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Man City Starting XI Prediction for Manchester Derby

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Erling Haaland broke out of his mini-slump, I guess you could call it. When you're Haaland, and you can score at will, and you play for treble winning Man City, well, these are standards now. We'll see if Erik ten Hag can contain him with Harry Maguire, Jonny Evans, Victor Lindelof, Raphael Varane or whomever the Dutchman tries to throw at the best pure scorer on … [Read more...] about Man City Starting XI Prediction for Manchester Derby

Man City Team News at United: Foden, Alvarez, Akanji

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Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez missed out on Manchester City's 2-1 win over Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League last night, due to some unspecified, and probably less than serious fitness issues. Pep Guardiola admitted as much after the match. "We played seven new players because some were tired," said the Manchester City manager. "Phil had a little problem, Julian could … [Read more...] about Man City Team News at United: Foden, Alvarez, Akanji

Manchester United Starting XI Prediction for Manchester Derby

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Ahead is an absolute monster of a weekend in European football! As we covered already, in four different articles, Saturday brings us El Clasico. While Sunday provides the Manchester Derby. Despite the fact that Manchester City have been a solid tier or two above Manchester United for most of the past decade, this series remains very competitive and balanced. You can look up … [Read more...] about Manchester United Starting XI Prediction for Manchester Derby

Man City at Wolves Team News: Stones, Rodri, Silva, Hodge

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When doing match previews, the easiest team to fill out when writing the "Form Guide" is Manchester City. It's always just all Ws; simple to remember. Pep Guardiola's invincible juggernaut got Jack Grealish and Mateo Kovacic back in the fold after the two recovered from thigh and back injuries respectively. However, Bernardo Silva (unspecified issue) and John Stones … [Read more...] about Man City at Wolves Team News: Stones, Rodri, Silva, Hodge

Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at Newcastle United

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola claims he is going to have to select a team of youth players for his side's third-round Carabao Cup tie against Newcastle United at St James' Park on Wednesday night but he's being melodramatic. While the squad is injury-riddled, Pep is exaggerating the situation quite a bit. “The problem when you have a lot of injuries, is maybe not … [Read more...] about Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at Newcastle United

Man City Team News at Newcastle: Rodri, Stones, Kovacic, Silva

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admitted that he was quite angry at his midfielder, Rodri, for the egregious red card he drew yesterday in the win over Nottingham Forest. Rodri wrapped his hands around the neck of Forest forward Morgan Gibbs-White, in a move that was about as red as a red card can be. It happened in the opening minutes of the second half, meaning Man City … [Read more...] about Man City Team News at Newcastle: Rodri, Stones, Kovacic, Silva

Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at Sheffield United

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Manchester City are just dominant in the search engines as they are on the pitch, apparently. According to Online PR Firm Digital Funnel, Man City’s fixtures, in general, generate more web search interest than any other club. They are Googled to the tune of a whopping 4.8 million searches per month. And this is no surprise, but the team closest to them in the table last term … [Read more...] about Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at Sheffield United