It’s the Manchester Derby in the Semi-final of EFL Cup at Old Trafford and both the Clubs will be looking to book a place in the final to chase Silverware this season. Alley Sport is here with the Manchester United predicted lineup vs Manchester City with other details about this fixture.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Pep Guardiola lock horns once again this season and it’s tricky to say which is the better side as both teams are having a good run of games and still both teams have problems of their own. The Red devils are struggling to keep clean sheets and Manchester City are having problems in finding their scoring form.
Manchester City play Chelsea today in the Premier League whereas Manchester United defeated Aston Villa at home 2-1. Manchester United took the lead via Anthony Martial just five minutes before half time when Marcus Rashford and Aasron Wan-Bissaka excahnged a few passes and Rashford floated the ball on the right wing for Wan-Bissaka to chase and he then crossed the ball which was headed home by Martial who got in the gap between Tyrone Mings and Ezri Konsa.
In the fifty-eighth minute Jack Grealish assisted Bertrand Traore to give back a fighting chance to Villa. In the sixtieth minute Douglas Luiz brought down Paul Pogba in his own box which gave penalty to Manchester United and Bruno Fernandes converted the penalty.
Manchester United and Manchester City have met five times in earler in this competition and The Reds have been better, having won three times and Manchester city have won twice. At Old Trafford both clubs have played eighty matches and out of which Red Devils have won 30 and Cityzens have won 26. 24 matches have ended in a draw.
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Manchester United vs Manchester City Team News
Ole will be without Edinson Cavani after he faces a 3 game ban for a message he sent to his friend on Instagram which was found racist by the FA and fined Cavani. He has been asked to take a face-to-face online education course. However The Uruguayan Language academy has defended Cavani by saying that the term used by Cavani in the message is not racist in their native language.
This means that Anthony Martial will get a start and after a good display of games by United defender Eric Bailly, the Ivorian looks likely to be in the starting XI.
Manchester United predicted lineup vs Manchester City
Manchester United possible starting XI:-
Formation 4-2-3-1
GK: David De Gea
RB: Aaron Wan-Bissaka
RCB: Harry Maguire
LCB: Eric Bailly
LB: Alex Telles
DM: Scott McTominay
CM: Paul Pogba
RW: Mason Greenwood
CAM: Bruno Fernandes
LW: Marcus Rashford
ST: Anthony Martial
We predict that Manchester United will win the game 2-1.
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Fans in UK can watch the match on Sky Sports on Wednesday 6th from 8:45 PM BST, while Indian fans can catch all the action on Colors Infinity or stream it live on Voot Thursday 7th from 1:15 AM IST.
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