All you need to know about how to watch the Red Devils against Manchester City on TV in the UK and U.S.
Manchester United will travel to crosstown Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium, their rivals on October 2, 2022, to meet in a Premier League fixture. Both teams are prepared in action after the international break and hope to secure three points to keep their title stable. This will be their 188th meeting, with City having won on 57 occasions, and United being victorious 77 times. The two sides could not be separated in 53 of the previous 187 matches.
Moreover, Manchester United lost in their last outing to Real Sociedad in the Europa League, they are currently on a four-match winning streak in domestic competition. Cristiano Ronaldo has finally got his name on the scoresheet in this campaign and will be eager to open his account in the Premier League as well.
However, Guardiola’s men are difficult to win and are heading into this fixture after demolishing Wolves 3-0 away from home. Erling Haaland is scoring at will while his colleague Kevin De Bruyne is doing well with each passing matchday. They have scored 23 goals in just seven matches which is a testimony to their attacking prowess. Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez’s toughest test awaits them on Sunday and GOAL is on hand to bring you all of the information you need, to catch the action live from the United States, United Kingdom and India.
Man City vs Man Utd date & kick-off time
Game: Manchester City vs Manchester United
Date: October 2, 2022
Kick-off: 2:00pm BST / 9:00am ET / 6:30 pm IST
Venue: Etihad Stadium, ManchesterMan City squad and team news
Man City will drop John Stones and Kalvin Phillips. Stones is still suffering a hamstring injury while Phillips is a long-term absentee after he went under the knife for a shoulder injury.
“It will not be four, five or six weeks; it will be less. I don’t know when he will come back, but I think maybe 10 days to two weeks,” Pep Guardiola gives report about Stones.
Aymeric Laporte is also doubtful for the derby but a late fitness test will confirm his availability.
Possible Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Dias, Cancelo; Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne; Foden, Haaland, Grealish
Position Player
Goalkeepers – Ortega, Ederson, Carson
Defenders – Walker, Dias, Ake, Cancelo, Laporte, Gómez, Akanji, Lewis
Midfielders – Phillips, Gündoğan, Rodri, De Bruyne, Silva, Foden, Palmer
Forwards – Haaland, Grealish, Álvarez, Mahrez
Man Utd squad and team news
Manchester United won’t feature Brandon Williams and Harry Maguire. Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial have started to train with the squad and could feature at some point in the match.
“We have some doubts with Anthony [Martial], but he was training all week with the group, so I’m really happy with that situation. He is performing really well; he makes a good impression. Marcus also joined training, so we are happy with that,” informed Ten Hag.
Victor Lindelof is available once again and the defender played for Sweden during the international break.
The Man United Boss is unlikely to make wholesale changes to the starting XI that won against Arsenal. However, we can expect Casemiro to start in place of Scott McTominay in midfield and Portuguese talisman Cristiano Ronaldo upfront, if Rashford fails to make the cut.
Possible Man Utd XI: De Gea; Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Malacia; Casemiro, Eriksen, Fernandes; Sancho, Antony, Ronaldo.
Position Players
Goalkeepers – De Gea, Kovar.
Defenders – Varane, Dalot, Jones, Williams, Shaw, Lindelof, Martinez, Mengi, Malacia, Tuanzebe, Wan-Bissaka
Midfielders – Fernandes, Van de Beek, Casemiro, Pellistri, McTominay, Fred, Eriksen
Forwards – Martial, Ronaldo, Elanga, Rashford, Shoretire, Garnacho, Antony, Sancho
