Manchester United 2-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2026

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Manchester City: match report

Manchester United beat Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

Bryan Mbeumo opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Bryan Mbeumo (65') and Patrick Dorgu (76'). Manchester City did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 7th on 32 points from 21 and Manchester City 2nd on 43 points from 21. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Manchester City 2nd with 78.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United (8.3), ahead of Patrick Dorgu (7.9).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Diogo DalotManchester United
  • 17'Yellow card · Luke ShawManchester United
  • 45+2'Yellow card · RodriManchester City
  • 48'Yellow card · Nico O'ReillyManchester City
  • 65'Goal · Bryan MbeumoManchester United · 1-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Rico LewisManchester City
  • 76'Goal · Patrick DorguManchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Senne Lammens, Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martínez, Luke Shaw, Casemiro, Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo, Bruno Fernandes, Patrick Dorgu, Bryan Mbeumo

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

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Rico Lewis, Abdukodir Khusanov, Max Lewis Rowe Alleyne, Nathan Aké, Rodri, Antoine Semenyo, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland