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Written by: Adam Drury

This weekend’s Manchester derby may not be the biggest edition of the fixture but still presents an intriguing match-up.

Both teams have suffered disappointing seasons and Adam Drury aims to work out of what we can expect to unfold at Old Trafford with a 33/1 bet builder.

Adam Drury's Manchester United vs Manchester City bet builder for Sunday April 7, 2025

Selection #1 - Both teams to score

Neither team can be particularly trusted to deliver a big performance but we can expect goals.

Both teams have netted in five straight United home matches, including in games against opponents as varied as Leicester and Arsenal, while they haven’t kept a clean sheet at Old Trafford in 12.

Man City have only failed to score at home to Liverpool and away to Nottingham Forest in their last 23 matches, with BTTS landing in 15 of them.

Pep Guardiola’s side are still vulnerable defensively and a repeat of December’s 2-1 victory for United would do us nicely.

Selection #2 - Under 4.5 cards

This is not a derby game that becomes too feisty, with five or more cards only handed out on one of the last 13 occasions that they have met.

Individually, City have only picked up eight cards in their last seven games, while United had none against Arsenal last month.

Referee John Brooks has only awarded more than four cards in three of his last 11 matches.

Selection #3 - Bruno Fernandes to be carded

One player we are happy to back to see yellow, though, is United skipper Fernandes.

The Portuguese international could start in a deeper midfield position here, which would see him needing to cover bigger distances and expose himself more to fouls.

He was penalised three times in the 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest on Tuesday and has drawn the whistle in 10 of his last 15 league games overall.

Overall, he has collected nine yellows and three reds this term.

Selection #4 - Ilkay Gundogan to take 2+ shots

We will finish with a punt on Gundogan, who has shown signs of life recently.

The German took two shots against Brighton before the break and had four in the FA Cup at Bournemouth last weekend, before firing off another at home to Leicester on Wednesday.

He seems to have been encouraged to make more runs forward in recent weeks and we’re gambling on that being the case again here.

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