Ultimate Guide: Manchester United vs Manchester City

“Manchester Derby” The Plot:

With Manchester United facing their “noisy neighbours” Manchester City in a few days, let’s look at some of the stats and facts about this historic encounter between these english giants.

• After losing four Premier League Manchester derbies in a row, Manchester United are unbeaten in their last three against City (W2 D1).

• The Citizens failed to score in both Manchester derbies last season. They’ve not failed to score in three consecutive league meetings with Man Utd since October 1995 (a run of four).
• The Red Devils have lost three of their last five home league meetings with Man City (W1 D1), more than they’d lost in the previous 29 (W15 D12 L2).

• Manchester City could secure their 50th Manchester derby win in all competitions with victory. Manchester United have recorded 70 wins (51 draws).
• Jose Mourinho has won just three of his 16 meetings with Pep Guardiola (D6 L7) – in La Liga and the Copa Del Rey with Real Madrid and in the Champions League with Inter (all vs Barcelona).
• Manchester City won the last Manchester derby in which both clubs had new managers – 4-1 in September 2013 (Pellegrini and Moyes).
• This is only the second time in league history that both Manchester City and Manchester United have won their opening three games in the same season. It also happened in 2011/12, when Manchester City won the league and Manchester United finished second.
• Pep Guardiola didn’t win his opening four league games at Barcelona B, Barcelona or Bayern Munich.
• Pep Guardiola is the first Manchester City manager to win his first five games in charge of the club, while Jose Mourinho is the first manager to win his first four games in charge of Manchester United.
• Wayne Rooney has scored 11 goals in Manchester derbies (all comps) – more than any other player in the history of this fixture.
• Raheem Sterling scored twice against West Ham United, having scored as many goals in his previous 25 Premier League games combined.
• Marcus Rashford scored the winner in the Manchester derby back in March, becoming the youngest player to score in a Premier League Manchester derby (18y 141d).
• Rashford is also the youngest player to score a Premier League goal under the management of Jose Mourinho, thanks to his                                                                                                              winner against Hull (18y 300d).

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored 41 times in his 34 league games since the start of last season.
• Sergio Agüero has had a hand in 131 goals in 153 Premier League appearances for Manchester City (105 goals, 26 assists).
• The last Manchester City player other than Sergio Aguero to score in this fixture for the Citizens was Yaya Toure in March 2014.