Man United Starting XI vs Man City: Confirmed Team News and Predicted Lineup

Key Highlights

• Seventh in the Premier League with 17 games remaining, Man United are only three points behind Liverpool in fourth.
• The margins remain fine, even if the mood around the club suggests otherwise. Carrick Returns to Familiar GroundCarrick replaces Darren Fletcher, whose brief stewardship delivered a 2-2 draw at Burnley and an FA Cup exit at home to Brighton.
• Those matches saw a return to a back four, shelving Ruben Amorim’s 3-4-2-1 before it had time to embed itself.
• That pragmatic shift is expected to continue. Photo IMAGOAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe expectation is a 4-2-3-1, a system Carrick leaned on during his caretaker spell in 2021 and his time at Middlesbrough.
• It offers clarity and, perhaps more importantly, comfort.