Manchester United vs Man City: Prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results, odds

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·6. April 2025

Manchester United vs Man City: Prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results, odds

Ruben Amorim looks to beat Pep Guardiola for a third time this season

Manchester United host Manchester City seeking to complete a double over their city rivals for the first time in five years.

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United have little left to play for in the Premier League but getting one over on neighbours City would be a major boost for Ruben Amorim, who has already got the better of Pep Guardiola twice this season.

A late Amad Diallo winner gave United a 2-1 victory at the Etihad in December, while Amorim’s Sporting thrashed City 4-1 in the Champions League in November.

City will again be without Erling Haaland and need a win in their fight to qualify for the Champions League.

Here’s everything you need to know about the game...

Date, kick-off time and venue

Manchester United vs Manchester City is scheduled for a 4.30pm BST kick-off on Sunday, April 6, 2025.

The match will take place at Old Trafford.

Where to watch Manchester United vs Manchester City

TV channel: The game will be broadcast live in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League. Coverage starts at 4pm BST, after a clash between Fulham and Liverpool kicks off Super Sunday.

Live stream: The Sky Go app will offer Sky Sports subscribers a live stream service online.

Free highlights: In the UK, Match of the Day 2 broadcasts on BBC One at 10:30pm BST on Sunday night.

Live blog: You can follow all the action via Standard Sport’s live blog.

Manchester United vs Manchester City team news

Manchester United’s injury issues eased during the international break with several first-team players returning to full training. Among those were Leny Yoro and Harry Maguire who both featured at the City Ground on Tuesday night.

The latter will be pushing for a start, whilst Rasmus Hojlund is pushing for a recall at the expense of Joshua Zirkzee after the Dutchman was ineffective at leading the line against Forest.

Amorim has revealed Kobbie Mainoo is in contention to return from injury, but defender Matthijs de Ligt is a doubt.

Man City are certainly without leading scorer Erling Haaland due to an ankle injury which means January signing Omar Marmoush - a scorer in his last three appearances - is likely to get his first taste of a Manchester derby.

Meanwhile, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne will all be fresh having been unused substitutes in the 2-0 win over Leicester.

Blow: Erling Haaland will miss Sunday’s Manchester derby

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Manchester United vs Manchester City prediction

Recent history gives United the edge for this one. After all, they surprised many in last season’s FA Cup final by leaving Wembley with the trophy and then earlier in this campaign Amorim’s side came from behind to leave the Etihad with all three points.

Both sides are in decent form currently, but Amorim seems to have Guardiola’s number at the moment to mastermind yet another victory over the Spaniard.

Manchester United to win, 2-1.