League Cup · Semi-Final
Manchester United v Manchester City
0–2
HT 0–0
Manchester United lost 0–2 to Manchester City at Old Trafford on Wednesday 6th January 2021 in the League Cup. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Martin Atkinson.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- Half Time 0–0
- 48' Fernandinho
- 50' John Stones 0–1
- 69' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues
- 75' Mason Greenwood for McTominay
- 78' Joao Cancelo
- 78' João Cancelo
- 83' Fernandinho 0–2
- 87' Donny van de Beek for Fred
- 90' Luke Shaw
- Full Time 0–2
40%
Possession
4-3-1-2
Formation
Martin Atkinson
Referee
Harry Maguire
Captain
Starting XI
Player
Manchester City Lineup
4-3-3
Starting XI
3 Rúben Dias CD-L
5 John Stones CD-R ⚽
7 Raheem Sterling RF
8 Ilkay Gündogan LM
11 Oleksandr Zinchenko LB
13 Zack Steffen G
17 Kevin De Bruyne RM
25 Fernandinho CM ⚽
26 Riyad Mahrez F
27 João Cancelo RB
47 Phil Foden LF
Substitutes
2 Kyle Walker
9 Gabriel Jesus
10 Sergio Agüero
16 Rodri on
22 Benjamin Mendy
61 Felix Nmecha
78 Taylor Harwood-Bellis
79 Luke Mbete
85 James Trafford
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
Manchester United
OPP
Josep Guardiola
Manchester City
Match Information
Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Manchester City
4-3-3
United vs Manchester City History
Meeting 184 of 199
199
Played
81
Won
55
Drawn
63
Lost
280
Goals For
279
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 3rd October 1891. After this match United had played Manchester City 184 times: 76W 53D 55L.
29 Jan 2020 W 1–0 LC 8 Mar 2020 W 2–0 PL 12 Dec 2020 D 0–0 PL
6 Jan 2021 L 0–2 This match
7 Mar 2021 W 2–0 PL 6 Nov 2021 L 0–2 PL 6 Mar 2022 L 1–4 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 99 | 44 | 29 | 26 | 152 | 124 | 44.4 |
| Away | 94 | 35 | 25 | 34 | 121 | 145 | 37.2 |
| Neutral | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 33.3 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →