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Pep Guardiola vs Jose Mourinho head-to-head record... the pair have met 16 times ahead of crunch Manchester derby, but who comes out on top?

Saturday's Manchester derby is the first meeting of Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho on English shores but the history between Europe's two top coaches stretches back across 16 matches, seven years and five clubs.

In press-conference warfare, touchline rows and on-the-pitch celebrations, the pair have become the best of enemies in some of European football's biggest fixtures.

This weekend welcomes the latest instalment of the Guardiola-Mourinho rivalry on a new stage. Here, Sportsmail looks back at how it has played out in the past.

Pep Guardiola (left) has come up against Jose Mourinho 16 times across five competitions
Pep Guardiola (left) has come up against Jose Mourinho 16 times across five competitions
The pair first met in the dugout when Mourinho was at Inter Milan and Guardiola at Barcelona
The pair first met in the dugout when Mourinho was at Inter Milan and Guardiola at Barcelona

Guardiola's Barcelona vs Mourinho's Inter Milan

Meetings: 4; Guardiola wins: 2; Draws: 1; Mourinho wins: 1

Inter Milan 0-0 Barcelona — Champions League, September 16, 2009

Guardiola's European champions dominated at the San Siro but could not find a way around Mourinho's staunch defensive unit in a first battle between these two very different managers.