Manchester City 3-1 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 September 2012

Result

Manchester City 3-1 Queens Park Rangers

Premier League · Saturday 1 September 2012, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 3-1 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Manchester City beat Queens Park Rangers 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 September 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Yaya Touré opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Yaya Touré (16'), Edin Dzeko (61') and C. Tevez (90+3'). Queens Park Rangers scored through Bobby Zamora (59').

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Queens Park Rangers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 6th on 4 points from 2 and Queens Park Rangers 18th on 1 point from 2. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Queens Park Rangers 20th with 26.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Queens Park Rangers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 0 for Queens Park Rangers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City
  • 59'Goal · Bobby ZamoraQueens Park Rangers · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Edin DzekoManchester City · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · J. RodwellManchester City
  • 85'Yellow card · Bobby ZamoraQueens Park Rangers
  • 90+3'Goal · C. TevezManchester City · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Manchester City 2, draws 0, Queens Park Rangers 0.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Stefan Savić, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Gaël Clichy, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Samir Nasri

Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, Anton Ferdinand, José Bosingwa, Fábio, Park Ji-Sung, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Granero, Alejandro Faurlin, Andy Johnson, Bobby Zamora, Ryan Nelsen