Manchester City 0-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 30 November 2008

Result

Manchester City 0-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 30 November 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester City 0-1 Manchester United: match report

Manchester City were beaten by Manchester United 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 November 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Wayne Rooney of Manchester United in the 42nd minute.

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 14th on 17 points from 14 and Manchester United 3rd on 25 points from 13. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Manchester United 1st with 90.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · RafaelManchester United
  • 33'Yellow card · Darren FletcherManchester United
  • 41'Yellow card · Stephen IrelandManchester City
  • 42'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Darius VassellManchester City
  • 59'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 65'Yellow card · Patrice EvraManchester United
  • 68'Second yellow · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 85'Yellow card · Michael CarrickManchester United

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

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

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Ryan Giggs