Manchester City welcome bitter rivals Manchester United to the Etihad in Super Sunday's 168th Manchester derby.
These two heavyweights will be looking to earn victory to get their season’s up and running after stuttering of late.
A 2-0 home defeat to Newcastle United in the Capital One Cup on Wednesday, coupled with injury to key playmaker David Silva, compounded Manuel Pellegrini’s woes and the Chilean boss knows that defeat against United will cast further doubt over his suitability for City’s title defence.
The blue half of Manchester have a fantastic recent record over their illustrious rivals, with the ‘noisy neighbours’ emerging victorious from five of the last six encounters.
United will be buoyed by a much improved performance against table-topping Chelsea last time out, with Robin van Persie getting on the scoresheet to give his own confidence a major boost after some lacklustre displays.
Just to take you back down the memory lane, here is how Man City beat United last time when they visited Etihad
[youtube height=”500″ width=”800″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yXqfWmMk6w[/youtube]
Some Stats:
Etihad Stadium
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Kick-off: 13.30 GMT.
TV: Live, Sky Sports1, Highlights, BBC ONE Match of the Day2.
Starting XIs
Manchester City (Possible, 4-2-3-1): Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy; Touré, Fernando; Navas, Agüero, Nasri; Dzeko.
Out: Lampard (thigh), Nastasic (unspecified), SIlva (knee), Falcao (leg).
Man Utd (Possible, 4-2-3-1): De Gea; Rafael, Smalling, Rojo, Shaw; Blind,Carrick; Herrera, Rooney, Di María; Van Persie.
Out: Jones (shin), Young (groin), McNair, Valencia (both hamstring), Evans (ankle), Lingard (knee).
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