Manchester City vs Manchester Utd Prediction & Betting Tips (3 March)

Considered the best team in the world today, Manchester City is still in the fight with Liverpool and Arsenal to win the Premier League title. The Cityzens occupy 2nd place in the ranking with 1 point behind the leader. Undefeated in the last 11 days, 9 wins and 2 draws, they seem to have found the right fuel in recent weeks. After being held back at home by Chelsea 1-1, Manchester City were labored but still got the job done to beat Brentford 1-0 and Bournemouth last weekend 0-1. This week, the Skyblues booked their ticket to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup by winning at Luton 3-6. In the Champions League, they won their round of 16 first leg played in Copenhagen 1-3 and play the return match next Wednesday. A priori armed to play the leading roles this season, Manchester United does not meet expectations.

The Red Devils are currently 6th in the Premier League and therefore find themselves on a very unfavorable ballot to access the next Champions League, 8 points behind the Big 4. They recently showed a real surge by stringing together 4 victories in a row over Wolverhampton, West Ham, Aston Villa and Luton Town. Unfortunately, this dynamic ended last weekend with an unexpected loss suffered at home to Fulham 1-2. This result confirms that the balance remains very fragile. This week, Manchester United qualified for the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after winning at Nottingham Forest 0-1.

Not yet recovered from his ankle injury, Croatian defender Gvardiol has yet to withdraw this weekend. Less visible compared to the previous exercise, winger Grealish was criticized in the press by Pep Guardiola who expects much more. The England international was unfortunately injured this week in the FA Cup. The usual executives should logically be lined up for this derby. We are thinking first of Erling Haaland who is the current top scorer in the championship with 17 goals and scored a resounding quintuple against Luton on Tuesday. Winger Foden (9 goals and 7 assists in the PL) is also shining this season. It was he who gave victory to the Cityzens on the last day.

Note that midfielders Rodri (6 goals and 3 assists in PL), Bernardo Silva (6 goals and 4 assists in PL) and De Bruyne (1 goal and 4 assists in 7 PL matches) are available. Manchester United are still very weakened for this meeting. In the midst of a difficult first part of the season, striker Hojlund was unfortunately injured. Added to this are the withdrawals of the important defenders Maguire, Lisandro Martinez, Shaw and Wan-Bissaka, the interesting midfielder Mount and the substitutes Martial and Malacia. In the absence of Hojlund (7 goals and 2 assists in PL), it is the disappointing Rashford (5 goals and 2 assists in PL) who could start on the attacking front, supported by the important Bruno Fernandes (3 goals and 5 assists in PL) and Garnacho (5 goals and 3 assists in PL). A real revelation of recent weeks, the very promising Mainoo (18 years old) forms a very solid and complementary midfield with the captain Casemiro.