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CHANCE! A lovely ball from Silva sets Sterling away. He crosses to Aguero and it’s deflected into the path of Navas, who shoots wide.

United beware...

Pace and quick feet from Sterling but four red shirts converge on him to block his attempted cross.

Cracking atmosphere here with the top tier open behind the goal City are attacking in this opening half.

Early cross from Lingard down the right and it’s comfortably cut out. Mata also drifting over to the right flank early on.

Manchester City setting up 4-2-3-1, United likewise. Aguero and Rashford the lone strikers as Darmian concedes an early corner that United deal with.

KICK-OFF! Referee Michael Oliver blows the whistle to get us underway here at the Ethiad. These Manchester derbies often produce the goods, with the notable exception of the Old Trafford fixture earlier in the season.

FIVE MINUTES TO KICK-OFF: The players are in the tunnel and about to walk out onto the pitch. A lovely crisp spring afternoon, befitting of the occasion.

TEN MINUTES TO KICK-OFF: There were just two shots on target in this fixture back in October and 12 shots overall. The latter figure is the second lowest in any Premier League game this season. Man Utd failed to muster a single shot in the first half of a Premier League game for the first time since 2003/04 (including blocked) when these two sides met at Old Trafford earlier in the season.

Manchester United have won just one of their last eight Barclays Premier League away games (W1 D3 L4).

Manuel Pellegrini could become the first Manchester City manager to win four Premier League Manchester derbies this weekend. The last City manager to win four Manchester derbies in the league was Joe Mercer in 1970 (won five in total).