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As Manchester United and Manchester City prepare to face off in the second derby of the season, there couldn't be much of a bigger gulf between their recent results.

United's recent resurgence came to a dramatic end last Saturday, with Alex Iwobi's late winner giving Fulham all three points at Old Trafford, with an unconvincing late win following against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup. City might have only squeaked to a 1-0 win at Bournemouth in their last league outing but followed it up with a 6-2 hammering of Luton in the cup.

It should perhaps be no surprise that Pep Guardiola's reigning champions are favourites for the title based on Opta's model, despite currently sitting a point below leaders Liverpool. United, in contrast, are given just a 3.2% chance of a top four finish after losing ground on rivals Aston Villa.

A tale of two strikers

United's defeat against Fulham saw them sorely miss Rasmus Hojlund. The Danish frontman had scored in every game his team played in 2024, only for a muscle injury to keep him out of that game as well as Wednesday's cup tie, and he won't be back in time for Sunday.

That injury deprives him of the opportunity to face off with Erling Haaland, who remains the Premier League's leading scorer. Norway and City star Haaland hit five against Luton in the cup and is 1/21.50 to score on Sunday or 5/23.50 to net two or more.

Haaland's five Premier League goals against United are more than he has scored against any other Premier League opponent, and he hit a hat-trick in a 6-3 win last season. He's 9/110.00 to score another hat-trick and draw level with City legend Sergio Agüero with eight strikes in Manchester Derbiesh

