Manchester United 1-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2005

Result

Manchester United 1-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 1-1 Manchester City: match report

Manchester United drew with Manchester City 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 September 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Manchester United's goal came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (45'). Manchester City scored through Joey Barton (76').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 9 points from 3 and Manchester City 2nd on 10 points from 4. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Manchester City 15th with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 2 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Andy ColeManchester City
  • 33'Yellow card · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United
  • 45'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Claudio ReynaManchester City
  • 58'Yellow card · Danny MillsManchester City
  • 76'Goal · Joey BartonManchester City · 1-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Manchester United 3, draws 3, Manchester City 2.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy

Manchester City line-up

Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Claudio Reyna, Kizito Kiki Musampa, Trevor Sinclair, Andy Cole, Darius Vassell, David James, Joey Barton