Premiership · Matchday 22
Manchester City v Manchester United
3–1
Manchester United lost 1–3 to Manchester City at Eastlands Stadium on Saturday 14th January 2006 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (76') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 32' Trevor Sinclair 1–0
- 39' Darius Vassell 2–0
- 45' Wayne Rooney
- 45' Alan Smith for Evra
- Half Time
- 66' Cristiano Ronaldo
- 71' Louis Saha for Fletcher
- 76' Ruud van Nistelrooy 2–1
- 77' David James
- 86' Kieran Richardson for O'Shea
- 90' Robbie Fowler
- 90+3' Robbie Fowler 3–1
- Full Time 3–1
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Manchester City Lineup
Starting XI
1 David James G
5 Sylvain Distin D
8 Joey Barton M
9 Andrew Cole F
11 Darius Vassell F ⚽
17 Sun Jihai D
19 Albert Riera M
22 Richard Dunne D
28 Trevor Sinclair M ⚽
38 Stephen Ireland M
41 Stephen Jordan D
Substitutes
7 Robbie Fowler on ⚽
10 Antoine Sibierski
14 Kizito Musampa on
16 Nedum Onuoha on
40 Lee Croft
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Stuart Pearce
Manchester City
Match Information
United vs Manchester City History
Meeting 146 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 146 times: 58W 49D 39L.
7 Nov 2004 D 0–0 PL 13 Feb 2005 W 2–0 PL 10 Sep 2005 D 1–1 PL
14 Jan 2006 L 1–3 This match
9 Dec 2006 W 3–1 PL 5 May 2007 W 1–0 PL 19 Aug 2007 L 0–1 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 |
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 →