English Premier League - Top 5 Goalscorers

Player	Team	Goals Scored
Erling Haaland	Man City	7
Luis Díaz	Liverpool	3
Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	3
Bryan Mbeumo	Brentford	3
Noni Madueke	Chelsea	3
Antoine Semenyo	Bournemouth	2
Danny Welbeck	Brighton	2
Chris Wood	Nottm Forest	2
João Pedro	Brighton	2
Kai Havertz	Arsenal	2
Jhon Durán	Aston Villa	2
Amadou Onana	Aston Villa	2
Yoane Wissa	Brentford	2
Nicolas Jackson	Chelsea	2
Son Heung-Min	Tottenham	2
Emile Smith Rowe	Fulham	1
Joshua Zirkzee	Man Utd	1
Alex Iwobi	Fulham	1
Amad Diallo	Man Utd	1
Adama Traoré	Fulham	1
Liam Delap	Ipswich	1
Diogo Jota	Liverpool	1
Sam Szmodics	Ipswich	1
Harvey Barnes	Newcastle	1
Jørgen Strand Larsen	Wolves	1
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	Everton	1
Morgan Gibbs-White	Nottm Forest	1
Michael Keane	Everton	1
Alexander Isak	Newcastle	1
Luis Sinisterra	Bournemouth	1
Anthony Gordon	Newcastle	1
Leandro Trossard	Arsenal	1
Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	1
Matheus Cunha	Wolves	1
Yukinari Sugawara	Southampton	1
Simon Adingra	Brighton	1
Kaoru Mitoma	Brighton	1
Marcus Tavernier	Bournemouth	1
Joelinton	Newcastle	1
Lewis Cook	Bournemouth	1
Thomas Partey	Arsenal	1
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde	Wolves	1
Tomás Soucek	West Ham	1
Lucas Paquetá	West Ham	1
Jarrod Bowen	West Ham	1
Eberechi Eze	Crystal Palace	1
Kevin De Bruyne	Man City	1
Cole Palmer	Chelsea	1
Mateo Kovacic	Man City	1
Cristian Romero	Tottenham	1
Jamie Vardy	Leicester	1
Wout Faes	Leicester	1
Pedro Porro	Tottenham	1
Facundo Buonanotte	Leicester	1
Yves Bissouma	Tottenham	1
João Félix	Chelsea	1
Matthijs de Ligt	Man Utd	0
Harry Maguire	Man Utd	0
Bernd Leno	Fulham	0
Kenny Tete	Fulham	0
Diogo Dalot	Man Utd	0
Bruno Fernandes	Man Utd	0
Calvin Bassey	Fulham	0
Raúl Jiménez	Fulham	0
Marcus Rashford	Man Utd	0
Casemiro	Man Utd	0
Noussair Mazraoui	Man Utd	0
André Onana	Man Utd	0
Rodrigo Muniz	Fulham	0
Harrison Reed	Fulham	0
Andreas Pereira	Fulham	0
Lisandro Martínez	Man Utd	0
Antonee Robinson	Fulham	0
Sasa Lukic	Fulham	0
Kobbie Mainoo	Man Utd	0
Tom Cairney	Fulham	0
Issa Diop	Fulham	0
Harry Wilson	Fulham	0
Alejandro Garnacho	Man Utd	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool	0
Conor Chaplin	Ipswich	0
Ibrahima Konaté	Liverpool	0
Ali Al-Hamadi	Ipswich	0
Alisson Becker	Liverpool	0
Ryan Gravenberch	Liverpool	0
Conor Bradley	Liverpool	0
Omari Hutchinson	Ipswich	0
Luke Woolfenden	Ipswich	0
Cody Gakpo	Liverpool	0
Leif Davis	Ipswich	0
Alexis Mac Allister	Liverpool	0
Dominik Szoboszlai	Liverpool	0
Axel Tuanzebe	Ipswich	0
Sam Morsy	Ipswich	0
Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	0
Jacob Greaves	Ipswich	0
Andy Robertson	Liverpool	0
Yasin Ayari	Brighton	0
Ibrahim Sangaré	Nottm Forest	0
Jan Bednarek	Southampton	0
Toti Gomes	Wolves	0
Jan Paul van Hecke	Brighton	0
Illia Zabarnyi	Bournemouth	0
Kyle Walker-Peters	Southampton	0
Craig Dawson	Wolves	0
Matz Sels	Nottm Forest	0
Matt Doherty	Wolves	0
James Tarkowski	Everton	0
Joe Aribo	Southampton	0
Jacob Murphy	Newcastle	0
Iliman Ndiaye	Everton	0
Neco Williams	Nottm Forest	0
Tyler Dibling	Southampton	0
James Milner	Brighton	0
Flynn Downes	Southampton	0
