The weight of City's wealth has not left too much of a dent in United's standing so far. Sir Alex Ferguson's side did lose last season's FA Cup semi-final, but they have won five of the past six league encounters. City's hope must be that they are still progressing, despite the fact that regeneration is taking place at United as well. If there is a key change to be seen at City it must lie in the enhanced attacking of a side that has narrowly outscored United. At Old Trafford, though, the capacity of Roberto Mancini's team to contain will be critical. Kevin McCarra

Venue Old Trafford, Sunday 1.30pm

Tickets Sold out

Last season Manchester Utd 2 Manchester City 1

Referee Mark Clattenburg

This season's matches 5 Y10, R1, 2.20 cards per game

Odds Man Utd 11-10 Man City 14-5 Draw 5-2

Manchester Utd

Subs from Amos, Lindegaard, Evans, Smalling, F da Silva, Park, Valencia, Giggs, Macheda, Cleverley, Diouf, Owen, Berbatov, Carrick, Welbeck, Gibson

Doubtful Cleverley (foot), Gibson (ankle)

Injured R da Silva (shoulder, 2 Nov)

Suspended None

Form guide DWDWWW

Disciplinary record Y11 R0

Leading scorer Rooney 9

Manchester City

Subs from Pantilimon, Taylor, Johnson, Zabaleta, Kolarov, Savic, Onuoha, Razak, Milner, K Touré, Hargreaves, Nasri, Dzeko

Doubtful De Jong (hip)

Injured None

Suspended None

Form guide WWWDWW

Disciplinary record Y8 R0

Leading scorer Agüero 8

Match pointers

• There have been five 90th-minute or later goals in the last eight meetings between these sides in all competitions, three of them matchwinners for United

• City have won only one of their last 32 visits to Old Trafford in all competitions (2-1 in the Premier League in February 2008)

• United have scored with a higher percentage of their shots (24%) than any other side while City are second with 20%

• None of the eight previous sides to have scored more than 20 goals after eight Premier League games have gone on to win the title