Manchester United 4-3 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 20 September 2009

Result

Manchester United 4-3 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 20 September 2009, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester United 4-3 Manchester City: match report

Manchester United won against Manchester City 4-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 20 September 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (2'), Darren Fletcher (49'), Darren Fletcher (81') and Michael Owen (90'). Manchester City scored through Gareth Barry (16'), Craig Bellamy (52') and Craig Bellamy (90').

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

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 12 points from 5 and Manchester City 4th on 12 points from 4. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Manchester City 5th with 67.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 3 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Gareth BarryManchester City · 1-1
  • 27'Yellow card · C. TevezManchester City
  • 36'Yellow card · AndersonManchester United
  • 43'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United
  • 49'Goal · Darren FletcherManchester United · 2-1
  • 52'Goal · Craig BellamyManchester City · 2-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Craig BellamyManchester City
  • 81'Goal · Darren FletcherManchester United · 3-2
  • 90'Goal · Craig BellamyManchester City · 3-3
  • 90'Goal · Michael OwenManchester United · 4-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 2, Manchester City 3.

Team news

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

Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Gary Neville, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Ryan Giggs

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Shay Given, Micah Richards, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Kolo Touré, Stephen Ireland, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Craig Bellamy