'Mail on Sunday' journalist Ollie Holt thinks that the team who finishes above Manchester United this season will win the league, and Andy Townsend says it will be hard to top either Manchester club this season.
Both Manchester clubs have had identical starts to the season and sit joint top of the Premier League after emphatic wins on the weekend.
United beat Everton 4-0 at Old Trafford while city thrashed Watford 6-0 at Vicarage Road and former Ireland international Andy Townsend says Jose Mourinho's side will be challenging come the month of the season.
"I think United will be really close this year, I really do. I think City clearly have an amazing squad, and when they play at their very best, they produce a level of football few can get close to.
"I think over course and distance, Jose Mourinho's sides have always been ultra-competitive. I do feel that United will be very, very close.
"Jose will do whatever it takes to win. Whether that means leaving players out, playing them in different positions, over these 10 months I think he'll always be right in there with this United team.
"I think United have shown that they have that bit that Fergie's team always had. It wasn't a case of getting out there with a 2-0 defeat, it was a case of going to Old Trafford and getting beat by five."
Meanwhile, Ollie Holt references City's start to the season last year, where the blue side of Manchester won their first six league games, suggesting that it may be too early to make title predictions.
But Holt added that both United and City have looked impressive so far this season, and predicts that the Pep Guardiola's side will pip their rivals to the Premier League title.
"Some of us got burned last year after Manchester City's incredible start last year. I remember being at Manchester City's win at Manchester United last September and afterwards writing some very florid stuff about the dawn of a new era in the Premier League, and then City went downhill a little bit from there.
"So it is early, but I do find it very hard to look beyond them and United. I think the team that finishes above United will win the Premier League, and I think that team will be City.
"There's an old adage about defences winning titles, but if City win it this year I think it will be their attacking players that win it for them.
"But at the back I think [John] Stones has been good, I love watching him play, and [Kyle] Walker has been impressive too. There's hope there for City."