Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 7 April 2018

Result

Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 7 April 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United: match report

Manchester City were beaten by Manchester United 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 April 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Vincent Kompany opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Vincent Kompany (25') and Ilkay Gündogan (30'). Manchester United scored through Paul Pogba (53'), Paul Pogba (55') and Chris Smalling (69').

Discipline: Manchester City received 6 yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 84 points from 31 and Manchester United 2nd on 68 points from 31. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 81.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Sánchez of Manchester United (8.7), ahead of Paul Pogba (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Vincent KompanyManchester City · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · Ilkay GündoganManchester City · 2-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Ander HerreraManchester United
  • 45'Yellow card · Romelu LukakuManchester United
  • 53'Goal · Paul PogbaManchester United · 2-1
  • 55'Goal · Paul PogbaManchester United · 2-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Raheem SterlingManchester City
  • 69'Goal · Chris SmallingManchester United · 2-3
  • 79'Yellow card · Sergio AgüeroManchester City
  • 79'Yellow card · FernandinhoManchester City
  • 81'Yellow card · Paul PogbaManchester United
  • 90+1'Yellow card · DaniloManchester City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Vincent KompanyManchester City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Gabriel JesusManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 6, draws 2, Manchester United 2.

Team news

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

Ederson, Danilo, Vincent Kompany, Nicolás Otamendi, Fabian Delph, İlkay Gündoğan, Fernandinho, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Leroy Sané

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

David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling, Ashley Young, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sánchez