Team succeeded Manchester City The English club finished the first half ahead of its counterpart Manchester United, with a score of 1-0, in the derby currently taking place between them at Al-Ittihad Stadium, in the sixteenth round of the competition. English Premier League In the current season 2024-2025.
Josko Gvardiol scored the first goal for Man City against Man United in the 37th minute of the derby.
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Manchester City formation
Goalkeeper: Ederson.
Defense line: Kyle Walker, Ruben Diaz, Guardiol.
Midfield: Nunez, Ilkay Gundogan, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva.
Attacking line: Phil Foden, Doku, Erling Haaland.
Manchester United formation
Goalkeeper: Onana.
Defense line: De Ligt, Maguire, Martinez, Mazraoui.
Midfield: Ugarte, Bruno Fernandes, Dalot.
Offensive line: Diallo, Mount, Rasmus Hoylund.
Man City vs Man United
And he goes through Manchester CityLed by its Spanish coach, Pep Guardiola, today’s match was held amidst the team’s poor results during the current season’s matches, as the chances of the English Premier League title holder declining to compete for the top spot declined in favor of Liverpool, Chelsea, and Arsenal, as well as a significant decline in the Champions League standings.
Manchester City was defeated by the Italian Juventus 2-0 in the match that brought them together last Wednesday evening at Allianz Stadium, in the sixth round of the league stage of the Champions League competition, so that coach Pep Guardiola’s team becomes threatened with early exclusion from the tournament if its decline continues. In the standings, especially since its next match is against Paris Saint-Germain in France.
City and United’s balance in the English Premier League
Manchester City has 27 points in the English Premier League this season, collected by winning 8 matches, drawing 3, losing 4 matches, scoring 27 goals and conceding 21.
The same applies to the Man United team, which is suffering this season, as it is located in the middle region in the English Premier League table, after collecting 19 points from winning 5 matches, drawing 4, losing 6, scoring 19 goals and conceding 18.
Amorim challenges Guardiola in the first derby
While the Portuguese Ruben Amorim is coach Man United He is having his first experience in the Manchester derby, since taking over the responsibility of coaching the Red Devils, succeeding the Dutchman Eric Ten Hag, and he hopes to achieve victory in today’s match against the legendary coach Guardiola, in search of returning the team to the field of playing with the adults.
Ruben Amorim led Manchester United to snatch a thrilling victory over its host, the Czech team Viktoria Plzeň, with two goals to one, in the match that brought them together last Thursday evening, at the “Dusan Arena” stadium in the sixth round of the league stage of the “Europalag” championship, raising the team’s score to 10. points in seventh place.
History of confrontations between Manchester City and Manchester United
According to the global Transfer Market website, Manchester United and Manchester City met in 176 previous matches, the Red Devils won 71 matches, while City won 57 matches, and 48 matches ended in a draw.
During these matches, Manchester United scored 252 goals against Manchester City, which scored 257 goals, and Englishman Wayne Rooney, the former Red Devils star, is the all-time top scorer in the confrontations between the two teams, with 11 goals.
United beats City for the most crowns
Manchester United tops the list of clubs that have won the most English Premier League titles in history, with 20 titles, ahead of runner-up Liverpool with 19 titles, Arsenal is third with 13 titles, while City is in fourth place with 10 titles.
The market value of the Manchester City team is 1.26 billion euros, while the value of Manchester United is 854.15 million euros, and the Norwegian tank Erling Haaland, as he is called, is the most expensive among the two teams at 200 million euros.
Within the framework of the same round in the English Premier League, the Chelsea team will host its counterpart Brentford, at nine in the evening, at Stamford Bridge, which is the confrontation that the Blues are engaged in to continue chasing Liverpool for the lead, as it has 31 points collected from winning 9 matches, drawing 4 and losing. Two confrontations, scoring 35 goals and conceding 18.
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