Manchester City go into this weekend’s fixtures as the ruling favourites to defend their English Premier League title and they are currently priced at 4/6, Manchester United are out to 80/1 to win the title and you can get 33/10 that Manchester United finish in the Top 4.
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MANCHESTER UNITED
Man United are currently 8th on the log with 15 points from their opening 9 matches. They have won 3 out of their last 4 including their last two games, 2-1 against Sheffield United away and 2-1 against Brentford at home.
Digging deep into Manchester United’s home record they have played 5 games winning 3 and losing 2 and 3 of the 5 Manchester United home games have delivered profits for over 2.5 goal backers.
Manchester United were in action in the UEFA Champions League in midweek and they beat FC Copenhagen 1-0 at home, a game where they started 3/10 favourites.
MANCHESTER CITY
City are currently 2nd on the log and they broke a 2 match losing streak when they beat Brighton 2-1 at home last time out. Prior to that they had lost to Arsenal and Wolves on the road both by 1 goal margins.
City have played 5 matches away from home this season, winning 3 and losing 2 and 4 of those 5 matches have delivered profits had you been backing over 2.5 goals.
Manchester City were away to Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League in midweek and they had a comfortable 3-1 victory having started the game 1/5 favourites.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Manchester United won this fixture 2-1 last season, but Manchester City won the reverse fixture 6-3.
BETTING – Click here to bet
Manchester United 4/1
Draw 3/1
Manchester City 7/10
Manchester City haven’t been quite at their fluent best for me in recent weeks and although United have been pretty inconsistent, I fancy them to give a good account of themselves in this Derby and I am going to back Manchester United on the +0.5 goal handicap meaning they can win or draw the game.
Suggested Bet: Handicap, Manchester United +0.5 goals 12/10
There are plenty of other markets for punters to get involved in including the Correct Score where a 2-2 draw is trading at 13/1. It is no surprise to find Erling Haaland the favourite in the First Goal Scorer Market at 11/4 and there will also be in-running betting options available
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Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
