The Big Match Tactical View: Manchester United v Manchester City The highlight of the midweek fixtures is the Manchester derby on Wednesday night. Michael Cox and Alan Thompson preview the free soccer daily tip. Manchester United v Manchester City Wednesday 20:00, Sky Sports Premier League Match Odds: Man Utd 7.60, Man City 1.50, The Draw 5.00 Wednesday night's Manchester derby is a huge fixture for both sides; United are fighting for a place in the top four, while City can't afford lớn drop points in their challenge for the league title. United managed lớn spoil City's planned title party at roughly this stage this year, but can they record another surprise victory here? Odds of 7.40, reportedly the highest-ever price for United in a Premier League soccer vip tip win at Old Trafford, would suggest not. De Bruyne out again Manchester City come into this game on the back of an ultimately meaningless victory against Tottenham last midweek, and then a narrow and slightly unconvincing win over the same opposition at the weekend. Pep Guardiola rotated his side for the second of those fixtures, but also suffered from Kevin De Bruyne going down with another injury. This isn't too much of a problem for City; the obvious solution is simply playing Bernardo Silva, one of the nominees for PFA Player of the Year, playing in his preferred central midfield role rather than out wide on the right. Fernandinho is likely lớn come into the side from the outset having replaced De Bruyne on Saturday, while David Silva would expect lớn start but it wouldn't be unthinkable lớn see Ilkay Gundogan play here. He offers a little more defensive nous than Silva, and Guardiola may want lớn be more solid having seen his side opened up on the break in the first half at the weekend. Sane to return? Phil Foden, the hero of Saturday's win, will probably drop to the bench here. In the final third, Guardiola could turn to Leroy Sane, who hasn't started many big games this year but could cause United's defence seriously problems with his speed. Sergio Aguero will lead the line, with Raheem Sterling probably moving lớn the right flank. Defensively, there are options at left-back with Benjamin Mendy the favourite lớn play ahead of Danilo, Fabian Delph and Oleksandr Zinchenko, while there's also a question about John Stones, who had a poor game on Saturday. Vincent Kompany could come in between Kyle Walker and Aymeric Laporte, with Nicolas Otamendi another option. In goal, Ederson was man-of-the-match on Saturday, reminding everyone of his class, although he might not have many shots lớn save here.
