Man City vs Man United Team News - Live on Sky Sports
All eyes will be watching tonight's mouth-watering derby clash between Manchester City and Manchester United where the destination of this year's Premier League trophy could go a long way to being decided.
All eyes will be watching tonight's mouth-watering derby clash between Manchester City and Manchester United where the destination of this year's Premier League trophy could go a long way to being decided. Kick-off time at the Etihad Stadium is 8pm and the match is screened live on Sky Sports in the UK. Here's the team news ahead of that game... City boss Roberto Mancini will have to decide whether or not to recall controversial striker Mario Balotelli. The Italian striker has served his three-match suspension for being sent off against Arsenal earlier this month and will likely win a place on the bench deputising Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez. Micah Richard (hamstring) has been declared fit again after missing out on last week's win 2-0 at Wolves. Mancini has no other injury concerns going into tonight's game. Sir Alex Ferguson will likely make a few changes going into his biggest game as manager since last season's Champions League final against Barcelona. Rafael has come into some criticism for his recent displays, particularly during the Red Devils shaky last seven minutes against Ever ton when they dropped two goal lead and two points. Chris Smalling or Phil Jones will likely step in as his replacement. Ryan Giggs and Danny Welbeck will be hoping for recalls.
Line-ups from;
City (from): Hart, Pantilimon, Richards, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Savic, K Toure, Kolarov, Clichy, Milner, Johnson, Nasri, De Jong, Barry, Y Toure, Pizarro, Silva, Balotelli, Aguero, Tevez, Dzeko. United (from): De Gea, Amos, Rafael, Jones, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evans, Fabio, Evra, Valencia, Nani, Park, Scholes, Cleverley, Carrick, Giggs, Young, Rooney, Welbeck, Hernandez, Berbatov, Owen.