Man United vs Man City: team news, probable line-ups, score predictions and more – preview

⚽️ Stats to know (via Opta)

• In 37 head-to-head encounters between the two sides, Manchester United hold a slight advantage. The Red Devils have won 18 games, lost 15 and drawn four.

• United have progressed from nine of their previous 15 semi-finals across all competitions, but have been knocked out in two of their last three.

• Pep Guardiola’s men are bidding to lift the EFL Cup for the sixth time in the last eight seasons and for the fourth time in a row.

• Man City have only lost two of their 23 League Cup matches under Guardiola, and they have both come at the hands of Man United.

⚽️ Probable Man United line-up (via Tribuna.com)

4-3-3: Henderson, Telles, Maguire, Bailly, Wan-Bissaka; Van de Beek, Bruno, McTominay; Rashford, Martial, James.

⚽️ Score predictions

WhoScored’s Josh Wright: Man United 2-1 Man City

“Man United have gathered real momentum since being dumped out of the Champions League at the start of December. Guardiola has made this competition his own since arriving at Man City but United are moving in the right direction to end that on Wednesday.”

Sports Mole’s Barney Corkhill: Man United 2-2 Man City, City to win on penalties

“This is an incredibly difficult derby to call. After the dreary nature of the recent league meeting between these two we are at least expecting goals this time, but beyond that we are struggling to separate the two sides. The nature of Man City’s win over Chelsea on Sunday means we expect the visitors to reach the final.”

⚽️ Form guide (all competitions)

Man United: WWWDWW

Man City: DDWWWW

⚽️ Quotes from the manager (via MUTV)

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: “We’ve developed a lot in the last 12 months from the last semi-final in the Carabao Cup. We’ve also earned the right to feel we can go all the way with our performances. We’re confident, going into the game on good form, so no excuses.”