Man City vs Man Utd: The results of the last 5 Manchester derbies

Sunday's derby sees the two halves of Manchester meet in differing moods.

While the debate rages on over what colour the city is, there's little doubt Pep Guardiola's all-conquering Manchester City side approach the weekend's tie as firm favourites against Erik ten Hag's Manchester United.

The Red Devils have once again been handed a lengthy injury list and can take little solace from their recent record against the Cityzens. Man Utd have won just one of the last five meetings with City, suffering heavy losses and Wembley heartbreak in recent years.

Here's how the last five games between the local rivals have panned out.

The build-up to the most recent meeting between the two Manchester giants largely focused around the passing of the late Sir Bobby Charlton. The England World Cup winner played in 25 Manchester derbies, scoring eight goals.

This October fixture proved to be Erling Haaland's goalscoring stage as the Cityzens marched to a convincing victory with little issue at Old Trafford.

Rasmus Hojlund was penalised for handball in the midst of his barren streak in the Premier League, allowing his fellow Scandinavian to open the scoring. Haaland nodded in a second before assisting Phil Foden to finish off a straightforward victory.

The run-in during the 2022/23 season proved to be all about Man City.

Guardiola's side had already wrapped up the Premier League title by the time they met their local rivals in the FA Cup final and it looked like it would be another procession in favour of the blue half of Manchester when Ilkay Gundogan scored the fastest goal in the competition's history of finals with only 12 seconds on the clock.

Man Utd stayed in the contest and took their chance to level when Jack Grealish was penalised for