Same again for City

Manchester City have no fresh injury concerns as they look to record their first Old Trafford derby-day win since 1974.

Sun Jihai (hamstring) and Trevor Sinclair (knee) are both missing with long-term knocks, so manager Stuart Pearce has the option of fielding an unchanged side from the one that drew at home with Watford on Monday.

However, having utilised a 4-5-1 formation with some success at Liverpool last month, the City boss could bring in Dietmar Hamann and try the same again.

Team (from): Weaver, Hart, Isaksson, Onuoha, Richards, Dunne, Distin, M Mills, Thatcher, Jordan, Trabelsi, Reyna, Barton, Hamann, Ireland, Vassell, Corradi, Dickov, Samaras.