Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 10 February 2008

Result

Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 10 February 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City: match report

Manchester United were beaten by Manchester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 10 February 2008. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Darius Vassell opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Manchester United's goal came from Michael Carrick (90+2'). Manchester City scored through Darius Vassell (24') and Benjamin Mwaruwari (45').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 57 points from 25 and Manchester City 8th on 41 points from 25. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Manchester City 9th with 55.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Darius VassellManchester City · 0-1
  • 45'Goal · Benjamin MwaruwariManchester City · 0-2
  • 57'Yellow card · John O'SheaManchester United
  • 90+2'Goal · Michael CarrickManchester United · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 4, draws 3, Manchester City 3.

Team news

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

Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha

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

Joe Hart, Vedran Ćorluka, Richard Dunne, Michael Ball, Micah Richards, Martin Petrov, Stephen Ireland, Dietmar Hamann, Gelson Fernandes, Elano