Man City vs Man United

6 March 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Kevin De Bruyne 5’, 28’
Riyad Mahrez 68’, 90+1’

Jadon Sancho 22’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Man United. Man City led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Kevin De Bruyne put Man City ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Bernardo Silva, Jadon Sancho equalised in the 22nd minute, set up by Paul Pogba, and De Bruyne put Man City back in front in the 28th minute. In the second half, Riyad Mahrez made it 3-1 from a corner in the 68th minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne and Mahrez made it 4-1 in stoppage time, set up by Ilkay Gündogan.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.03 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Man United's 0.36 from 5.

Match stats

24 Shots 5

10 Shots on Target 2

9 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.74 xG 0.36

2.74 Non-penalty xG 0.36

15 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Man City Man United

Kick-off

Kevin De Bruyne
Assist: Bernardo Silva

1-0

5’

22’

Jadon Sancho
Assist: Paul Pogba

1-1

Kevin De Bruyne

2-1

28’

Half-time2-1

Riyad Mahrez
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne

3-1

68’

Riyad Mahrez
Assist: Ilkay Gündogan

4-1

90+1’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man United

Harry Maguire

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Man City 3.03 xGMan United 0.36 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man United attacking Man City attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ederson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Walker	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Aymeric Laporte	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John Stones	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
João Cancelo	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Bernardo Silva	MID	90		1	3	0.23	0.22	3
Rodri	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Kevin De Bruyne	MID	83	2	1	6	1.03	0.41	5
Riyad Mahrez	FWD	90	2		8	0.96	0.00	0
Phil Foden	FWD	90			4	0.55	0.00	0
Jack Grealish	FWD	90			1	0.07	0.57	3
Ilkay Gündogan	Sub	7		1	1	0.14	0.58	2

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Telles	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Fred	MID	90			1	0.13	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anthony Elanga	MID	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Pogba	MID	67		1	0	0.00	0.05	1
Jadon Sancho	MID	90	1		2	0.14	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	FWD	90			1	0.02	0.09	1
Jesse Lingard	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcus Rashford	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 68% Avg odds 1.42

Draw 19% Avg odds 5.03

Man United win 13% Avg odds 7.75

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man City D W W L W

Man United D D W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 0-2 Man City, 06 Nov 21 Next meeting: Man City 6-3 Man United, 02 Oct 22 All Man City vs Man United meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.