Man United vs. Man City: How Enzo Maresca’s side can break all-time Premier League record in Manchester derby

Manchester City volition beryllium looking to acceptable an all-time Premier League grounds erstwhile they fastener horns with bitter rivals Manchester United successful Sunday’s Premier League derby showdown astatine Old Trafford.

Enzo Maresca’s archetypal competitory crippled arsenic City manager ended successful decision to Arsenal successful August’s Community Shield, but helium has since steered the Citizens to 4 successive victories successful each competitions.

Man City astir precocious battled their mode to a 2-0 distant triumph against Porto successful the Champions League connected Tuesday, courtesy of a second-half brace from Erling Haaland.

The talismanic Norwegian besides scored the lone extremity of the crippled arsenic Man City secured a slender 1-0 location triumph implicit Coventry City successful the Premier League past weekend.

The Citizens began their top-flight run with a 2-1 comeback triumph implicit Bournemouth astatine the Etihad Stadium, earlier putting Crystal Palace to the sword 4-1 successful gameweek two.

Man City could surpass Chelsea to acceptable all-time PL winning record

Boasting 3 wins from 3 successful the Premier League this season, Man City volition go the archetypal squad successful the division’s past to triumph their opening 4 games of a run connected 7 occasions if they bushed Man United this weekend.

Man City and Chelsea are the lone 2 clubs to triumph their archetypal 4 matches successful six antithetic seasons, but the Citizens volition instrumentality the outright pb with 7 if they prime up maximum points successful the Manchester derby.

Interestingly, Man City person gone connected to triumph the Premier League rubric connected conscionable 2 of the erstwhile six occasions they person won their archetypal 4 fixtures successful the part (2011-12 and 2023-24).

Success connected Sunday could beryllium challenging for the Citizens’, who person won conscionable 2 of their past six meetings with Man United successful each competitions (D1 L3), portion they person besides won conscionable 1 of their past 4 league visits to Old Trafford (D1 L2), losing 2-0 to Michael Carrick’s broadside successful January.

Looking up to the 199th Manchester derby, Maresca has acknowledged the magnitude of the juncture and what is astatine involvement for specified a ‘special game’.

Maresca looks up to his archetypal Manchester derby arsenic City manager

Speaking astatine a property league connected Friday, Maresca said: "It is precise important for antithetic reasons. We cognize however important a derby is, particularly here. A peculiar game. The astir important happening we tin bash is effort to beryllium ourselves and past we spot the last result.

“To beryllium honest, I’m much reasoning astir the squad and the fans,” helium continued. “The main absorption is not my archetypal derby. For sure, I privation to triumph the game, but we privation to proceed to triumph games for everyone.”

Asked whether Man City whitethorn person an vantage implicit Man United arsenic they person 2 much days to prepare, Maresca said: "It happened past play erstwhile [City] played Napoli and played Arsenal 2 days later. Sometimes it happens. I don't person immoderate uncertainty that United volition beryllium ready. It is simply a substance of adapting.

"It happened past play with us, this play with them, adjacent play it volition hap to idiosyncratic else."

Sharing his thoughts connected Carrick, Maresca added: "I deliberation he's doing a fantastic occupation since past season. He took implicit successful a analyzable concern and finished precise well, and this play starting successful the aforesaid mode much oregon less. He's doing a precise bully job!"

Maresca has besides provided a fresh update connected the fittingness of Nico O’Reilly and Jeremy Doku, the erstwhile has missed Man City’s past 2 games portion the second has been absent since August’s Community Shield.