Manchester United na karɓar Manchester City a Old Trafford ranar Lahadi, 13 Satumba 2026, a wasan babba na ranar 4 ta Premier League mai dauke da tarihi mai nauyi ga Red Devils.

United suna neman samun nasara biyu a jere a derby na gida akan City karo na farko cikin shekaru 16 — nasarar da aka samu ta ƙarshe a kakar wasa ta 2009/10, lokacin da Michael Owen ya zira kwallo mai ban mamaki a lokacin ƙarin wasa don ba wa United nasara ta 4-3 kafin Paul Scholes ya zira a minti na 93 don tabbatar da nasara ta 1-0 a Etihad Stadium.

Yanayin wasa kafin derby

Farkon kakar wasa ta United ya kasance mai rikitarwa. Bayan sun sha kashi 2-0 a ranar farko a hannun Hull City da aka daga, Red Devils sun doke Ipswich Town 5-2, sun yi zarge 2-2 a filin Everton, sannan suka murƙushe Sabah FK 4-0 a UEFA Champions League.

City, sabanin haka, suna zuwa Old Trafford da rikodin cikakke. Ƙungiyar Enzo Maresca ta ci Bournemouth 2-1, Crystal Palace 4-1, da Coventry City 1-0 a gasar, sannan ta tafi Estadio do Dragao ta doke FC Porto 2-0 — godiya ga kwallayen biyu na Erling Haaland — don ɗauke da wannan ƙarfin zuwa Turai.

Tarihin ƙa'idodin kai-da-kai

A cikin wasanni 188 da suka gabata, United suna jagoranci a rikodin gaba ɗaya da nasara 76 ga nasara 60 ta City, tare da zargu 52. Wasan ƙarshe ya ƙare da nasara ta United 2-0, Bryan Mbeumo da Patrick Dorgu suka zira — suna ba manajan wucin gadi na lokacin Michael Carrick nasarar da ta farko a derby a matsayinsa na koci na babba.

'Yan wasa da ya kamata a kallo

Bruno Fernandes ya yi fice a matsayin mafi kyawun ɗan wasa na United a wannan kakar tare da kwallaye huɗu da taimako guda. Ɗan wasan tsakiya dan Portugal mai shekaru 32 ya kuma bar alamarsa a wannan gasar a cikin shekaru tare da kwallaye huɗu da taimako biyar a derbies da suka gabata. Hasashenshi, motsinsa, da shirinta na ɗaukar haɗari suna sa shi ya zama injin harin Carrick.

Mbeumo ya ba da gudummawa ta kwallaye biyu da taimako guda, yana kawo gudu da wasa kai tsaye ga layin gaba na United. Ikon ɗan wasan mai shekaru 27 a cikin sauye-sauye da kuma kammala damarsa na iya zama mai yanke hukunci a wasan da ake tsammani zai kasance mai gudu mai yawa.

Ga City, Haaland shine babbar haɗari. Ɗan wasan hannun dama dan Norway ya riga ya zira kwallaye biyar a wasanni huɗu a wannan kakar kuma yana da rikodin derby na ban sha'awa na kwallaye takwas da taimako uku a wasanni 10 a wannan gasar. Dakatar da shi zai zama ƙalubale mafi girma na tsaron United.

Rayan Cherki ma ya jawo hankalin mutane tare da kwallaye biyu da taimako biyu tun daga shiga tsarin Maresca. Ikon ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Faransa na wasa da ƙafafu biyu da kuma salonsa na yin dribbling mai rikitarwa suna ƙara wani sabon abu zuwa harin City.

Labaran ƙungiya

United na iya gayyatar Luke Shaw don wasa namba 300 a Premier League bayan ciyar da ƙananan ƙafar ta rasa wasan Sabah saboda ƙananan ƙaƙaba da ya samu a Everton. Marcus Rashford ma yana cikin jerin sunaye don komawa cikin ƙungiyar farko. Carlos Baleba, Matthijs de Ligt, Manuel Ugarte, Tom Heaton, da Amad Diallo duk suna wajen fagen wasa saboda rauni.

City suna da ƙungiya kusan cikakke. Nico O'Reilly ya dawo bayan rasa wasannin Coventry da Porto, yayin da ake tsammanin Phil Foden zai fara bayan wasan nasa na tsakiyar mako. Enzo Fernandez, mai tasiri a fara wasa cikakke na farko, ma yana tsammanin zai kasance, Elliot Anderson ana tsammanin zai maye gurbin Ayyoub Bouaddi. Jeremy Doku har yanzu yana waje, yana murmurewa daga raunin da ya samu a cikin kashi ta 3-0 ga Arsenal a Community Shield.

Jerin 'yan wasa masu yuwuwa

Man United (4-2-3-1): Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw; Mainoo, Tielemans; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Rashford; Cunha

Man City (4-1-4-1): Donnarumma; Khusanov, Dias, Guehi, Gvardiol; Anderson; Semenyo, Fernandez, Cherki, Foden; Haaland