Rashford chases Rooney as Manchester United’s top scorer in the English Premier League derby

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Marcus Rashford is a star Manchester United The third top scorer in the Manchester derby from the ranks of his team, after scoring the first goal against Manchester City in the 8th minute of the match currently being held at the “Etihad” Stadium, City’s stronghold, in the twenty-seventh round of the English Premier League..

Man City vs Man United

According to the Opta statistics network, Marcus Rashford has now scored five goals against Manchester City in the English Premier League. He ranks third on his team’s historic scorers list in the derby, behind Wayne Rooney, the leader with 8 goals, and Eric Cantona, the runner-up, with 7 goals.

English Premier League standings

Manchester City enters tonight’s match in second place in the English Premier League table, with 59 points, behind Liverpool, the leader, while Manchester United occupies sixth place with 44 points..

City had succeeded in achieving victory during the first round match of the current season in the Premier League, against United’s stronghold, “Old Trafford”, by three clean goals, in the tenth round of the competition..

The companions of Norwegian star Erling Haaland will play tonight’s match in high spirits after the crushing victory he achieved over Luton Town with six goals to two, in the fifth round of the FA Cup, of which the Norwegian striker scored 5 goals, and United also succeeded in overcoming Nottingham Forest in the same round. With difficulty, with a clean goal.

City coach Pep Guardiola is armed with a large group of his stars ready for tonight’s match, led by duo Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne, while winger Jack Grealish will be absent. On the other hand, United is suffering from a long list of injuries, most notably Danish top scorer Rasmus Hoylund, Luke Shaw, Wan-Bissaka and Lisandro Martinez.

Manchester United historically excels in its confrontations against Manchester City, with the Red Devils winning 61 times compared to 49 wins for City, and 36 matches being tied. United scored 210 goals compared to 213 goals for the Citizens..

Manchester City succeeded in achieving victory over United in 4 of the last 5 matches between the two teams in various competitions, compared to one victory for the Red Devils.

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