MANCHESTER DERBY: We preview Tuesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg between MAN U v MAN CITY with a recommended BETDAQ bet and extended match stats.
MANCHESTER UNITED V MANCHESTER CITY
8pm The Carabao Cup semi-finals kick off on Tuesday and we start with United hosting City at Old Trafford in the first leg. This would have made a great League Cup final, but we can enjoy two legs of drama in this semi-final! United managed to go to City and come away with a win already this season. Despite playing poorly on multiple occasions this season, United seemingly “turn up” for the big games. They’ll need to be on top form over the two legs to reach the final.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Manchester United 5.2, Manchester City 1.68 and the draw is 4.6. We have seen a host of teams rest players in both the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup already this season however we’ll hardly see either manager elect to rest their star players here. You never know with Guardiola – he choose to do it in the first leg against Spurs in the Champions League!
United played out a very boring 0-0 draw with Wolves at the weekend in the FA Cup, and although many United fans wouldn’t admit it – they’d probably take a 0-0 tonight and head into the second leg. United have been much better this season playing counter attacking football when they have less of the ball. Perhaps we’ll see the same set-up tonight given City’s style of play but City have a good recent record here.
The away side have won on six of their last nine visits to Old Trafford in all competitions, but it would also be fair to say that they haven’t been at their best this season. They have had plenty of trouble at the back and United can be confident going into this game after beating City in December. All things considered, City look a little short at 1.68 and we’re happy to lay them at the odds. United’s performances against the top sides have been impressive and there’s no doubt they will raise their game for City.
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MATCH STATS
- Manchester United beat Manchester City in their last meeting in December in the Premier League; the Red Devils haven’t won consecutive games against their rivals since April 2010.
- Manchester City have won six of their last nine away games against Man Utd in all competitions (W6 D1 L2), one more than they managed in their previous 39 at Old Trafford.
- Manchester United have eliminated Man City in each of their last two League Cup ties, knocking them out in the 2009/10 semi-final and the fourth round in 2016/17.
- Since losing 1-0 to Man Utd in the fourth round in October 2016, Man City are unbeaten in 15 League Cup matches (W11 D4). The last team to have a longer run was Chelsea between 2004 and 2008 (18 games), though they were eliminated on penalties in that run.
- This will be Manchester United’s 15th League Cup semi-final – only Liverpool (17) have featured in more in the competition’s history.
- Pep Guardiola has won his last five domestic semi-final matches with Manchester City since losing 2-1 to Arsenal in the 2016/17 FA Cup semi-final. Four of those wins were in the League Cup, winning both legs against Bristol City in 2017/18 and Burton Albion in 2018/19.
- Man Utd striker Marcus Rashford has been involved in eight goals in his last five League Cup appearances (5 goals, 3 assists), scoring three goals so far this campaign.
- Since the start of the 2013/14 season, Man City’s Raheem Sterling has been involved in more League Cup goals than any other player (14 – 8 goals, 6 assists).
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