Premiership · Matchday 27
Manchester United v Manchester City
1–1
Manchester United drew 1–1 with Manchester City at Old Trafford on Sunday 9th February 2003 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (18') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 3' Gary Neville
- 18' Ruud van Nistelrooy 1–0
- Half Time
- 47' Marc-Vivien Foe
- 77' Nicky Butt for Veron
- 86' Shaun Goater 1–1
- 89' Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer for Giggs
- Full Time 1–1
Starting XI
Player
Manchester City Lineup
Starting XI
2 David Sommeil D
3 Niclas Jensen M
5 Sylvain Distin D
6 Kevin Horlock M
14 Eyal Berkovic M
17 Sun Jihai D
20 Carlo Nash G
23 Marc-Vivien Foe M
24 Steve Howey D
33 Robbie Fowler F
39 Nicolas Anelka F
Substitutes
8 Ali Benarbia on
10 Shaun Goater on ⚽
22 Richard Dunne
29 Shaun Wright-Phillips on
32 Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Kevin Keegan
Manchester City
Match Information
United vs Manchester City History
Meeting 139 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 139 times: 55W 47D 37L.
18 Nov 2000 W 1–0 PL 21 Apr 2001 D 1–1 PL 9 Nov 2002 L 1–3 PL
9 Feb 2003 D 1–1 This match
13 Dec 2003 W 3–1 PL 14 Feb 2004 W 4–2 FAC 14 Mar 2004 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 ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →