Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 22 September 2013

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 22 September 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United: match report

Manchester City beat Manchester United 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 September 2013. The half-time score was 2-0.

Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (16'), Yaya Touré (45+1'), Sergio Agüero (47') and Samir Nasri (50'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (87').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 7th on 7 points from 4 and Manchester United 8th on 7 points from 4. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Manchester United 6th with 68.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Manchester United.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-W-L-W and Manchester United's W-L-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Matija NastasićManchester City
  • 16'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 45+1'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 2-0
  • 47'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 3-0
  • 50'Goal · Samir NasriManchester City · 4-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Antonio ValenciaManchester United
  • 87'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 3, draws 1, Manchester United 6.

Team news

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Manchester City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Vincent Kompany, Matija Nastasić, Aleksandar Kolarov, Jesús Navas, Fernandinho, Yaya Touré, Samir Nasri, Sergio Agüero, Álvaro Negredo

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Chris Smalling, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Marouane Fellaini, Antonio Valencia, Wayne Mark Rooney, Ashley Young, Danny Welbeck