The first Manchester derby of the season takes place on Sunday afternoon, as Manchester City take on Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium.
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nchester sides head into Sunday’s derby have endured desperately disappointing and underwhelming opening halves to the new season.
Manchester City head into this weekend’s clash having won just one of their last 10 matches in all competitions, a run which has seen seven defeats and sees Pep Guardiola’s side face uphill challenges in both the league and Champions League.
The four-time defending Premier League champions started this 10 match run top of the league table, but now find themselves down in fourth, eight points behind the league leaders Liverpool, who have also played a game fewer than the Citizens.
The treble winners of last year have also struggled on the European stage this season, winning just two of their six matches and currently sat down in 22nd in the table, just one point ahead of European elimination with just two matches left to play.
Manchester United have endured struggles of their own this season, sacking manager Erik ten Hag at the end of October, hiring the Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim, who hasn’t quite hit the ground running in the Old Trafford dugout.
Victory in the Czech Republic in the Europa League on Thursday evening against Viktoria Plzen ended a run of back-to-back defeats in the Premier League, most recently suffering a surprise 3-2 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest last weekend.
The defeat keeps Amorim’s side down in 13th in the Premier League table, four points off the top half of the table ahead of Sunday’s first Manchester derby of the season.
This weekend won’t be the first time Amorim has come up against Manchester City this season, having come up against them in his penultimate match as Sporting manager in Portugal in the Champions League, thrashing Guardiola’s men 4-1 last month.
Manchester United make the trip to the Etihad this weekend having won only one game away from home in the league this season, coming way back in September against a Southampton side who are now rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table.
Only two teams have won more games than Manchester City at home in the Premier League this season,.
City have won four of their last five matches against Manchester United, who have lost on each of their last three visits to the Etihad, conceding 13 goals in the process.
How to watch Manchester City v Manchester United
- Location: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
- Date and time: Sunday 15th December 2024, 4:30pm
- How to watch: Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Ultra HDR
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