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.
The match between the Manchester duo will certainly be an interesting spectacle, so far the two teams have had inversely proportional performances but I am quite sure that both will try to win the derby match with all their might, when talking about the Manchester derby match of course we are not just talking about strategy and score in the match, but every time a club derby is played there will be high rivalry that occurs between the two so that in the end maintaining self-esteem is one of the motivations that makes the players of both teams will play 100% in the match regardless of the performance of the two teams before that the derby match starts.
Indeed, currently Manchester City is above Manchester United in terms of player quality and strategy on the field,however, as I said above, of course Manchester United has very big motivation to be able to maintain their good name as rulers of the city of Manchester, so you can be sure that the match will be very tough and no matter how bad Manchester United's performance is before the derby starts, I am quite sure that the derby match it will only end with a narrow score.