Match Preview - Manchester City v Manchester United
Form: City are currently struggling to find form, with three defeats in their last four games. There last Premier League tie was a 2-0 victory over West Brom, losing to Wolves and Arsenal in their previous two League fixtures, and a humiliating 3-1 defeat to Polish minnows Lech Poznan. Another few losses added to Roberto Mancini's CV and he's a goner...
United are on the back of 6 straight wins, most recently a 3-2 thriller (for the neutrals) against Wolves. The other five coming against Tottenham and Stoke in the League, Bursaspor (twice) in Europe and Wolves in the Carling Cup. However, Sir Alex Ferguson is without some key players.
The Injury Front: City will be without in-form striker Mario Balotelli on Wednesday, after he was banned for three games after picking up a straight red card against West Brom over the weekend. Emmanuel Adebayor and Michael Johnson are both doubtful, but apart from the trio, City are full-strength.
Squad: Hart, Richards, Zabaleta, Bridge, Lescott, Boyata, De Jong, Vieira, Barry, Johnson, K Toure, Y Toure, Tevez, Silva, Adebayor, Kolarov, Given, Milner, Kompany, Boateng.
United are currently experiencing a virus, which has spread to Dimitar Berbatov, Paul Scholes, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Michael Carrick. Most, if not all could recover in-time, however. Ryan Giggs and Luis Nani are not expected to be passed fit, Wayne Rooney is currently undergoing rehab work in the US, while Michael Owen, Owen Hargreaves and Antonio Valencia all remain sidelined.
Squad: Van Der Sar, Kuszczak, Rafael, Brown, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Smalling, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Obertan, Bébé, Carrick, Gibson, Scholes, Fletcher, Anderson, Nani, Park, Berbatov, Chicharito, Macheda.
Who do I think will win???? Of course Manchester United lah!!! A 2-0 victory!!!!!!!!!