Manchester United have a tendency to surprise Manchester City in the Manchester derby. United have won four and drawn one of the past 10 encounters between the two sides and that is not proportionate to the chasm in quality.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was tactically flawed and yet he still had an outstanding head-to-head record against Pep Guardiola, which bodes well for Erik ten Hag, who is set to meet the Catalan in the Premier League for the first time in less than two weeks.
Ten Hag knows Guardiola well from his time working at Bayern Munich II and he's clearly been influenced by him throughout his career.
City have scored the most goals in the Premier League this season and they have 17 points from seven games, despite not being playing their best football.