Man United v Man City stats as Pep Guardiola's side have Premier League title in their sights

Sport360 staff 17:21 06/04/2018
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  • Manchester City have the chance to seal the title against their bitter rivals.

    Manchester City host Manchester United in the Manchester derby with the Premier League title within their grasp.

    Victory for the home side will seal the Premier League title for City, who head into Saturday’s fixture with a 16-point lead over their rivals.

    Here are some key stats and facts for the derby clash.

    KEY STATS

    Victory for Manchester City will see them be crowned Premier League champions for the fifth time, and third time in league’s history.

    Should the Citizens win the title at Old Trafford, they’ll have done so with more games to spare than any side in English top-flight history.

    Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola could become the third manager to win the title in England and at least two of the other big five European leagues, after Carlo Ancelotti (3) and Jose Mourinho (2).

    Manchester City have done the double three times over Manchester United in the Premier League, only Liverpool have done so more often in the competition (4).

    Manchester United have lost eight of their last 13 Premier League games against Man City (W3 D2) – their previous eight top-flight defeats against Man City came over a 49-game period stretching back to March 1978.

    However, the Red Devils are unbeaten in their last two league visits to the Etihad (W1 D1), keeping a clean sheet each time.

    Man City are unbeaten in their last 27 home league games (W22 D5), winning the last 14 in a row. Only twice has a team ever had a longer winning run at home in the Premier League (Man City – 20 between March 2011 and March 2012, and Man Utd – 19 between October 2010 and October 2011).

    Man Utd have won each of their last four Premier League games. They last won more consecutively back in January 2017 (6).

    United enter the game in good form.

    United enter the game in good form.

    The Red Devils have only won one of their last 10 away league games against fellow ‘big six’ sides (D3 L6), failing to score on eight occasions in that run.

    Manchester City have won 27 league games so far this season – their record for most wins in a single top-flight season is 28 in 2011-12 campaign. They had to wait until matchday 38 for their 28th and final win that season.

    This will be the 21st managerial meeting between Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, the most either manager has faced another. Guardiola has won nine of the previous 20 meetings (D7 L4), the most defeats Mourinho has suffered against another manager in his career.

    Sergio Aguero has scored six goals in his last six Premier League appearances against Manchester United, but has failed to score in either of the last two.

    David Silva has been directly involved in six goals in his 11 Premier League games against Man Utd (3 goals, 3 assists), but just one of these has been at the Etihad (assist in April 2012).

    Romelu Lukaku has scored in each of his last three games for Manchester United in all competitions. He last scored in more consecutively matches back in September (six in a row).

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