Manchester City can rejoin Arsenal at the top of the Premier League this afternoon with victory at Manchester United. The Gunners hard-fought triumph at Sunderland last night saw them make it four wins from four and establish a three-point lead at the summit.But City will draw level once again if they can get the better of their local rivals.City midfielder Elliot Anderson stoked the derby flames after joining the club from Nottingham Forest, declaring them to be the Kings of Manchester.Those words are a reflection of the success City have enjoyed over the last 15 years compared to United. Following contrasting starts to the season, City will again be expected to have a superior season to Michael Carricks men, who have taken just four points from Premier League games with Hull City, Ipswich Town and Everton.However, after qualifying for the Champions League with a third-placed finish last season, Carrick believes the perception around United is starting to change.Asked about Andersons remarks following their Champions League win over Sabah in midweek, Carrick said: Im definitely not using that phrase at all, no.I understand it, and I think going into the Champions League game tonight and talking about the expectation there, I think its a really good thing that its shifted in a way, and all of a sudden theres different things asked of us now to maybe what was a few months ago, and were in the Champions League.That in itself shows the steps weve made and we need to be in the later stages of that.Table of ContentsMANCHESTER UNITED TEAM NEWSMANCHESTER CITY TEAM NEWSMan United v Man City stats, Premier League formWhere to watch Man United v Man City: TV channel, live online streamsMANCHESTER UNITED TEAM NEWSLeft-back Luke Shaw is once again absent from the United squad having also missed the Champions League win over Sabah.United make three changes from that game, with Diogo Dalot and Harry Maguire replacing Noussair Mazraoui and Leny Yoro at the back and Marcus Rashford coming in for Benjamin Sesko.Manchester United: Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Dorgu; Tielemans, Mainoo; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Rashford; Cunha.Manchester United substitutes: Darlow, Heaven, Mazraoui, Yoro, Andrey Santos, Mount, Lacey, Sesko, Zirkzee.MANCHESTER CITY TEAM NEWSManchester City: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias (C), Guhi, Gvardiol, Anderson, Fernndez, Foden, Cherki, Semenyo, Haaland.Manchester City substitutes: Rulli, Ndiaye, Kovai, Reis, Bouaddi, OReilly, Allan, Khusanov, Lewis.Man United v Man City stats, Premier League formUnited won this exact fixture last season 2-0 but havent beaten rivals City twice in a row at home in the Premier League since a run of three under Alex Ferguson from 2008/09 to 2010/11They have won nine of their 10 Premier League home games since Michael Carrick took charge in January (L1), scoring at least twice in each victoryTheir current three-match winning run at home has come despite conceding twice each time. United have not conceded at least two goals in four straight home league games since January 1972Carricks side have conceded twice in all three of their Premier League games this season, leaving them poised to ship at least two goals in their first four games of a league campaign for the fourth timeThe Red Devils previously did so in 1926/27 (first five games), 1930/31 (12) and 1969/70 (4), although their threat in attack is demonstrated by the fact they had the most attempts overall (68) and accumulated the second highest expected goals total (7.3) across the first three matchdaysCity have won one of their last four Premier League games against United (D1 L2), having won five of their preceding six (L1)They are looking to win each of their opening four games in a Premier League campaign for the seventh time, which would be the outright most of any side (Chelsea are also 6)The Cityzens have proceeded to win the league on two of those six occasions (2011/12 and 2023/24)Elliot Anderson has completed more passes while under high pressure than any other player in the Premier League this season (122), with Uniteds Youri Tielemans second in that respect (114)Erling Haaland has eight goals in seven Premier League appearances against Manchester United, although only two of those have come at Old TraffordOnly Mohamed Salah (13) and Alan Shearer (10) have scored more against the Red Devils in the competitionWhere to watch Man United v Man City: TV channel, live online streamsKick-off on Sunday is at 16:30 BST (11:30 ET / 08:30 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.ViaNow TV, Sky Sports costs �14.99 for a day membership, �27.99 a month for a 12-month membership or �34.99 a month with no contract.Heres the full list ofPremier League international broadcasters. 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