Tip - Manchester City vs Manchester United - 29/01/2020
This Derby will decide who goes into the final of the Carabao Cup with Manchester City holding a 2-goal lead and are confident of finishing the job at home with a fully fit squad to pick players from.
Manchester United has a chance if they dig deep and reinvent the heroic performance put out in their most recent visit to the Etihad Stadium where they won by 2-1.
Stats backing Manchester United for a win is that in the last 6 derbies, the home team has only won once with none ending in a draw, only 5 of 6 matches record over 2.5 goals.
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Manchester City Form
Manchester City remain unbeaten in their last 8 matches, won 7 with just a single draw. They have scored at least 2 goals in 7 of those 8 games. But they have their own worries, their instability in defense has seen them kept only 3 clean sheets in the last 10 games, 2 of those clean sheets have come in the last two games, hopefully, sanctity has been restored now. With 16 goals scored in the last 5 games averaging 3 per game expect them to score against Manchester United whose defense look unreliable all season.
Manchester United Form
Manchester United have suffered back-to-back defeat before their last game this past weekend which saw them thrashed very lowly ranked Tranmere Rovers 6-0 in the FA Cup.
While inconsistency has been their bane, stats show that they have scored 11 goals in the last 5 games but if you take away the most recent 6 goals then they have scored just 5 in the 4 games and conceded 4 as well.
You can never tell when Manchester United will turn up in a game but when they do, they always look invincible. They are down by 2 goals so they have no reason to hold back, so expect an explosive game.
Tip - 5 Most Important Facts about the Match
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Manchester United
go into this game with the highest number of injured players
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Manchester City
have not failed to score in the last 6 derbies
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Manchester City
have done over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 6 games
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Manchester City
last home defeat was to Manchester United
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Manchester United
have only failed to score two time in this encounter in 10 meetings.
Conclusion of Tip - Manchester City vs Manchester United
Both sides are coming into this game on the back of a good scoring form while this fixture has not suffered for goals in the last 7 meetings so expect Both teams to score, this has occurred 5 times in the last 6 games. Over 2.5 goals looks good and either side to win at full time.
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Results of previous clashes
- Manchester City vs Manchester United:3:1
- Manchester City vs Manchester United:1:2
- Manchester City vs Manchester United:2:0
- Manchester City vs Manchester United:3:1
- Manchester City vs Manchester United:2:3