Roy Keane and Gary Neville predict Manchester City v Manchester United result

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Manchester City and Manchester United are set to lock horns in the derby on Sunday and one team seems to be a clear favourite for the win.

Pep Guardiola‘s Citizens are in fine form at present, having won their last three in all competitions and sitting just one point off top spot in the Premier League table.

Meanwhile, Erik ten Hag‘s Red Devils stumbled in the league last time out, a 1-0 home defeat to Fulham ending their previous good run.

In addition, Man United will be missing in-form striker Rasmus Hojlund, who picked up a muscle injury in the league win against Luton Town.

Man City won 3-0 in the reverse Premier League fixture at Old Trafford, and are currently 15 points ahead of Man United in the league.

Man City and Man United will both go into the derby on the back of victories in the FA Cup, however.

The Citizens cruised to a 6-2 win at Luton, while the visitors ran out 1-0 victors at Nottingham Forest.

Roy Keane hopes Manchester City ‘bottle it’ against Manchester United

Despite both teams winning their last fixtures, many are fancying Man City to triumph against their bitter rivals.

Indeed, Old Trafford legends Roy Keane and Gary Neville both feel the Etihad Stadium outfit will emerge triumphant.

Speaking on The Overlap, Keane said: “3-1. Let’s go 3-1 City.” He then turned to Neville and joked: “Don’t be copying us now!”

Neville replied: “I was going to say 3-1. It’s probably about right. I’d like to have United with a goal, to be fair… just something! I’ve not predicted United will lose on this yet.”

Keane then joked: “They could bottle it, you never know!”

When you’ve got Man United legends like Keane and Neville predict that City will win the derby, that’s a pretty sad state of affairs for the Red Devils.

Obviously you can never say never in football. City have let the odd result slip this season, with five draws and three losses in the league this term. Let’s see what happens on Sunday.