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Match insight

There's daylight between Man City and Man Utd on the current numbers — this isn't a fixture between equals. Man City currently sit 12 places and 12 points above Man Utd in the table — 1st against 13th and inside the Champions League places. Man City have taken 15 points from their last 5, against 6 for Man Utd over the same stretch. Worth flagging: Man Utd sit well below what our metrics imply, roughly 7 places under their underlying-strength rank.