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Man Utd and Manchester City will remember those affected of the assault at a Manchester temple prior to their Premier League fixtures this weekend.

Yet, honors will not be routinely held across the Premier League and English Football League for Thursday's incident where two individuals lost their lives with three more wounded.

Specific Honors Arranged

Man Utd squad members are to sport dark bands along with observing 60 seconds of quiet prior to their game against Sunderland at their home ground this Saturday, whereas the women's team will follow suit at their Women's Super League match facing Chelsea Friday evening.

Speaking at his news conference Friday, United men's manager Ruben Amorim stated: "We live in turbulent times currently, lot of big things happened, sympathy to victims, we will pay tribute tomorrow."

United's under-18 as well as under-21 sides will likewise don dark armbands in their games.

Man City will also wear dark bands when they travel to Brentford on Sunday and have agreed with the home team to hold a period of quiet before kick-off.

Further Context

An observance was already planned by the Bees in memory of their head of academy goalkeeping Christopher Ramsey, who died on Wednesday of bowel cancer.

Brentford has decided to alter the honor from clapping to silence given the gravity of Thursday's attack.

Man City's women's team will also pay their respects before their WSL match facing Arsenal this Saturday.

It is understood both the Premier League and EFL will support any team wishing to pay tribute those affected.

Past Precedents

On the first weekend of the campaign, a league-wide moment of silence took place before all top-flight matches to remember Liverpool forward Diogo Jota along with his sibling his brother following their passing in a car crash abroad.

Nonetheless, insiders have said the organisation has, for some time moved away from implementing universal quiet moments for non-football issues, even though it has supported anti-discrimination initiatives.

It comes after the FA announced that the stadium's arch would only be lit for football and entertainment per updated guidelines last year.

The decision followed criticism when the arch was not lit with Israel's colors after the October 7 attacks by the group in which 1,200 people were killed.

Four years earlier, England's top division, EFL and Football Association faced allegations of inconsistency for not observing tributes for the 50 victims in the temple assaults abroad.

Premier League teams previously donned black armbands with the French anthem performed after November 2015's Paris attacks.