Manchester United 2-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 10 May 2009

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 10 May 2009, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Manchester City: match report

Manchester United won against Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 10 May 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (17') and Carlos Tévez (45'). Manchester City did not score.

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

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 80 points from 34 and Manchester City 10th on 47 points from 35. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Manchester City 10th with 50.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Stephen IrelandManchester City
  • 45'Goal · Carlos TévezManchester United · 2-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Darren FletcherManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 4, draws 2, Manchester City 4.

Team news

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

Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Jonny Evans, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Ryan Giggs

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

Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka