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Man United vs Man City Bet Builder Tips: Saturday, June 3rd
The domestic season has one final tale left to play, with Man United vs Man City bet builder tips at your disposal for the likely-fiery Manchester derby on one of the most prestigious stages of them all. The whole of Manchester is in London, and they’re all expecting a trophy win.
In this article:
- Man United vs Man City Preview
- Man United vs Man City Stats & Facts
- Man United vs Man City Bet Builder
Man United vs Man City Preview
FA Cup Final, Saturday, June 3rd, 15:00 (UK)
The Police’s view that this is a ‘high-risk’ fixture sees the FA Cup Final kick-off at 15:00 in the capital for the first time in over a decade. Here we have two fanbases sick of the sight of one another, with Manchester City’s dominance now flipping the script on a footballing landscape once so heavily favoured towards the red faction of the city.
The achievements of Sir Alex’s treble winners is something their noisy neighbours can’t match – in fact, European success has mystified City at every turn following investment from the Middle East. This season, though, the FA Cup Final could very well provide the building block towards a Premier League, European Cup, and FA Cup trio of silverware.
Pep Guardiola’s gang of merry men are performing in a manner that simply no one can stop. Real Madrid in the Champions League – probably the biggest test of them all – still proved not quite able to lace Man City’s boots this term. Add to that a Premier League title race where City lit a roaring fire at The Emirates, and we’ve got another near-perfect noisy title run-in that Liverpool supporters have had to consistently endure in recent seasons.
With the FA Cup seemingly the last piece of a much-desired puzzle, it feels fitting that it’s Manchester United in the red corner for the bout. The bragging rights of the city, in Lancashire, and up north, in general, are very much laid delicately on the line, seemingly ready for Erling Haaland to arrive and make a mockery of another English competition.
The Manchester City striker has earned enough plaudits across the season that he doesn’t really need a mention here. We know what he’s about, fully aware of what he’s done, and we’re acutely aware of what he is capable of. Superlatives are running out as he tears down hoards of individual goalscoring records in his first season – the type of records which have been proudly standing in history books for decades.
He’s the difference maker. The hat-trick in his first-ever Manchester derby suggests he’s up for the fight, and you’d be a brave punter to decide on anything but him turning up and having a say.
Nevertheless, despite the expectancy swirling around Wembley Stadium for those in sky blue, they’ve still got to dispatch a side that has already won a domestic trophy this term. The national stadium was the scene of their latest triumph as Newcastle United were denied silverware to the tune of 2-0 in February.
If there’s anything to suggest that United under new management can pose a stern test to City’s treble credentials, it’s the piece of silverware in Eric ten Haag’s office after half of a season in charge.
Man United vs Man City Stats & Facts
- This is the first-ever all-Manchester FA Cup Final.
- This is the first time either of these sides has appeared in an FA Cup Final since 2019.
- Manchester City have come up against their arch-rivals in the FA Cup at Wembley before. That came in the semi-final in 2010/11 where Yaya Toure scored in a 1-0 Citizens win.
- Man United dispatched City 2-1 in January, with Eric ten Haag claiming that they can be beaten, but it will just take a ‘perfect game’ in the final.
- United have lost three of their last four FA Cup Final appearances.
Man United vs Man City Bet Builder
As things stand, City are the big favourites at 1.28 to lift the trophy and United out at 3.75. It may be difficult to construct a Builder that gets a City trophy lift on-side and still provides decent betting value.
However, if you’re a little more bullish and expect The Citizens to turn over their biggest rivals, the 90-minute route is a viable one. The City juggernaut will present the toughest of tasks for any team in world football at present. The likeliness of a treble win magnifies their capabilities against the world’s best this season – swatting away anyone who poses the next task.
It must be said, though, that United had the upper hand in January. A 2-1 win at Old Trafford should serve as a confidence-boosting elixir that this City outfit can be overturned. It was one of City’s five losses this Premier League campaign.
With the Premier League in the bag, Pep’s City lost to Brentford on the season’s final day. The Bees were the only team to do the double over Manchester City this season. Impressive. Nevertheless, it was a match where Guardiola could rest and rotate. Bigger games lay in wait ahead, so we can forgive them for the misstep. Overlooking that Brentford win, City had gone 25 games unbeaten in all competitions.
That stretch includes two fixtures against Real Madrid, two against Bayern Munich, and crunch matches to effectively decide the title versus the Gunners. This City team is imperious. It will take something seismic to halt them when they’re in the vein of form. Is this Manchester United team in its current guise enough to act as that barrier to another trophy lift. I’m not confident Erik ten Haag can mastermind a final win over Pep.
So, without much further ado – the bet builder. Starting with a City win in 90 minutes (1.50), gives us a nice platform to build on. Couple that selection with under 4.5 goals, and I think the 1.90 price is well worth taking on its own. I’ll be taking that for the showpiece event personally.
The October meeting may have ended 6-3, which is admittedly slightly off-putting for the Under goals selection. However, this is an FA Cup final. United will look to frustrate City by keeping it tight for as long as possible. That approach should lend itself to a lower goal count, making the opportunity to almost double City’s win price a very appealing one.
But this is a bet builder-focused article, so I won’t stop there for those of you after an offering of the odds-against variety. Adding Erling Haaland Over 1.5 Shots gets us to 2.15, and including another is 2.75. That seems reasonable to me.
Haaland hit 2 & 6 shots in his two head-to-heads with United this season. Alongside that, the Norwegian has served up 3.77 shots per90 from 30.8 90s. That’s a total that sits third in the Premier League, just behind Aleksandr Mitrovic and Darwin Nunez. Expectedly, neither of those two could lace Haaland’s boots this season, though.
- Man City Win
- Under 4.5 Goals
- Erling Haaland Over 2.5 Shots
Bet Builder Odds: 2.70
Odds via bet365 as at 09:00 on 2nd June 2023. Odds may now differ.
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