2018-19 Premier League Manchester United Vs Manchester City Wed April 24,2019

 

 

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Manchester City have won five of their past seven Premier League fixtures at Old Trafford (D1, L1), having triumphed in only one of the first 14 visits.
• A seventh away win for City would set a new Premier League record for overall wins at Old Trafford by a visiting club. They are currently tied with Chelsea on six victories.

Manchester United

• United have lost six games out of eight in all competitions for the first time since 1989.
• They have conceded 48 league goals this season, their most since letting in 63 in 1978-79.
• Their current run of 11 consecutive matches without a clean sheet in all competitions is the club's worst for 21 years.
• The Red Devils have covered less distance than their opponents in 15 of 17 Premier League games under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
• Manchester United could fail to score in three consecutive matches in all competitions for the first time since October 2015 under Louis van Gaal.
• They have lost only one of their 13 Premier League home fixtures versus the reigning champions (W9, D3), a 2-1 defeat against Manchester City on 8 April 2013.
• Paul Pogba was directly involved in 16 goals in his first 14 appearances in all competitions under Solskjaer, scoring nine goals and assisting seven, but he has since scored just two penalties and registered no assists in nine matches.

Manchester City

• Manchester City have won 10 successive Premier League fixtures, their longest streak since a top-flight record run of 18 between August and December 2017.

• They are guaranteed to be Premier League champions if they win their final four matches, which would make them the first team to finish a top-flight campaign with 14 successive victories.
• City need just one more goal to match their own record of goals scored in all competitions in a top-flight season: 156 in 2013-14.
• The Blues have won at Old Trafford in all three seasons they were Premier League champions: 6-1 in 2011-12, 3-0 in 2013-14 and 2-1 in 2017-18.
• Sergio Aguero is one short of becoming the second player to score at least 20 Premier League goals in six different seasons, emulating Alan Shearer, who did so in seven campaigns.
• Aguero could also become the second player, after Thierry Henry, to achieve this feat in five consecutive seasons.
• Sergio Aguero has scored four Premier League goals at Old Trafford - only Steven Gerrard, with five, has netted more as a visiting player.