Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
This weekend will see the second Manchester derby of the season as United and City go head-to-head in the Premier League. Both clubs go into the fixture on the back of fifth-round wins in the FA Cup in midweek.
City claimed a 6-2 victory over Luton Town, while a late Casemiro goal was enough for United to get past Nottingham Forst. Sunday will see Erik ten Hag and Pep Guardiola's teams meet at the Etihad Stadium looking to get a precious three points for their respective seasons.
The reverse fixture ended in a 3-0 win for City at Old Trafford on October 29. This fixture is already seeing plenty of similarities with the game at Old Trafford, particularly the kick-off time.
The game is being broadcast live on Sky Sports as part of their Super Sunday coverage and will kick off at 3.30pm. READ MORE: Erik ten Hag issues Bruno Fernandes injury update and hits out at 'pathetic' Manchester United criticism READ MORE: Manchester City given Premier League points deduction boost after table updated This time is unusually earlier than what typical Super Sunday games would kick-off, which is normally 4.30pm.
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