Taylor Harwood-Bellis	Southampton	0
David Raya	Arsenal	0
Murillo	Nottm Forest	0
Yankuba Minteh	Brighton	0
Taiwo Awoniyi	Nottm Forest	0
João Gomes	Wolves	0
Justin Kluivert	Bournemouth	0
Julián Araujo	Bournemouth	0
Anthony Elanga	Nottm Forest	0
William Saliba	Arsenal	0
Dan Burn	Newcastle	0
Declan Rice	Arsenal	0
Jack Harrison	Everton	0
Beto	Everton	0
Bruno Guimarães	Newcastle	0
Cameron Archer	Southampton	0
Lloyd Kelly	Newcastle	0
Gabriel Martinelli	Arsenal	0
Dwight McNeil	Everton	0
Emil Krafth	Newcastle	0
Callum Hudson-Odoi	Nottm Forest	0
Ola Aina	Nottm Forest	0
Adam Smith	Bournemouth	0
Abdoulaye Doucouré	Everton	0
Yerson Mosquera	Wolves	0
Lewis Hall	Newcastle	0
Gabriel Magalhães	Arsenal	0
Mario Lemina	Wolves	0
Rayan Aït-Nouri	Wolves	0
Vitalii Mykolenko	Everton	0
Sean Longstaff	Newcastle	0
Nick Pope	Newcastle	0
Milos Kerkez	Bournemouth	0
Ben Brereton	Southampton	0
Jurriën Timber	Arsenal	0
Will Smallbone	Southampton	0
Tim Iroegbunam	Everton	0
Martin Ødegaard	Arsenal	0
Tino Livramento	Newcastle	0
Joël Veltman	Brighton	0
Idrissa Gueye	Everton	0
Ben White	Arsenal	0
Ryan Christie	Bournemouth	0
Dango Ouattara	Bournemouth	0
Hwang Hee-Chan	Wolves	0
Adam Armstrong	Southampton	0
Jack Stephens	Southampton	0
Jordan Pickford	Everton	0
Ryan Yates	Nottm Forest	0
Jack Hinshelwood	Brighton	0
Elliot Anderson	Nottm Forest	0
Lewis Dunk	Brighton	0
Alex Scott	Bournemouth	0
Morgan Rogers	Aston Villa	0
Maximilian Kilman	West Ham	0
Michail Antonio	West Ham	0
Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa	0
Leon Bailey	Aston Villa	0
Vladimír Coufal	West Ham	0
Pau Torres	Aston Villa	0
Konstantinos Mavropanos	West Ham	0
Ollie Watkins	Aston Villa	0
Guido Rodríguez	West Ham	0
Emerson	West Ham	0
Ezri Konsa	Aston Villa	0
Alphonse Areola	West Ham	0
Ian Maatsen	Aston Villa	0
Kosta Nedeljkovic	Aston Villa	0
Jacob Ramsey	Aston Villa	0
John McGinn	Aston Villa	0
Niclas Füllkrug	West Ham	0
Lucas Digne	Aston Villa	0
Youri Tielemans	Aston Villa	0
Mohammed Kudus	West Ham	0
Kevin Schade	Brentford	0
Kristoffer Ajer	Brentford	0
Daniel Muñoz	Crystal Palace	0
Ismaïla Sarr	Crystal Palace	0
Chris Richards	Crystal Palace	0
Dean Henderson	Crystal Palace	0
Mads Roerslev	Brentford	0
Tyrick Mitchell	Crystal Palace	0
Fábio Carvalho	Brentford	0
Keane Lewis-Potter	Brentford	0
Christian Nørgaard	Brentford	0
Mark Flekken	Brentford	0
Jordan Ayew	Crystal Palace	0
Marc Guéhi	Crystal Palace	0
Vitaly Janelt	Brentford	0
Adam Wharton	Crystal Palace	0
Daichi Kamada	Crystal Palace	0
Nathan Collins	Brentford	0
Ethan Pinnock	Brentford	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	Crystal Palace	0
Mathias Jensen	Brentford	0
Mikkel Damsgaard	Brentford	0
Christopher Nkunku	Chelsea	0
Enzo Fernández	Chelsea	0
Ederson	Man City	0
Rúben Dias	Man City	0
Moisés Caicedo	Chelsea	0
Levi Colwill	Chelsea	0
Pedro Neto	Chelsea	0
Marc Cucurella	Chelsea	0
Wesley Fofana	Chelsea	0
Jérémy Doku	Man City	0
Malo Gusto	Chelsea	0
Josko Gvardiol	Man City	0
Manuel Akanji	Man City	0
Bernardo Silva	Man City	0
Rico Lewis	Man City	0
Robert Sánchez	Chelsea	0
Brennan Johnson	Tottenham	0
Kasey McAteer	Leicester	0
Harry Winks	Leicester	0
Abdul Fatawu	Leicester	0
James Justin	Leicester	0
Wilfred Ndidi	Leicester	0
Stephy Mavididi	Leicester	0
Lucas Bergvall	Tottenham	0
James Maddison	Tottenham	0
Pape Sarr	Tottenham	0
Victor Kristiansen	Leicester	0
Destiny Udogie	Tottenham	0
Bobby De Cordova-Reid	Leicester	0
Dejan Kulusevski	Tottenham	0
Mads Hermansen	Leicester	0
Guglielmo Vicario	Tottenham	0
Mason Mount	Man Utd	0
Scott McTominay	Man Utd	0
Kostas Tsimikas	Liverpool	0
Jack Taylor	Ipswich	0
Darwin Núñez	Liverpool	0
Ben Johnson	Ipswich	0
Massimo Luongo	Ipswich	0
Marcus Harness	Ipswich	0
Neto	Bournemouth	0
Jota Silva	Nottm Forest	0
Rodrigo Gomes	Wolves	0
Jason Steele	Brighton	0
Nicolás Domínguez	Nottm Forest	0
Oleksandr Zinchenko	Arsenal	0
Tommy Doyle	Wolves	0
Pablo Sarabia	Wolves	0
Daniel Jebbison	Bournemouth	0
Daniel Podence	Wolves	0
Billy Gilmour	Brighton	0
Samuel Edozie	Southampton	0
José Sá	Wolves	0
Miguel Almirón	Newcastle	0
Carlos Baleba	Brighton	0
Willy-Arnaud Boly	Nottm Forest	0
Dean Huijsen	Bournemouth	0
Alex McCarthy	Southampton	0
Riccardo Calafiori	Arsenal	0
Matty Cash	Aston Villa	0
Jean-Clair Todibo	West Ham	0
Crysencio Summerville	West Ham	0
Ross Barkley	Aston Villa	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	West Ham	0
Cheick Doucouré	Crystal Palace	0
Frank Onyeka	Brentford	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	Crystal Palace	0
Jefferson Lerma	Crystal Palace	0
Odsonne Édouard	Crystal Palace	0
Will Hughes	Crystal Palace	0
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	Chelsea	0
Matheus Nunes	Man City	0
Savinho	Man City	0
Jack Grealish	Man City	0
Mykhailo Mudryk	Chelsea	0
Renato Veiga	Chelsea	0
Timo Werner	Tottenham	0
Rodrigo Bentancur	Tottenham	0
Jannik Vestergaard	Leicester	0
Archie Gray	Tottenham	0
Djed Spence	Tottenham	0
Richarlison	Tottenham	0
Micky van de Ven	Tottenham	0
Julio Enciso	Brighton	0
Georginio Rutter	Brighton	0
Arijanet Muric	Ipswich	0
Oliver Skipp	Leicester	0
Wilson Odobert	Tottenham	0
Ilkay Gündogan	Man City	0
Nikola Milenkovic	Nottm Forest	0
Edson Álvarez	West Ham	0
Mateus Fernandes	Southampton	0
Evanilson	Bournemouth	0
Marcos Senesi	Bournemouth	0
Toby Collyer	Man Utd	0
Jonny Evans	Man Utd	0
Jay Stansfield	Fulham	0
Christian Eriksen	Man Utd	0
Antony	Man Utd	0
Wataru Endo	Liverpool	0
Christian Walton	Ipswich	0
Wes Burns	Ipswich	0
Kalvin Phillips	Ipswich	0
Jarell Quansah	Liverpool	0
Harvey Elliott	Liverpool	0
Carlos Alcaraz	Southampton	0
Harry Toffolo	Nottm Forest	0
Chiquinho	Wolves	0
Philip Billing	Bournemouth	0
Sam Amo-Ameyaw	Southampton	0
Mason Holgate	Everton	0
Jesper Lindstrøm	Everton	0
Joe Willock	Newcastle	0
Kieran Trippier	Newcastle	0
Mats Wieffer	Brighton	0
Adam Webster	Brighton	0
Aaron Ramsdale	Arsenal	0
Ashley Young	Everton	0
Gonçalo Guedes	Wolves	0
Jeremy Sarmiento	Brighton	0
Charlie Taylor	Southampton	0
Reiss Nelson	Arsenal	0
Gabriel Jesus	Arsenal	0
Harrison Armstrong	Everton	0
Danilo	Nottm Forest	0
Fabian Schär	Newcastle	0
James Ward-Prowse	West Ham	0
Aaron Cresswell	West Ham	0
Danny Ings	West Ham	0
Lukasz Fabianski	West Ham	0
Jaden Philogene	Aston Villa	0
Chadi Riad	Crystal Palace	0
Sam Johnstone	Crystal Palace	0
Joachim Andersen	Crystal Palace	0
Ben Mee	Brentford	0
Nathaniel Clyne	Crystal Palace	0
John Stones	Man City	0
Phil Foden	Man City	0
James McAtee	Man City	0
Nathan Aké	Man City	0
Marc Guiu	Chelsea	0
Roméo Lavia	Chelsea	0
Kyle Walker	Man City	0
Radu Dragusin	Tottenham	0
Dominic Solanke	Tottenham	0
Caleb Okoli	Leicester	0
Boubakary Soumaré	Leicester	0
Roman Dixon	Everton	0
Jens Cajuste	Ipswich	0
George Edmundson	Ipswich	0
Sepp van den Berg	Brentford	0
Bart Verbruggen	Brighton	0
Pervis Estupiñán	Brighton	0
Chiedozie Ogbene	Ipswich	0
Nélson Semedo	Wolves	0
Kepa	Bournemouth	0
Sander Berge	Fulham	0
Bilal El Khannouss	Leicester	0
Lamare Bogarde	Aston Villa	0
Séamus Coleman	Everton	0
André	Wolves	0
Ramón Sosa	Nottm Forest	0
Jack Clarke	Ipswich	0
Adam Lallana	Southampton	0
Sandro Tonali	Newcastle	0
Josh King	Fulham	0
Altay Bayindir	Man Utd	0
Jorge Cuenca	Fulham	0
Steven Benda	Fulham	0
Timothy Castagne	Fulham	0
Cameron Burgess	Ipswich	0
Conor Townsend	Ipswich	0
Curtis Jones	Liverpool	0
Cieran Slicker	Ipswich	0
Caoimhín Kelleher	Liverpool	0
Mark Travers	Bournemouth	0
Valentín Barco	Brighton	0
Eddie Nketiah	Arsenal	0
Ethan Nwaneri	Arsenal	0
Santiago Bueno	Wolves	0
James Bree	Southampton	0
Dan Bentley	Wolves	0
Andrew Omobamidele	Nottm Forest	0
Matt Targett	Newcastle	0
João Virgínia	Everton	0
Martin Dúbravka	Newcastle	0
Jaidon Anthony	Bournemouth	0
Carlos Miguel	Nottm Forest	0
Jake O'Brien	Everton	0
James Hill	Bournemouth	0
Joe Lumley	Southampton	0
Jorginho	Arsenal	0
Carl Rushworth	Brighton	0
Jenson Metcalfe	Everton	0
Nathan Wood	Southampton	0
William Osula	Newcastle	0
Hamed Traorè	Bournemouth	0
Eric da Silva Moreira	Nottm Forest	0
Mark O’Mahony	Brighton	0
Neal Maupay	Everton	0
Joe Gauci	Aston Villa	0
Diego Carlos	Aston Villa	0
Andy Irving	West Ham	0
Emiliano Buendía	Aston Villa	0
Myles Peart-Harris	Brentford	0
Hákon Valdimarsson	Brentford	0
Yehor Yarmoliuk	Brentford	0
Ryan Trevitt	Brentford	0
Stefan Ortega	Man City	0
Benoît Badiashile	Chelsea	0
Tosin Adarabioyo	Chelsea	0
Nico O'Reilly	Man City	0
Filip Jørgensen	Chelsea	0
Ricardo Pereira	Leicester	0
Danny Ward	Leicester	0
Ben Davies	Tottenham	0
Ben Nelson	Leicester	0
Brandon Austin	Tottenham	0
Thomas Cannon	Leicester	0
Hamza Choudhury	Leicester	0
Tariq Lamptey	Brighton	0
Igor Julio	Brighton	0
Joel Ward	Crystal Palace	0
Issa Kaboré	Man City	0
Lesley Ugochukwu	Southampton	0
Rob Holding	Crystal Palace	0
Fraser Forster	Tottenham	0
Naouirou Ahamada	Crystal Palace	0
Ryan Sessegnon	Fulham	0
Jakub Kiwior	Arsenal	0
Boubacar Traoré	Wolves	0
John Ruddy	Newcastle	0
Alex Murphy	Newcastle	0
Joe Gomez	Liverpool	0
Tommy Setford	Arsenal	0
Salah-Eddine Oulad M'hand	Arsenal	0
Myles Lewis-Skelly	Arsenal	0
James Garner	Everton	0
Sil Swinkels	Aston Villa	0
Álex Moreno	Nottm Forest	0
Max Aarons	Bournemouth	0
David Brooks	Bournemouth	0
Yunus Konak	Brentford	0
Oliwier Zych	Aston Villa	0
Daniel Iversen	Leicester	0
Dara O'Shea	Ipswich	0
Luis Guilherme	West Ham	0
Kaelan Casey	West Ham	0
Rodri	Man City	0
Axel Disasi	Chelsea	0
Remi Matthews	Crystal Palace	0
Asher Agbinone	Crystal Palace	0
Justin Devenny	Crystal Palace	0
Cesare Casadei	Chelsea	0
Franco Umeh-Chibueze	Crystal Palace	0
Alfie Devine	Tottenham	0
Kaden Rodney	Crystal Palace	0
Ethan Wheatley	Man Utd	0
Tom Heaton	Man Utd	0

