City without five first team regulars ahead of derby
Manchester United vs Manchester City
Date: 14.05pm, Sunday 24th October 2015
Venue: Old Trafford, Trafford
Referee: Mark Clattenburg Assistants: J Collin, R West Fourth Official: C Pawson
Odds: Manchester United 8/5, Draw 5/2, City 9/5
Tickets: Sold out
TV: Sky Sports 1
Manchester United
Manager: Louis van Gaal
Squad (from): Romero, De Gea, Johnstone, Blind, Darmian, Jones, Rojo, Smalling, Carrick, Depay, Fellaini, Herrera, Lingard, Mata, Pereira, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Valencia, Martial, Rooney
Injured: McNair, Shaw, Young
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Form guide: WLWWWL
Manchester City
Manager: Manuel Pellegrini
Squad (from): Caballero, Hart, Wright, Demichelis, Kolarov, Kompany, Mangala, Otamendi, Sagna, Zabaleta, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Fernando, Navas, Roberts, Sterling, Toure, Bony, Iheanacho
Injured: Clichy, Delph, Nasri, Silva, Aguero
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Form guide: WWLLWW
City are without five first team regulars for the short visit to Old Trafford. Samir Nasri suffered a hamstring injury against Bournemouth, and joins Gael Clichy, Fabian Delph, David Silva and Sergio Aguero in the treatment room.
Manager Manuel Pellrgini, however, is confident that his side can cope with the injury crisis.
Pellegrini said: “You never know, we hope to see a lot of goals, the most important thing is to try and win the game. There are different ways to try to win, I think we have one, I hope for fans it’s a good show and good game.
“I think that our team, if you remember last season, we had a lot of different ways to play. Last season we had the four strikers injured and we played with Milner and he scored two goals I think in two or three games and our team scored 15 goals without strikers. We have players with characteristics that can play different ways, and every one of them can score.”
City's last visit to Old Trafford ended in a 4-2 defeat for the Blues,with Sergio Aguero scoring both of City's goals. Overall City have won 47 of the 158 games played against United, with 47 draws and 64 defeats.
Prediction: United 1 City 1