Premiership · Matchday 32

Manchester City v Manchester United

2–3

HT 2–0

Saturday 7th April 2018 · Eastlands Stadium · Att: 54,259

Manchester United beat Manchester City 3–2 at Eastlands Stadium on Saturday 7th April 2018 in the Premiership. Paul Pogba (53', 55') and Chris Smalling (69') scored for United. United were captained by Antonio Valencia, and the referee was Martin Atkinson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
25' Vincent Kompany Assist: Leroy Sané 1–0
30' Ilkay Gundogan Assist: Raheem Sterling 2–0
37' Ander Herrera
45' Romelu Lukaku
Half Time 2–0
53' Paul Pogba Assist: Ander Herrera 2–1
55' Paul Pogba Assist: Alexis Sánchez 2–2
63' Raheem Sterling
69' Chris Smalling Assist: Alexis Sánchez 2–3
79' Fernandinho
79' Sergio Agüero
81' Paul Pogba
82' Marcus Rashford for Sanchez
85' Scott McTominay for Lingard
90' Danilo
90' Gabriel Jesus
90' Vincent Kompany
90' Victor Lindelof for Herrera
Full Time 2–3

Match Facts

35%

Possession

4-3-3

Formation

Martin Atkinson

Referee

Antonio Valencia

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

3 Eric Bailly

6 Paul Pogba 53', 55'

7 Alexis Sanchez

9 Romelu Lukaku

12 Chris Smalling 69'

Substitutes

82' for Sanchez

85' for Lingard

90' for Herrera

Manchester City Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

3 Danilo RB

4 Vincent Kompany CD-R ⚽

7 Raheem Sterling RF

8 Ilkay Gündogan RM ⚽

18 Fabian Delph LB

19 Leroy Sané LF

20 Bernardo Silva F

21 David Silva LM

25 Fernandinho CM

30 Nicolás Otamendi CD-L

31 Ederson G

Substitutes

1 Claudio Bravo

2 Kyle Walker

10 Sergio Agüero on

14 Aymeric Laporte

17 Kevin De Bruyne on

33 Gabriel Jesus on

42 Yaya Touré

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Josep Guardiola

Manchester City

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Manchester City

4-3-3

Man Utd Manchester City

35%

Possession

65%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.38

Avg Player Rating

6.38

United vs Manchester City History

Meeting 176 of 199

199

Played

Won

Drawn

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 176 times: 73W 52D 51L.

26 Oct 2016 W 1–0 LC 27 Apr 2017 D 0–0 PL 10 Dec 2017 L 1–2 PL

7 Apr 2018 W 3–2 This match

11 Nov 2018 L 1–3 PL 24 Apr 2019 L 0–2 PL 7 Dec 2019 W 2–1 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

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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 →