Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2016

Result

Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City: match report

Manchester United lost to Manchester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 September 2016. The half-time score was 1-2.

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Manchester United's goal came from Zlatan Ibrahimović (42'). Manchester City scored through Kevin De Bruyne (15') and Kelechi Iheanacho (36').

Discipline: Manchester United received 4 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 9 points from 3 and Manchester City 1st on 9 points from 3. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 69 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 78.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (8.7), ahead of Nicolás Otamendi (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 6 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Kelechi IheanachoManchester City · 0-2
  • 41'Yellow card · David SilvaManchester City
  • 42'Goal · Zlatan IbrahimovićManchester United · 1-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · E. BaillyManchester United
  • 51'Yellow card · Zlatan IbrahimovićManchester United
  • 52'Yellow card · Marouane FellainiManchester United
  • 83'Yellow card · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 90+5'Yellow card · FernandinhoManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 3, draws 1, Manchester City 6.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Daley Blind, Luke Shaw, Marouane Fellaini, Paul Pogba, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Wayne Mark Rooney, Jesse Lingard, Zlatan Ibrahimović

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

Claudio Bravo, Bacary Sagna, John Stones, Nicolás Otamendi, Aleksandar Kolarov, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Kelechi Iheanacho, Nolito