Etihad-hosted Premiere League will start Sunday, Pep Guardiola (Manchester City Manager) and Erik Ten Hag (Manchester United Manager) are ready to clash.
“How ready are they?”
Manchester City has been raging battles with 19 wins for Premiere League games. However, we have seen them lose against Tottenham in February this year. Manchester United is going strong for the 5th straight win and this is the team’s longest streak since April 2021.
Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson left the Team in 2013 and the stats look something like this since then;
. Man Utd Man City
Premiere League 0 5
Big Trophies 3 12
Avg PL Points/Season 68 85
More than 5 Goals 1 33
Spendings £1.43bn £1.38bn
Let’s also look at the data for these rivals’ recent Financials:
. Man Utd Man City
Cost of the previous PL starting XI £376m £538m
Cost of previous Squad Matchday £674m £735m
Approx cost for first team squad £821m £842m
Spending in Summer Transfer 2022 £201m -£57m
Players bought for £50m+ 8 11
(First Team Squad)
Manchester City has been consistent and looks absolutely tough in the last 7 games this season. They have scored at least 3 Goals in each game, making them 2nd team in the era of Premiere League to showcase such performance.
The stats for Premiere League at Etihad also looks promising for Machester City when it comes to defeating the rival teams; Manchester United being the most dominated with 9, followed by Chelsea with 8, Tottenham with 7, and Arsenal with 6.
Manchester United will come closer by 2 points if they show a win in the next game. This may prove that Man Utd still carries the same game since Sir Alex Ferguson.
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