders Arsenal, and enter the city derby after Wednesday’s shock 2-0 EFL Cup defeat at Southampton » (last place in the Premier League).

Instead, in the FA Cup, the “townsmen” played at the “Emirates” against “Chelsea”, scored 4:0 and reached the 1/16 finals.

In the Championship, Pep Guardiola’s side have won two (3-1 against Leeds United and 1-0 against Chelsea, both away), drawn (0-0 at home to Everton) and lost (1-2 at home to Brentford) in their last four matches .

In Manchester City, the best attack in the Premier League with 45 goals scored, the best scorer of the team and the championship is Erling Haaland with 21 successes.

The last head-to-head meeting between the two teams was on 2 October 2022 in the current Premier League season, when Manchester City beat Manchester United 6-3 at home (Foden 8, 44, 73, Haaland 34). , 37, 64 / Anthony 56, Martial 84, 90+1).

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