Manchester United face Manchester City match in International Champions Cup. The pre-season sparring match will be played on Monday, July 25th.
Manchester City finished fourth in the league last season with 66 points and 71-41 goal difference. Their opponents in this match had the same number of points but finished behind due to poorer goal difference This results allowed the City to take fourth place in the Champions League while their neighbors will start in Europa League. The Blue Moon appointed new manager, Spaniard Pep Guardiola, after Chilean Manuel Pellegrini left the team. Manchester City played one pre-season match already, losing to Guardiola’s previous team Bayern Munich, 0-1. However, the City used some of the bench played and couldn’t count on all their best footballers.
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Manchester United have finished fifth in the Premier League last season and also made changes in front office, appointing Jose Mourinho as their manager. The Red Devils have played two pre-season sparrings this summer, beating Wigan, 2-0 and suffering humiliating defeat against Borussia Dortmund, 1-4. We should note that the Portuguese coach couldn’t count on all his best players in these matches too.
Head-to-heads between two Manchester teams and clash of Jose Guardiola with Jose Mourinho are always quite intense and may go in different ways. However, it’s still a pre-season and we can expect the opponents to stay focused on preparing their own team to new Premier League marathon rather than chasing victory at any cost.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 goals.