FA Cup · 3rd Round

Manchester United v Manchester City

1–0

Saturday 10th January 1987 · Old Trafford · Att: 54,294

Manchester United beat Manchester City 1–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 10th January 1987 in the FA Cup. Norman Whiteside (66') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
Half Time
66' Norman Whiteside 1–0
73' Terry Gibson for Davenport
Full Time 1–0

Match Facts

Norman Whiteside's 9th goal of 1986-1987, and his 55th for United.

Starting XI

Player

2 Johnny Sivebaek

4 Norman Whiteside 66'

8 Gordon Strachan

9 Frank Stapleton

10 Peter Davenport

11 Jesper Olsen

Substitutes

73' for Davenport

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Jimmy Frizzell

Manchester City

United vs Manchester City History

Meeting 119 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 119 times: 44W 40D 35L.

14 Sep 1985 W 3–0 D1 22 Mar 1986 D 2–2 D1 26 Oct 1986 D 1–1 D1

10 Jan 1987 W 1–0 This match

7 Mar 1987 W 2–0 D1 23 Sep 1989 L 1–5 D1 3 Feb 1990 D 1–1 D1

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

All 199 meetings with Manchester City →

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 →