Man United
Man City
Match summary
Man City won 1-0 away at Man United. It was goalless at half-time.
Erling Haaland put Man City ahead in the 60th minute.
There was little between the sides on chances: Man United created 0.94 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots, Man City 1.14 from 6. Man City had a player sent off.
Man United registered a dominant territorial display in this Premier League fixture, recording fifty-five percent possession and vastly outshooting their opponents sixteen to six, alongside seventy dangerous attacks to thirty-one. Despite controlling the tempo, registering three shots on target, and generating an expected goals figure of 0.94, the home side failed to break through. Man City managed six total shots, including two on target and an expected goals total of 1.14, while both teams accumulated multiple disciplinary cautions across a fiercely contested ninety-minute encounter that saw seventeen fouls committed by the home side and ten by the visitors.
The match turned significantly in the first half when Phil Foden received a straight red card for violent conduct in the twenty-three minute. Enzo Maresca was then booked for argument in first-half stoppage time before the interval arrived scoreless. Following a tactical substitution at the start of the second period, the breakthrough arrived in the sixtieth minute when Erling Haaland converted a left-footed shot following a VAR review to register the game's only goal, yielding an expected goals value of 0.58. Further yellow cards were issued to Josko Gvardiol, Enzo Fernández, and Harry Maguire, while Bryan Mbeumo tested the visiting goalkeeper in the ninety-fourth minute.
