Date - Wednesday, January 6 2021
Kickoff Time - 1945 Hrs GMT
Venue - Old Trafford, Manchester
League Cup Form Guide
Manchester United: WWW
Manchester City: WWW
Previous League Cup Meetings
Manchester City 0—1 Manchester United
Manchester United 1—3 Manchester City
Manchester United 1—0 Manchester City
Manchester United 3—1 Manchester City
Manchester City 2—1 Manchester United
All-Time League Cup Record
Manchester United wins: 4
Manchester City wins: 4
Draws: 1
Pre-Match Pressers
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Pep Guardiola
Team News
Manchester United
Marcos Rojo and Edinson Cavani ruled out. Victor Lindelöf doubtful.
Manchester City
Nathan Aké, Gabriel Jesus, Eric García, Kyle Walker, Ederson, Ferran Torres and Tommy Doyle ruled out. Aymeric Laporte doubtful.
Know the opposition
Manchester City Football Club (nicknamed City, The Citizens, and The Sky Blues), are a professional football club based in Manchester, England. City were founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), before being renamed as Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887, and finally Manchester City in 1894 - and the origins can be traced back to members of St. Mark's Church of England, West Gorton — who founded the football club that would become known as Manchester City, for largely humanitarian purposes. Two church wardens sought to curb local gang violence and alcoholism by instituting new activities for local men, whilst high unemployment plagued East Manchester, specifically Gorton. All men were welcome to join, regardless of religion.
The team's first recorded match occurred on 13 November 1880, and City gained their first honors by winning the Second Division in 1899 — with it came promotion to the highest level in English football, the First Division. In the seasons following the FA Cup triumph of 1904, the club was dogged by allegations of financial irregularities, culminating in the suspension of seventeen players in 1904, including captain Billy Meredith, who subsequently moved across town to Manchester United. Almost half a century later later, a City team inspired by a tactical system known as the Revie Plan reached consecutive FA Cup finals again, in 1955 and 1956; just as in the 1930s, they lost the first one, to Newcastle United, and won the second. The club continued to challenge for honors throughout the 1970s, finishing one point behind the league champions on two occasions and reaching the final of the 1974 League Cup.
Prior to the takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008, the club had enjoyed moderate levels of success through their history — however, since the start of the current decade, City have been buoyed by the signings of Sergio Agüero, Yaya Touré, David Silva, Vincent Kompany — and have emerged as perpetual title contenders Vincent Kompany winning the league four times and repeatedly finishing in the Top 3. City play their homes games at the Etihad Stadium, and their biggest rivals are neighbors and opponents for the game, Manchester United.
Referee
Martin Atkinson.
Familiar Faces
Brian Kidd (1963-1974 and 1988-1998)
