Manchester derby rescheduled for Thursday April 27 at the Etihad as fixture pile-up continues for United
- Manchester United and Manchester City will face off on Thursday, April 27
- The original clash between the sides was moved because of the EFL Cup final
- Playing midweek now adds to the heavy fixture pile-up for the Red Devils
The Manchester derby will now take place on Thursday, April 27 and see fierce rivals United and City come face-to-face under the floodlights at the Ethiad stadium.
The original tie between the two sides had to be rescheduled as a result of United's EFL Cup final clash with Southampton.
The moving of the fixture will allow Pep Guardiola's City side plenty of recovery time following their FA Cup semi-final clash with Arsenal the Sunday prior to the match, though United now face an action-packed April comprising nine games.
Manchester United and their rivals City will now do battle on Thursday, April 27 at the Etihad
City now also have issues of their own, with the fixture calendar pitting them against Premier League strugglers Middlesbrough just two days later; a long distance trip up to Teeside not quite what Guardiola ordered.
The upcoming derby could be set to have a huge impact upon the respective campaigns of the Manchester giants.
United remain in sixth place despite an impressive run of 17 consecutive games unbeaten in the league.
City meanwhile are still firmly in the hunt for Champions League football, entering the weekend in third place prior to their home clash with fellow top four rivals Liverpool.
When the two sides last met, in the EFL Cup at Old Trafford, United came out on top
City prevailed when the two sides met earlier in the season, edging the Premier League clash with a slender 2-1 margin.
The most recent meeting however, in the EFL Cup at Old Trafford, saw United emerge victorious in a competition of which they would later go on to win.
United boss Jose Mourinho has recently voiced his concerns over United hectic fixture schedule, bemoaning the lack of a break his side are set to deal with in the coming month.
In a recent rant over United's congested schedule, Mourinho recently berated the way European fixtures are devised in relation to the English domestic season.
Jose Mourinho recently fumed about United's hectic fixture schedule and faces a busy April
'They don’t give an “S” about English teams in Europe. They simply don’t care,’ Mourinho said.
‘There are other interests that are more important. In other countries they try to do that little support to the teams in Europe. We go Sunday at 12 o’clock. Why? Why us?'
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