Manchester United U21s vs Man City live Premier League 2 updates and Manchester derby team news

Manchester United Under-21s take on Manchester City in the Premier League 2 on Monday night.

The Premier League 2, which is the division for U21 players, has changed this season, with the upper and lower leagues combining into one 26-team league.

City headed into the new campaign after winning three successive PL2 titles, but they have suffered after the change of format and find themselves bottom of the league.

The Blues have the worst goal difference in the division, but they will be fighting for bragging rights when visiting Leigh Sports Village to face United.

Travis Binnion's side are currently in midtable and they beat Norwich 4-2 when last seen. Youngster Sam Mather scored all four goals and he's expected to be involved again.

When the two sides last met in March, City defeated United 6-0 at the Academy Stadium.

Follow below for live match updates from Leigh Sports Village.

Manchester City are bottom of the Premier League.

That is not a sentence that is uttered often, but in the case of City's academy, it is absolutely true.

After the midway point of the Premier League 2 season, Brian Barry-Murphy's Elite Development Squad sit 26th out of 26 in the table. A fourth successive title seems a long, long way off.

Strangely enough, though, they could still win the competition. As long as they finish in the top 16 of the revamped competition, they still have a chance of being crowned Premier League 2 champions via the end-of-season knockout format.

This was a major overhaul of the way academy football is played and it took the City bosses a while to adapt to.

So how have City got here, after dominating the academy scene for the last three years? It is not purely because the PL2 is arranged slightly differently that