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United looking to stop the rot

Last season's 6-3 reverse was a second straight defeat for United at the Etihad Stadium. City are 1/41.25 to win this one as well, but there's a glimmer of hope for Erik ten Hag's side.

No Premier League fixture has delivered a higher number of away wins than the Manchester Derby, at 42%. United won at the Etihad Stadium under their last permanent boss, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, and are 17/29.50 to win this time.

If the visitors are to prevail, they may need a big performance from captain Bruno Fernandes on his 150th Premier League outing for the club. The Portugal international is 5/16.00 to score at any time on Sunday, but his current rate of a goal or assist every 281 minutes is his worst single-season return in English football... despite him creating a league-leading 74 chances this season.

Manchester City v Manchester United prediction

Haaland isn't the only danger man for City, with Phil Foden also scoring a hat-trick in the corresponding fixture last season. The England international, who also scored the winner at Bournemouth last time out, is 15/28.50 to score first on Sunday and 11/53.20 to score at any time.

English Premier League - Top 7 Shots

Team	Played	Shots On target	Av/Game
Nottm Forest	3	53	17.7
Tottenham	3	48	16
Man City	3	48	16
Liverpool	3	48	16
Brighton	3	46	15.3
Bournemouth	3	46	15.3
Southampton	3	42	14
West Ham	3	42	14
Arsenal	3	38	12.7
Fulham	3	37	12.3
Everton	3	37	12.3
Crystal Palace	3	37	12.3
Chelsea	3	37	12.3
Brentford	3	37	12.3
Aston Villa	3	36	12
Man Utd	3	33	11
Wolves	3	32	10.7
Newcastle	3	26	8.7
Leicester	3	26	8.7
Ipswich	3	19	6.3

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One goal or assist for Foden this weekend would see the player and club achieve milestones. For Foden himself, a 17th goal involvement would be a new personal best for a single season, while a goal of any kind for City would see them draw level with their club record of scoring in 55 home games in all competitions - set a decade ago when Manuel Pellegrini was in the dugout.

We have our eye on the Bet Builder market for this game, and it's hard to look past Haaland despite him only scoring in two of his team's last eight Premier League outings. Manchester City -1, with Haaland to score two or more and a goal to be scored in each half, can be backed at 14/53.80.

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