Man City vs Man United lineups

Marcus Rashford is fit to start Manchester United's huge derby with Manchester City this afternoon, while Anthony Martial is on the bench.

Ten Hag also has Casemiro and Scott McTominay competing to start in central midfield, with the Brazilian losing that. Rashford returns into training so also we are happy with that. "With Anthony Martial, he was training all week with the group so really happy with that situation.

Manchester City vs Manchester United live: Erling Haaland is set for his Manchester derby debut when the champs host the rapidly improving Red Devils.

While picking up the four straight victories, the Dutchman has also settled on a midfield setup with Scott McTominay and Christian Eriksen operating in (effectively) a double pivot with Bruno Fernandes the most advanced of the three. Rodri’s absence for Man City threatened an opening for United but the midfield duo of Scott McTominay and Christian Eriksen were left without a rudder by Erik ten Hag (See what we learned, above). With space in behind (and the proper service from deep), Ten Hag might just have his first winning formula (albeit quite unlike him). That’s not to say it’s been easy as Manchester City go through a tactical shift of their own to better appeal to the big Norwegian’s poaching abilities. Each of Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Fernandes have scored twice during the winning run, with new boy Antony also getting in on the fun on his debut. To win at home and score six goals here, it’s nice. Erling and I have built a connection, just finding each other.” It did not lose a meaningful European match nor trail after a leg of the knockout rounds. Eriksen’s defensive skills weren’t up for the task and left McTominay running around like a maniac. Erling Haaland is on fire, and every single Premier League defense should be terrified. Haaland now has 14 goals through eight Premier League games, 18 off the league record for a 38-game season set by Mohamed Salah in 2017-18. Man Utd has played one fewer match.

Manchester Joined is right now in the fifth spot in the Chief Association standings and has worked on after an unfortunate beginning to their mission.

Manchester City has won their last seven Chief Association matches at the Etihad Arena and have scored somewhere around three objectives in every one of these games. manchester Joined has lost a sum of 17 matches against Manchester City in the Head Association – they have experienced more association overcomes just against Chelsea and Liverpool. manchester City is hoping to win three sequential matches against Manchester Joined interestingly since a run of four triumphs in 2014.

Manchester City will be hoping to earn the bragging rights this afternoon when they host Manchester United in the highly anticipated derby.

Considering that the Blues may be tasked with breaking down a resolute United defence this afternoon, City fans look to have gone with a more attacking midfield option in Bernardo Silva instead of reintroducing captain Ilkay Gundogan. Seen by many as the natural heir to Sergio Aguero, Alvarez has impressed off the bench and has shown Guardiola that he can play alongside Haaland. His inclusion means that Grealish would be dropped having not done enough to impress City supporters. Aymeric Laporte is also back and available for selection however City supporters have opted to stick with the centre-back duo which has worked so well for them in recent matches. With the shot stopper injury-free it is highly likely that the fans will get what they want in goal. [Kyle Walker](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/kyle-walker) returned over the international break and he is ready to fill in at right-back.