Marcus Rashford is set to be involved when Aston Villa take on Manchester City in the Premier League on Tuesday night.
The England international has scored three goals and registered six assists in 16 appearances for Villa since joining the club on loan from Manchester United during the January transfer window.
Rashford's previous experience of this fixture has come as a Man United player, and this will be the first time that he has taken on the Citizens for a team other than the Red Devils.
Unai Emery's side will enter the match off the back of a 4-1 success over Newcastle United, which left them in sixth spot in the Premier League table, level on points with fifth-placed Nottingham Forest in the race for the Champions League spots.
Here, Sports Mole looks at how Rashford has performed against Man City during his professional career, as he bids to help Villa record what would be a huge victory in the context of their season.
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Marcus Rashford's record vs. Manchester City
Played: 22
Won: 7
Drawn: 2
Lost: 13
Goals: 6
Assists: 1
Rashford has tackled the Citizens on 22 occasions during his time in the Man United first team, boasting a record of seven wins, two draws and 13 defeats, scoring six times and registering one assist.
Sixteen of those fixtures have taken place in the Premier League, with Rashford's record against Man City in England's top flight standing at five wins, two draws and nine defeats.
The forward has scored five times against the Citizens in the league, in addition to registering one assist, with his other goal against the reigning English champions coming in the EFL Cup semi-finals in 2019-20.
Rashford played the full 90 minutes of the 2002-23 FA Cup final but was unable to help Man United overcome Man City, with Pep Guardiola's side running out 2-1 winners on the afternoon.
However, he was a part of the Man United side that won 2-1 in the final of last season's competition.
The attacker's first-ever experience of the Manchester derby at senior level proved to be a positive one, as he scored the only goal of the match to help Man United triumph at the Etihad Stadium in 2016.
Rashford netted in two of his first four Premier League games against Man City, and he also scored in a 2-1 success for Man United at the Etihad Stadium during the 2019-20 campaign.
The Englishman could not prevent Man United from losing 6-3 at the Etihad Stadium in the league during the 2022-23 season, but he was on the scoresheet in the reverse game at Old Trafford, which the Red Devils won 2-1.
Rashford also played 86 minutes of his side's 3-0 home loss to the Citizens in the league in the first half of the 2023-24 campaign, before netting once in a 3-1 defeat at the Etihad Stadium in the reverse fixture in March 2024.
At the start of the 2024-25 campaign, Rashford played 83 minutes of the Community Shield against Man City, with the match finishing 1-1 before Guardiola's side won 8-7 on penalties to secure the trophy.
However, he was not in the squad for the Premier League match in December 2024, which Man United won 2-1, with Red Devils head coach Ruben Amorim revealing that Rashford had been left out for tactical reasons.
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