Manchester derby: Can Rashford find cutting edge against United's noisy neighbours?

Manchester City will test the strength of Manchester United's recent revival at Old Trafford this weekend, while red-hot leaders Tottenham are seeking their eighth win in 10 games.

Pep Guardiola's champions have put their own mini-slump behind them and go into Sunday's game against their local rivals as firm favourites.

Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham can go five points clear of the chasing pack, at least temporarily, if they beat Crystal Palace on Friday.

Here are three talking points ahead of the action in the English top flight.

Can Rashford find cutting edge against Man City?

Marcus Rashford scored the winning goal at Old Trafford last year as Manchester United came from behind to beat Manchester City 2-1 -- the ninth time in a row he had scored at his home ground.

The England forward went on to score 30 goals for the club during the season, lifting himself into the bracket of elite forwards.

But it is a different story during the current campaign, with Rashford stuck on a solitary goal in a team struggling to find fluency and a cutting edge.

United, in eighth place, have scored just 11 times in the Premier League this season -- just twice more than City forward Erling Haaland has managed on his own.

Manager Erik ten Hag predicted earlier this month that Rashford would soon be "on fire", but the 25-year-old has failed to score for United since then, though he netted for England at Wembley.

United have carved out three wins on the bounce in all competitions but remain far from convincing. They need their big players to step up if they are to have a chance of beating the treble winners.

Friday

Crystal Palace v Tottenham - 21:00

Saturday

Chelsea v Brentford - 13:30

Arsenal v Sheffield United - 16:00

Bournemouth v Burnley - 16:00

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