Man City vs Man Utd: Who do you reckon to win this coming derby?

The battle for Manchester: Sunday 2nd November 13.30 GMT- Etihad Stadium

Manchester City were far from their best against the Magpies at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday as goals from Rolando Aarons and Moussa Sissoko ended their defence of the trophy they won last March.

The Newcastle defeat came after Pellegrini’s men threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with CSKA Moscow in the Champions League before then losing 2-1 at West Ham in the Premier League last Saturday.

"Of course it's a concern because it is twice in one week we have conceded too many goals and I don't think that we are scoring the chances that we have we don't score, which makes them a little bit nervous,” said Pellegrini.

"We did not play well. We didn't move the ball in the way we normally do and we were conceding goals too easily and we did not score the chances that we had.”

However, the City boss added that he is confident his side can turn things around and return to winning ways.

"I'm sure that we will leave this week behind us and carry on thinking about the future," he said.

Meanwhile Manchester City's David Silva picked up an injury during their Capital One Cup Fourth Round match against Newcastle and Yaya Toure had groin injury.

"Well David has a problem in his knee, we will see tomorrow how big is it. Yaya was with some problem in his groin, but I think that's nothing important," added Pellegrini.

Rooney and Falcao are likely going to play after picking up a minor injuries both on training.

Phil Jones, meanwhile, has been suffering with shin splints for a number of weeks, causing him to have trouble walking.

He underwent scans on his shins on Monday to assess the extent of the damage, with the results due on last Tuesday.

FACTS

Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero have both scored four goals in five Barclays Premier League appearances against Manchester United.

Manchester City have won five and lost just one of the last six Premier League Manchester derbies.

Both teams have talented players on their disposal

Yaya Toure has scored in three of his last four Premier League appearances against Man Utd.

Wayne Rooney has scored four goals in his last five Premier League appearances at the Etihad Stadium, including three in his last two games there.

Rooney is the top scorer in Manchester derbies, both overall and in the Premier League; 11 in all comps and eight in the Premier League.

Man City have won the last three Manchester derbies in the Premier League. They have not won four in a row in the league since December 1970.

David Silva has assisted as many goals (41) or created as many goalscoring chances (389) since he made his Premier League debut in August 2010, than any other player.

Despite being only nine games in to the Premier League season, David De Gea is the only Man Utd player to have appeared in all nine matches so far this season.