Manchester United — Manchester City 0:1, 13 September: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 4 Sunday 13 September · 15:30 UTC

Manchester United 13th · 4 pts DDDLD

0 : 1 1st half 0:0

Manchester City 1th · 12 pts WWWWW

Old Trafford · referee M. Oliver

Match predictionBold

No stalemate here

82% · Manchester City have won 4 in a row

Prediction landed. We predicted “No stalemate here”, and the match finished 0:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Manchester United 30% draw 23% Manchester City 47%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Manchester City win, and the match finished 0:1. Fans backed Manchester City win — they got it right.

fans 75 votes

Manchester United 27% draw 12% Manchester City 61%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

P. Foden 23'

E. Maresca 45+1'

I. Ndiaye for R. Cherki 46'

E. Haaland 0-1 60'

B. Sesko for Y. Tielemans 67'

J. Gvardiol 79'

E. Fernandez 80'

H. Maguire 81'

N. O'Reilly for E. Fernandez 82'

J. Zirkzee for M. Rashford 83'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Manchester United 4-2-3-1 · Michael Carrick 4-2-3-1 · Enzo Maresca Manchester City

Senne Lammens  
Diogo Dalot  5 Harry Maguire  6 Lisandro Martínez  13 Patrick Dorgu  
Youri Tielemans  37 Kobbie Mainoo  
Bryan Mbeumo  8 Bruno Fernandes  9 Marcus Rashford  
Matheus Cunha  

Erling Haaland  
Phil Foden  10 Rayan Cherki  42 Antoine Semenyo  
Elliot Anderson  17 Enzo Fernández  
Matheus Nunes  6 Marc Guéhi  3 Rúben Dias  24 Joško Gvardiol  
Gianluigi Donnarumma  

Manchester United bench

17Andrey Santos
26Ayden Heaven
30Benjamin Šeško
11Joshua Zirkzee
12Karl Darlow
15Leny Yoro
7Mason Mount
3Noussair Mazraoui
31Shea Lacey

Manchester City bench

45Abdukodir Khusanov
37Allan
32Ayyoub Bouaddi
28Gerónimo Rulli
7Iliman Ndiaye
8Mateo Kovačić
33Nico O'Reilly
82Rico Lewis
22Vitor Reis

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

55%Possession45%

16Shots6

3Shots on target2

9Shots off target1

4Blocked shots3

6Shots inside box2

10Shots outside box4

116Attacks81

70Dangerous attacks31

6Corners7

4Offsides1

17Fouls10

1Yellow cards2

0Red cards1

1Saves3

472Passes396

411Accurate passes326

11Free kicks22

18Throw-ins11

4Goal kicks14

0Penalties0

Manchester United

Manchester CityThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Manchester United and Manchester City met on matchday 4 of the Premier League on 13 September at Old Trafford. Final score — 0:1.

Manchester United sit 13th on 4 points after 7 matches (1 win, 4 draws, 2 losses), unbeaten in 3 matches. Manchester City sit 1th on 12 points after 7 matches (7 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses), unbeaten in 7 matches, 3 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Manchester United won 1, Manchester City won 1. Aggregate score — 2:3.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Manchester United last five Manchester City

DDDLD form WWWWW

7 Matches 7

1 — 4 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 7 — 0 — 0

10 — 10 Scored — conceded 19 — 7

1 Points per game 3

1.43 Goals scored per game 2.71

0 Clean sheets 3

2 Failed to score 0

unbeaten in 3 Current streak unbeaten in 7

Manchester United at home: 3 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 6—4, 1.33 points per match.

Manchester City away: 3 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 8—1, 3 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Manchester United win 0 draws 1 Manchester City win goals 2:3 Manchester United — Manchester City

17/01/2026	Manchester United — Manchester City	2:0	Premier League
14/09/2025	Manchester City — Manchester United	3:0	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Manchester City	6	6	0	0	16—5	18
2	Arsenal FC	6	5	0	1	10—5	15
…
12	Crystal Palace	6	2	1	3	9—12	7
13	Manchester United	6	1	3	2	9—9	6
14	Coventry City	6	2	0	4	5—11	6

Full Premier League table