Bryan Mbeumo and Amad Diallo are back in the Manchester United side after returning from Afcon. Both Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko are on the bench so it’s not clear who is playing up front for United, or what formation they’re playing. I’ve listed it as 4-2-3-1 below but it could be a 3-4-3 with Bruno Fernandes as a false nine.

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Overall Michael Carrick makes five changes to the team beaten by Brighton in the FA Cup. Mbeumo, Amad, Casemiro, Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw are preferred to Cunha, Sesko, Manuel Ugarte, Leny Yoro and Mason Mount.

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Max Alleyne, son of the former England cricketer Mark, continues in defence for injury-hit City. There are three changes from the Carabao Cup win at Newcastle. Gianluigi Donnarumma, Rico Lewis and Rodri come in for James Trafford, Matheus Nunes (who has the flu) and Nico O’Reilly.

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Man Utd (possible 4-2-3-1) Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw; Casemiro, Mainoo; Amad, Fernandes, Dorgu; Mbeumo.

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Subs: Bayindir, Heaven, Malacia, Yoro, J Fletcher, Mount, Ugarte, Cunha, Sesko.

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Man City (4-3-3) Donnarumma; Lewis, Khusanov, Alleyne, Ake; Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Foden; Semenyo, Haaland, Doku.

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Subs: Trafford, Bettinelli, Reijnders, Cherki, Ait-Nouri, O’Reilly, McAidoo, Mukasa, Mfuni.

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Referee Anthony Taylor.

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In the summer of 2016, Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho arrived in Manchester. For both men, both clubs, both fanbases, the hope was that a rivalry would develop to match the intensity, quality and longevity of Sir Alex Ferguson v Arsene Wenger. Instead Mourinho started setting fire to every bridge in sight after a couple of years and the world move on.

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Guardiola is still living in Manchester. Today he comes up against his sixth Man Utd manager: Michael Carrick, who like Guardiola spent his playing career making a compelling case for the primacy of brain over brawn.

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Whether that will be the case today is another matter. Derbies aren’t traditionally a celebration of the cerebrum; and for City in particular, the result is all that matters today.

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City are six points behind Arsenal with 17 games remaining. If they are the next to blink, their chances of winning a seventh Premier League title under Guardiola will probably be over. That, alone, should be enough incentive for United.

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Kick off 12.30pm.

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Manchester United, sin entrenador fijo ni fútbol europeo y excluido de ambos Copa nacional solicitada por primera vez.se enfrentan a otra temporada sombría. En los casi 13 años transcurridos desde que Sir Alex Ferguson se fue, el club ha luchado por encontrar la estabilidad, con su sombra extendiéndose desde el palco de directores hasta el banquillo, puntuada por la tribuna que lleva su nombre mirando al fondo.

El Manchester City llega a Old Trafford el sábado en la posición opuesta, después de haber tenido a Pep Guardiola al mando durante una década, acumulando 18 trofeos importantes. Michael Carrick dirigirá MU por primera vez desde su nombramiento hasta final de temporada en un club que parece no tener un plan operativo a largo plazo. Esta será la campaña de 40 partidos menos competitiva del United desde 1914-15, y algunos aficionados agradecen poder reducir las visitas prolongadas. Entonces, ¿es ésta la era post-Ferguson, la más baja de las bajas?

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