MANCHESTER comes together this Sunday for the derby, and here News News Blog Sport look at five of the most memorable clashes over the last few years.
Louis van Gaal has been at the mind games today, saying City are favourites for the clash at Old Trafford.
While Manuel Pellegrini has played down the impact of United's travels to Moscow in the Champions League.
City start the weekend in top spot - although Arsenal could overtake them if they beat Everton on Saturday - just two points above United.
It was one win each last season as Van Gaal's side recorded a 4-2 win at Old Trafford in April after City's 1-0 win at the Emirates in November.
But here we look at some of the best games.
CITY 2 UNITED 3 (Premier League, December 9, 2012)
Robin van Persie scored a dramatic late winner as United went six points clear at the top of the Premier League in what proved a decisive move in the title race.
United had been pegged back after two first-half goals from Wayne Rooney as defending champions City upped the tempo in the last half-hour.
Goals from Yaya Toure and Pablo Zabaleta pulled them level but United won it in injury time as Van Persie's injury-time free-kick looped in via a deflection off Samir Nasri.
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| Robin van Persie put United six points clear |
CITY 1 UNITED 0 (Premier League, April 30, 2012)
City captain Vincent Kompany proved the hero on a night of high tension at the Etihad Stadium as he headed the goal that put his side in control of the title race.
Kompany struck in first-half stoppage time and United could not find a way back.
City, who had been trailing United by six points with just six games remaining, moved top on goal difference with two to play.
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| Vincent Kompany scored a towering header to all but secure the title |
CITY 2 UNITED 3 (FA Cup, January 8, 2012)
United held on to win a thrilling third-round cup tie after racing into a 3-0 lead against 10-man City.
Rooney opened the scoring and Danny Welbeck added a second after Kompany was controversially sent off.
Rooney added the third before the break.
City roared back after the interval through Aleksandar Kolarov and Sergio Aguero but fell just short.
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| United hung on in the cup to knock City out |
UNITED 1 CITY 6 (Premier League, October 23, 2011)
City humiliated their neighbours at Old Trafford as they inflicted United's biggest derby defeat since January 1926.
They led only 1-0 at half-time after Mario Balotelli's neat finish but then seized complete control following Jonny Evans' 47th-minute dismissal.
Balotelli, in the headlines that morning after an incident involving fireworks in his bathroom, added another and Aguero also struck.
Darren Fletcher pulled one back but late breakaway goals from Edin Dzeko (two) and David Silva wrapped up an emphatic win.
Balotelli's 'Why Always Me?' T-shirt was the game's enduring image.
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| Mario Balotelli's famous 'Why always me' moment |
UNITED 4 CITY 3 (Premier League, September 20, 2009)
Michael Owen scored deep into injury time to give United a dramatic victory.
The game started at a frantic pace with Rooney netting in just the second minute before Gareth Barry levelled.
Fletcher put United back ahead with a header but City again replied, this time with a Craig Bellamy stunner.
Bellamy scored a dramatic third City equaliser in the 90th minute after Fletcher's second, but substitute Owen had the final say in the sixth minute of injury time.
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| Michael Owen scored a last minute winner in a dramatic game |
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