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Another Manchester derby takes place on Wednesday night, with United hosting City in the semi-final of the League Cup, less than a month after the two clubs met in the Premier League. On that occasion it was a pretty sad goalless draw; this time a winner has to be found as the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup are not played over two games as usual.
However, it is City who have the recent brilliant record in this competition, winning the final in each of the last three years, and will try to match Liverpool’s record of four in a row if they win this match and reach the final at Wembley. , which has been delayed in hopes of having fans.
Here’s everything you need to know before the game.
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The game will begin at 7:45 pm on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at Old Trafford.
The match will be streamed live on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Ultra HD and will be streamed on the Sky Go app.
If you are not a Sky customer, you can get a NOWTV day pass here to watch without a subscription.
Manchester United have Victor Lindelof as the only doubt due to injury to the first team. Edinson Cavani remains suspended. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will have to decide how many of his regular starters he’ll go with in the cup, where players like Dean Henderson have been playing.
For City, five players will be missing due to Covid-19, including Ederson, Kyle Walker and Gabriel Jesus. Nathan Ake is a doubt and Pep Guardiola will have to see who is fit to play after facing Chelsea on Sunday.
MUN: Henderson; Wan-Bissaka, Bailly, Maguire, Shaw; Fred, McTominay; Rashford, Fernandes, Pogba; Martial
MCI: Steffen; Cancello, Stones, Dias, Mendy; Fernandinho, Gundogan; Sterling, De Bruyne, Foden; Omen
Not the biggest competition for either club, but City have a recent League Cup record and United are trying to re-establish themselves as one of the best teams in the country so this could have more at stake. usual. The city’s rebound, then, comes at the perfect time for this semi-final. Man United 1-2 Man City
