Manchester United vs Manchester City January 2026 Premier League Fixture Preview: Matchday 22

January 15, 2026 By Johan Curtis No Comments 4 minutes

Premier League Jan 17, 2026 Man United vs Man City: The Red Devils host The Blues in the first Manchester derby of 2026, and the second of the 2025-26 season at Old Trafford. Newly appointed interim boss Michael Carrick will perform the touchline duties for the hosts as Darren Fletcher returned to coaching U18s after a 2-game stint as United’s caretaker manager after sacking Ruben Amorim. Man City needs to win this game to take the first spot in the Premier League.

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Manchester United hosts Man City on the 22nd matchday of the Premier League 2025-26 season. How to watch the match live online and a complete match preview in this blog!

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Match Information

Date: Saturday, January 17
Kick-off: 12.30 pm GMT / 7.30 am ET / 4.30 am PT
Venue: Old Trafford
Live stream: NOW TV, SKY GO, SKY GO Extra, Sky Ultra HD, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League (UK), Fubo (USA), DAZN (Canada)

Manchester United vs Manchester City Head-To-Head

Here’s the head-to-head record between the two Manchester Clubs played to date in all competitions:

Games Played	City Won	United Won	Draw
197	63	80	54

Manchester United vs Manchester City Upcoming Prediction

The Manchester United vs Manchester City tickets for their January 17, 2026, fixture are already sold-out, so the fans at home can expect a houseful Old Trafford when the game kicks off.

United have just one win in their last 7 games across all competitions; City, on the other hand, are unbeaten in their last 13 across all competitions, with 10 wins and 3 draws.

Prediction: United 2 – 4 City

Manchester United vs Manchester City Upcoming Lineups

Manchester United Team News

A huge boost for Man United and the fans is that Amad Diallo and Bryan Mbuemo are back in training and set to feature in the Manchester derby after their AFCON campaigns concluded. Absentees for United include Matthijis de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui, with the Moroccan still at the AFCON.

Predicted XI (4 – 2 – 3 – 1)

Lammens; Shaw, Martinez, Yoro, Dalot, Casemiro, Ugarte, Cunha, Fernandes, Mbuemo, Sesko

Manchester City Team News

A huge blow for Man City for this trip to Old Trafford remains their defense. With injuries to Josko Gvardiol, Ruben Dias, and John Stones, City will feature the duo of Khusanov and the academy graduate they recalled earlier in January, Max Alleyne.

With winter signing Antoine Semenyo taking no time in adjusting to new surroundings, attack won’t be a problem for the City boss to rely on against United.

Predicted XI

Donnarumma; Nunes, Khusanov, Alleyne, O’Reilly, Rodri, Bernardo, Cherki, Foden, Semenyo, Haaland

Premier League Standings on Matchday 21 of 38

Have a look at the 2025-26 Premier League table currently and where the two teams sit on points:

Pos.	Team	Pld.	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	Arsenal	21	15	4	2	40	14	+26	49
2	Man City	21	13	4	4	45	19	+26	43
3	Aston Villa	21	13	4	4	33	24	+9	43
4	Liverpool	21	10	5	6	32	28	+4	35
5	Brentford	21	10	3	8	35	28	+7	33
6	Newcastle	21	9	5	7	32	27	+5	32
7	Man Utd	21	8	8	5	36	32	+4	32
8	Chelsea	21	8	7	6	34	24	+10	31
9	Fulham	21	9	4	8	30	30	0	31
10	Sunderland	21	7	9	5	21	22	-1	30
11	Brighton	21	7	8	6	31	28	+3	29
12	Everton	21	8	5	8	23	25	-2	29
13	Crystal Palace	21	7	7	7	22	23	-1	28
14	Spurs	21	7	6	8	30	27	+3	27
15	Bournemouth	21	6	8	7	34	40	-6	26
16	Leeds	21	5	7	9	29	37	-8	22
17	Nott’m Forest	21	6	3	12	21	34	-13	21
18	West Ham	21	3	5	13	22	43	-21	14
19	Burnley	21	3	4	14	22	41	-19	13
20	Wolves	21	1	4	16	15	41	-26	7

Premier League Matches on Matchday 22

Here’s a lineup of all 10 games on Premier League Matchday 22 of 38:

January 17

Man United vs Man City*
Sunderland vs Crystal Palace
Chelsea vs Brentford
Liverpool vs Burnley
Tottenham vs West Ham
Leeds United vs Fulham
Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal

January 18

Wolves vs Newcastle United
Aston Villa vs Everton

January 19

Brighton vs Bournemouth

(* this game)

The Final Say

Interim boss Michael Carrick has a huge task ahead of him when he takes charge of Manchester United against Pep’s City. Watch Man United vs Man City on USA Network in the USA. If you are traveling abroad, subscribe to FastestVPN and connect to the seamless streaming servers in the USA to watch the Manchester Derby and Premier League games hassle-free!