Old Trafford plays host to a highly-anticipated Premier League derby on Saturday lunchtime, as Manchester United welcome Manchester City to the Theatre of Dreams.
Manchester United are unbeaten in their last four league games against Man City (W3 D1), their longest such run against them since a run of six between 2008 and 2011.
Manchester City have won seven Premier League away games against Manchester United, the joint-most of any team at Old Trafford in Premier League history (also Liverpool with seven wins).
Man Utd have won three of their last four league games against Man City, as many as in their previous 16 against them. They’ve also kept three consecutive clean sheets against the Citizens in the Premier League, as many shutouts as they’d recorded in their previous 18 against them.
Manchester United have lost seven home matches in all competitions in 2021, their most since 2001 when they also lost seven. They haven’t lost more than seven at home in a single year since 1989 (eight).
Manchester United have conceded at least once in each of their last 13 home games in all competitions. Only twice have they had a longer run without a home clean sheet in their history – 21 games between April 1958 and March 1959 and 14 between September 1954 and February 1955.
Manchester United Team News:
United continue to make do without Paul Pogba – who serves the second of a three-game domestic ban this weekend – while Raphael Varane has been ruled out for a month with the hamstring injury he sustained in midweek.
With Victor Lindelof also nursing a knock, Solskjaer may not be able to field the three-man rearguard that worked to great effect against Spurs, but the Swede is thought to have a strong chance of returning here.
Fred, Cavani, and Mason Greenwood will all come into contention for recalls to the first XI this week, with Rashford potentially dropping out of the side as Solskjaer accommodates the two veterans in the final third.
Manchester United possible starting lineup:
De Gea; Bailly, Lindelof, Maguire; Wan-Bissaka, McTominay, Fred, Shaw; Fernandes; Ronaldo, Cavani
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