Manchester City will of course be very favourites, in terms of strength they are stronger than Manchester United this season and Manchester City will also be playing at home. Of course they have much greater motivation to win the match, especially now that Manchester City is competing for the title. PL so indeed Manchester City cannot lose 3 points in every match.
But what you have to remember, this is a Manchester derby match which has quite high tension, so I don't think that this match will be easy for Manchester City and the percentage of surprises will also be quite large because of the high tension of the match.
This is a match full of prestige for both teams, thus I think the match will be quite fierce and no goal is too much for a team
For that reason, I will not risk betting on Man United. because it is true that in every aspect the strengths of the two seem clearly different. Erik Ten Hag has not been able to solve Pep Guardiola strategy on the field. This situation is also supported by several Man United players such as Hojlund who are confirmed to be absent. Rashford is no longer the player we know, he is getting duller under Erik Ten Hag. The build up that Ten Hag always implements is monotonous and none of it is effective. Onana, as usual against Man City, will be very stressed, the attacks built by Pep Guardiola certainly have a level of sharpness that is difficult to stop. Kevin de Bruyne in onfire mode made Man City's victory above all else.
Talking about the strategy of the two coaches, Pep is certainly more skilled in this matter than Ten Hag, everyone would probably agree with that. Meanwhile, in terms of the depth of the squad that both teams have, City is certainly better and more evenly equally. United actually doesn't lack good players, but currently the star players such as Rahsford and Bruno are far from good.
It could be said that United will again drop points at the Etihad, and it is true that betting on a Ten Hag fleet victory would be very risky. Apart from that, the consistency factor of the two teams this season is very different, City suffered 3 defeats while United lost 10 times. It is clear that the Manchester derby this time is still not balanced, because the two teams have very different strengths.
Regarding the course of the match, I predict that both of them will play aggressively but will still be careful, because losing points for City means losing the opportunity to win a trophy. For United, they will definitely try to finish in their rightful place, whether they succeed or not, the important thing is that they just try.