Manchester United vs Manchester City Prediction and Betting Tips 17.01.2026

What are the best Odds for this match

We found out the top betting odds for this match in the 90 mins excluding the extra time. The best odd for Manchester United to win this match is priced at 3.60, in other hand for Manchester City to win this game is best staked at 1.91, then backing this match to end all square in full time draw is priced at 3.85 furthermore, for both teams to score goals in this match is being priced at 1.44. Also for both teams not to score goals can be priced at 2.65. The Odd for more than 2 goals to occur in this match is 1.48. In other hand for 2 or less than two goals to come in this match is best placed at 2.60 odd

Manchester United Form Analysis

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Even thou Manchester United can not boast of being very good offensively, but with their decent attack they have scored 6 in their last 5 matches

This home team Manchester United are very poor defensively as they have conceded 6 goals in the past 5 games, which is an average of 1.2 goals per game. Also In the last total number of 21 matches they played, they have won 8 matches , drawn 8 matches and recorded 5 loses, they have also won 5 home matches and recorded 2 loses while at home in the last 10 matches they have played

Manchester City Form Analysis

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Manchester City team have a good attack having scored a quite good amount of goals in their last matches, with an average of 1.4 goals per game in their last 5 matches

This away team Manchester City have a good defense having allow few number of goals recently they have conceded 3 goals in their last 5 games. Also, In their last 21 matches, Manchester City recorded 13 wins and 4 loses and have also drawn 4 matches in the process.They are also a strong team on the road, as they have won 5 in their last 10 away matches they have played

Manchester United vs Manchester City Head-to-Head

Manchester United have won just one matches, drawn 3 and lost just one matches in the last 5 matches in this competition. In other hand the away team Manchester City have recorded 2 wins, drawn 3 and lost matches for their last 5 matches in this competition

Manchester United have won 62% of their encounter as they have won more games when these two teams met in the past.

Manchester United vs Manchester City head to head stats

Our main Manchester United - Manchester City Prediction

In as much as a Draw is likely to occur in this match, We are backing Manchester City positively for this match. Manchester City have 45% to win this match while 10% for Manchester United to win and 45% for both teams to settle for a draw. Furthermore for Poisson distributions Manchester City with 61% poisson distribution are stronger to compare Manchester United with 39%, having more poisson distribution is one of the reason we are predicting that Manchester City will win this match