Premier League Oct 29, 2023
**Find all the Manchester United vs Manchester City stats from Opta on this page.** __
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Manchester United vs Manchester City stats ahead of the Manchester derby in the Premier League at Old Trafford.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own analysis during and after the game.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Pre-Match Opta Facts for Man Utd vs Man City:
- Manchester United came from behind to win this exact fixture 2-1 last season – they’re looking to win consecutive home league games against Man City for the first time since a run of three between 2008-09 and 2010-11.
- Manchester City have won more Premier League away games against Manchester United than any other side (8), with seven of their eight wins at Old Trafford coming in their last 12 visits.
- Since the start of the 2011-12 season, Manchester City have won 13 of their 24 Premier League meetings with Manchester United (D3 L8), more than any other side in that time. Their previous 13 league wins over the Red Devils had come over a 62-game period between 1970 and 2011.
- This will be the ninth Premier League Manchester derby played immediately after both sides have had a UEFA Champions League group stage game. Manchester City have won five of their previous eight (D2 L1), with Manchester United’s only victory coming in December 2012 (3-2 at the Etihad).
- Manchester United have won their last two Premier League games, having lost four of their previous six (W2). All five of their league wins this season have been by a single goal, with four of those being won courtesy of a goal scored in the final 15 minutes.
- Manchester City have lost their last two Premier League away games. They last lost more consecutively on the road between March and July 2020, which included a 2-0 loss at Manchester United.
- Only Arsène Wenger (12) has ever won more Premier League games against Manchester United than Man City boss Pep Guardiola (7). Of all managers to have faced the Red Devils at least 10 times in the competition, Guardiola is the only one to have won at least 50% of his games against them (7/14).
- Bruno Fernandes has scored in his last two games against Manchester City – the last Man Utd player to score in three consecutive Manchester derbies in all competitions was Paul Scholes in the 2003-04 campaign.
- Heading into MD10, no player has scored the opening goal in more different Premier League games this season than Man City’s Julián Álvarez. Three of his four strikes this term have been the opening goal in the match, while all four have also been Man City’s first goal in the game.
- Scott McTominay has scored three goals in his last two Premier League games, with these strikes being worth five points to Manchester United. It’s more goals than he’d netted in his previous 70 league games combined for the Red Devils (2).
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