Should City claim their third Premier League title, it would be the seventh league title of Guardiola’s managerial career, putting him one behind Jose Mourinho’s eight.

This month’s edition is packed with news, features, entertainment and sport including a full review and analysis of the Kerslake Report into the Manchester Arena attack, an interview with the urban farmers behind Manchester’s most sought-after mushrooms and we try to get to the bottom of Manchester City Council’s affordable housing figures!

Follow all the action on our live blog on an action-packed Saturday afternoon following Tottenham’s 3-0 FA Cup demolition of Swansea as Manchester United prepare to welcome Brighton and a number of top teams across the Premier League and Championship do battle.

MM Sports Extra is packed with features and interviews.

With temperatures dipping below -5°C across the North West already this month, a hardy bunch of footballers, athletes and members of the public have been exposing themselves to extreme colds of up to -150°C in an effort to improve performance and recovery.

MM looks at the connection between Manchester City and Girona FC, a partnership which runs deep.

The Premier League’s top two face off at Old Trafford this afternoon, and we are expecting a cracker two weeks before Christmas Day.

Crossing codes from league to union, forging a career at Sale Sharks and making an impact on the international scene – Denny Solomona is following a path well-trodden by Jason Robinson.

We have news on the group of prominent Manchester businessmen and women sleeping out for charity, the latest from the run up to the Conservative Party Conference this weekend and much more.

Top-flight European football returns to the Etihad Stadium next Tuesday as Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk travel to England to face Manchester City.

This weekend the Premier League will be back and most are looking to place outright bets. We have asked the experts which way to go