Manchester United 1-6 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 October 2011

Result

Manchester United 1-6 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 23 October 2011, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester United 1-6 Manchester City: match report

Manchester United lost to Manchester City 1-6 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 October 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.

Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Manchester United's goal came from Darren Fletcher (81'). Manchester City scored through Mario Balotelli (22'), Mario Balotelli (60'), Sergio Agüero (69'), Edin Dzeko (90'), David Silva (90+1') and Edin Dzeko (90+2').

Discipline: Manchester United received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Manchester City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 20 points from 8 and Manchester City 1st on 22 points from 8. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Manchester City 1st with 89.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Mario BalotelliManchester City · 0-1
  • 23'Yellow card · Mario BalotelliManchester City
  • 41'Yellow card · Vincent KompanyManchester City
  • 47'Red card · Jonny EvansManchester United
  • 60'Goal · Mario BalotelliManchester City · 0-2
  • 62'Yellow card · AndersonManchester United
  • 67'Yellow card · Patrice EvraManchester United
  • 69'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 0-3
  • 75'Yellow card · Edin DzekoManchester City
  • 79'Yellow card · Chris SmallingManchester United
  • 81'Goal · Darren FletcherManchester United · 1-3
  • 83'Yellow card · Danny WelbeckManchester United
  • 86'Yellow card · Micah RichardsManchester City
  • 90'Goal · Edin DzekoManchester City · 1-4
  • 90+1'Goal · David SilvaManchester City · 1-5
  • 90+2'Goal · Edin DzekoManchester City · 1-6

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 7, draws 1, Manchester City 2.

Team news

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

Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Rafael, Chris Smalling, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Paul Scholes

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Micah Richards, Jérôme Boateng, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Adam Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera