Going to the neighbor’s house, MU will be under terrible pressure from Man City’s attacks, with two extremely dangerous fuses Haaland – De Bruyne.
In the first leg of the Manchester Derby, Ten Hag and his team tasted bitterness when they lost their shirt 0-3. Four months have passed, and the Dutch military is still under a lot of pressure before the trip to Etihad.
The Red Devils’ four consecutive Premier League victories ended with a 1-2 defeat against Fulham. The 10th loss since the beginning of the season makes MU’s chances of competing for a ticket to the Champions League become slim.
Ten Hag tried to defend his approach to the match, amid a wave of criticism from experts. But reality shows that the Red Devils play too passively, the goal has faced 417 shots since the beginning of the season.
In attack, when Hojlund was absent, MU almost lost direction. Rashford failed in 5 consecutive matches and always had difficulty playing the role of a key striker.
In addition, the storm of injuries in the defense caused the plan to deploy the ball from the back line to collapse. Competing with Man City, Ten Hag continues to be without the services of Lisandro Martinez, Maguire and Luke Shaw.
Pep Guardiola and his students have had a habit of tormenting their neighbors since the Spanish strategist took power in 2016 (winning 8/15 Manchester derbies).
“Blue” Man is also currently maintaining extremely impressive form, just blowing Luton out of the FA Cup with a 6-2 victory, the day Erling Haaland scored 5 goals.
The Norwegian striker is very familiar with the Red Devils net, with 5 times tearing the net against MU in 3 meetings in the Premier League.
Kevin de Bruyne is not to be outdone. The Belgian star scored 4 goals in the last 3 Manchester derbies.
The task of stopping the Haaland – De Bruyne pair at this time seems too much for Casemiro, Varane or Lindelof.
In terms of confrontation, MU also lost 4/5 recent encounters with Man City. Today’s trip to Etihad was a little good, a lot of bad for Ten Hag and his students.
Asian odds: Man City handicap 1 3/4 (0: 1 3/4) – TX: 3 1/2
Prediction: Man City wins 2-0
Force information
Man City: Jack Grealish and Gvardiol are injured.
MU: Mason Mount, Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, Harry Maguire, Rasmus Hojlund, Tyrell Malacia and Martial are absent due to injury.
Probable teams
Man City: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Stones, Ake; Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne; Doku, Haaland, Foden.
MU: Onana; Dalot, Varane, Lindelof, Amrabat; Casemiro, Mainoo; Antony, Fernandes, Garnacho; Rashford.
