Manchester United 3-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 13 December 2003

Result

Manchester United 3-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 13 December 2003, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 3-1 Manchester City: match report

Manchester United beat Manchester City 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 December 2003. The half-time score was 2-0.

Paul Scholes opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Paul Scholes (7'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (34') and Paul Scholes (73'). Manchester City scored through Shaun Wright-Phillips (52').

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 34 points from 15 and Manchester City 10th on 19 points from 15. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Manchester City 16th with 41.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 2 draws and 1 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Paul ScholesManchester United · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 2-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Joey BartonManchester City
  • 52'Goal · Shaun Wright-PhillipsManchester City · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Sun JihaiManchester City
  • 73'Goal · Paul ScholesManchester United · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Manchester United 1, draws 2, Manchester City 1.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Tim Howard, Rio Ferdinand, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Darren Fletcher, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Nicky Butt, Gary Neville, John O'Shea, Ryan Giggs, Diego Forlán Corazo

Manchester City line-up

David Seaman, David Sommeil, Sylvain Distin, Richard Dunne, Steve McManaman, Trevor Sinclair, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Robbie Fowler, Sun Jihai, Joey Barton