United and City face off at Old Trafford in the most expensive Manchester derby in history.
The purchases of Memphis Depay, Morgan Schneiderlin, Anthony Martial, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Otamendi menas this is set to be the most expensively assembled squads to ever play a Manchester derby.
United will hope to leapfrog their cross town rivals as they sit two points behind City heading having won four of their past five Premier League outings.
Anthony Martial rescued a point for United at CSKA Moscow in the Champions League in midweek, while City made it four wins in a row in all competitions as they saw off Sevilla on Wednesday night thanks to a Kevin De Bruyne goal.
Luke Shaw (leg) and Paddy McNair (liver) are missing for Louis Van Gaal while Manuel Pellegrini will have to make do without David Silva (ankle) and Sergio Aguero (hamstring), Fabian Delph (hamstring), Gael Clichy (ankle) and Samir Nasri (hamstring).
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FACTS: Wayne Rooney has scored 11 goals in Manchester derbies (all competitions) – more than any other player – and no player has scored as many Premier League goals as he has by the age of 30 (187).
The past 10 Manchester derbies in all competitions have seen 41 goals scored (4.1 goals per game).
Manchester City have won six of their past eight Manchester derbies in league competition (lost two).
Line ups: Man United XI vs. Man City: De Gea; Valencia, Jones, Smalling, Rojo; Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin; Mata, Herrera, Martial; Rooney.
Man City XI vs. Man United: Hart; Sagna, Kompany, Otamendi, Kolarov; Fernando, Fernandinho; Sterling, Toure, De Bruyne; Bony.
4′ Rooney dribles Yaya Toure and he pulls him back. Mark Clattenburg talks to Toure. Toure once named Rooney as one of his top five favorite players in the world
3′ Valencia puts Kolarov on the run but the Serbian recovers well to force a goal kick
3′ Unted playing a patient passing game
2′ Herrera is penalized for a foul, City with the possession
1′ Early in the game but United are keeping the ball
1′ Kick off…United gets us started
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Manchester Derby LIVE: United 0 – 0 City
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