EFL Cup · ENG · Round 1/2

Manchester United
0 - 2 Full time
Manchester City

Old Trafford · Manchester

Lineups

Manchester United4-2-3-1
DH26Henderson
AW29Wan-Bissaka
VN2Lindelöf
HM5Maguire
LS23Shaw
SM39↓75'McTominay
F17↓88'Fred
MR10Rashford
BF18Fernandes
PP6Pogba
AM9Martial
ZS13Steffen
JC27Cancelo
JS5⚽Stones
RD3Dias
OZ11Zinchenko
KD17De Bruyne
F25⚽Fernandinho
IG8Gündogan
RS7Sterling
RM26↓79'Mahrez
PF47Foden
Manchester City4-3-3

Manchester United substitutes

11 Mason Greenwood 6.2 ↑75'
34 Donny van de Beek ↑88'
1 David de Gea
27 Alex Telles
38 Axel Tuanzebe
3 Eric Bailly
8 Juan Mata
31 Nemanja Matic
21 Daniel James

Coach: Ole Gunnar Solskjær · Unavailable: Lisandro Martinez (injury), Noussair Mazraoui (injury)

Manchester City substitutes

16 Rodri 6.2 ↑79'
85 James Trafford
22 Benjamin Mendy
2 Kyle Walker
79 Luke Mbete-Tabu
78 Taylor Harwood-Bellis
61 Felix Nmecha
9 Gabriel Jesus
10 Sergio Agüero

Coach: Pep Guardiola · Unavailable: Abdukodir Khusanov (injury), Rayan Ait Nouri (injury)

Match events

Second half
48'Fernandinho
50'John Stones 0 - 1⚽
69'Fred
75'↑ Mason Greenwood ↓ Scott McTominay⇄
78'Joao Cancelo
79'↑ Rodri ↓ Riyad Mahrez⇄
83'Fernandinho 0 - 2⚽
88'↑ Donny van de Beek ↓ Fred⇄
90'Luke Shaw

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionEFL Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 19:45 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

16Manchester United wins6Draws19Manchester City wins

41 past meetings on record. Biggest Manchester United win: Manchester City 3–0 Manchester United (2025). Biggest Manchester City win: Manchester United 1–6 Manchester City (2011).

14 Sep 2025Manchester City 3 - 0 Manchester UnitedPremier League
6 Apr 2025Manchester United 0 - 0 Manchester CityPremier League
15 Dec 2024Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester UnitedPremier League
10 Aug 2024Manchester City 1 - 1 Manchester UnitedCommunity Shield
25 May 2024Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester UnitedFA Cup
3 Mar 2024Manchester City 3 - 1 Manchester UnitedPremier League
29 Oct 2023Manchester United 0 - 3 Manchester CityPremier League
3 Jun 2023Manchester City 2 - 1 Manchester UnitedFA Cup
14 Jan 2023Manchester United 2 - 1 Manchester CityPremier League
2 Oct 2022Manchester City 6 - 3 Manchester UnitedPremier League
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6 Mar 2022Manchester City 4 - 1 Manchester UnitedPremier League
6 Nov 2021Manchester United 0 - 2 Manchester CityPremier League
7 Mar 2021Manchester City 0 - 2 Manchester UnitedPremier League
12 Dec 2020Manchester United 0 - 0 Manchester CityPremier League
8 Mar 2020Manchester United 2 - 0 Manchester CityPremier League
29 Jan 2020Manchester City 0 - 1 Manchester UnitedEFL Cup
7 Jan 2020Manchester United 1 - 3 Manchester CityEFL Cup
7 Dec 2019Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester UnitedPremier League
24 Apr 2019Manchester United 0 - 2 Manchester CityPremier League
11 Nov 2018Manchester City 3 - 1 Manchester UnitedPremier League
7 Apr 2018Manchester City 2 - 3 Manchester UnitedPremier League
10 Dec 2017Manchester United 1 - 2 Manchester CityPremier League
21 Jul 2017Manchester United 2 - 0 Manchester CityChampions Cup - North America
27 Apr 2017Manchester City 0 - 0 Manchester UnitedPremier League
26 Oct 2016Manchester United 1 - 0 Manchester CityEFL Cup
10 Sep 2016Manchester United 1 - 2 Manchester CityPremier League
20 Mar 2016Manchester City 0 - 1 Manchester UnitedPremier League
25 Oct 2015Manchester United 0 - 0 Manchester CityPremier League
12 Apr 2015Manchester United 4 - 2 Manchester CityPremier League
2 Nov 2014Manchester City 1 - 0 Manchester UnitedPremier League
25 Mar 2014Manchester United 0 - 3 Manchester CityPremier League
22 Sep 2013Manchester City 4 - 1 Manchester UnitedPremier League
8 Apr 2013Manchester United 1 - 2 Manchester CityPremier League
9 Dec 2012Manchester City 2 - 3 Manchester UnitedPremier League
30 Apr 2012Manchester City 1 - 0 Manchester UnitedPremier League
8 Jan 2012Manchester City 2 - 3 Manchester UnitedFA Cup
23 Oct 2011Manchester United 1 - 6 Manchester CityPremier League
7 Aug 2011Manchester City 2 - 3 Manchester UnitedCommunity Shield
16 Apr 2011Manchester City 1 - 0 Manchester UnitedFA Cup
12 Feb 2011Manchester United 2 - 1 Manchester CityPremier League
10 Nov 2010Manchester City 0 - 0 Manchester UnitedPremier League