Manchester City vs Manchester United Stats: Goals, fouls and head-to-head record

Manchester City welcome Manchester United to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon (16:30, live on Sky Sports Main Event), with both teams hoping for a turnaround in fortunes after a difficult run of form in recent weeks.

Ruben Amorim's undefeated start in the United hot seat came to a crashing halt with two losses in four days, first away to Arsenal and then at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, while Pep Guardiola's side have lost seven of their last 10 games across all competitions. Below you can find the Manchester City vs Manchester United Stats as we delve into the facts and figures.

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Form Guide

Manchester City currently sit in 19th place in the Premier League form table, having taken just four points over the past six matches. The 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest was their only win during this run, which also includes defeats to AFC Bournemouth, Brighton & Hove Albion, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool.

Manchester United are in ninth place in the form table, as they've won two, drawn two and lost two of their last six encounters. As mentioned in the introduction, Amorim's undefeated start as United boss came to an end last week with two defeats in four days away at Arsenal and Nottingham Forest.

However, United have won just once away from home this season - a 3-0 win over Southampton at St. Mary's when Erik ten Hag still occupied the dugout.

Head-to-head

One hundred and 43 years have passed since City and United locked horns for the very first time back in 1881, with the latter leading the overall head-t0-head record between the sides, posting 79 wins to City's 62, while there have also been a total of 53 draws across the 194 previous meetings.

Sunday will mark the 55th league meeting between the sides during the Premier League era, with United getting the best of their noisy neighbours over the years, winning 25 of those tussles.

However, City have dominated the recent history of this fixture, winning the last three Premier League meetings at the Etihad by an aggregate score of 13-5.

The most recent encounter between the two teams saw City prevail 7-6 on penalties in the Community Shield back in August, after playing out a 1-1 draw in 90 minutes of English football's annual curtain-raiser.

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Goals

The hosts have scored 27 goals so far this term, and have created the highest amount of xG in the Premier League this season with 2.03 per 90 minutes.

Meanwhile, only four teams have scored fewer goals than United so far this campaign (19), and they all currently occupy places in the division's bottom five. However, this tally isn't a fair reflection of United's creativity, who find themselves in the top half of the league in terms of xG created with 1.45.

Amorim's side have been excellent defensively, though, keeping a clean sheet in 40 per cent of their matches this season - only league leaders Liverpool have a better record (50 per cent). The Red Devils' matches average the joint-fewest amount of goals in the league, along with Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest, at 2.27, with City's games averaging almost a goal more at 3.20.

Erling Haaland is the league's joint-top goalscorer with Mohamed Salah, having scored 13 goals in 15 matches so far, while Marcus Rashford is United's top scorer in the top flight this season, with four strikes.

Cards & Fouls

When looking at both teams, Lisandro Martinez and Kobbie Mainoo lead the way in terms of cards with five apiece, and are closely followed by Harry Maguire and Bernardo Silva who have both received four cautions.

Diogo Dalot has committed the most fouls for Amorim's side with 19, while fellow teammates Noussair Mazraoui and Manuel Ugarte have made 18 and 15 respectively. Matheus Nunes tops the foul chart for City with 14, however the hosts currently occupy a top-five spot in the Fair Play table, with only Spurs, Liverpool, Brentford and Everton picking up fewer cards than them.

Meanwhile, United have picked up 38 cautions in comparison to City's 32, leaving them 15th in the Fair Play table.

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