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Man United 3-1 Manchester City - December 13, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 16

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

December 13, 2003

67 645

Man United

3 - 1

Manchester City

Paul Scholes

Ruud van Nistelrooy

34'

Paul Scholes

73'

52'

Shaun Wright-Phillips

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7' - Goal Paul Scholes7

34' - Goal Ruud van Nistelrooy34

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52' - Goal Shaun Wright-Phillips

73' - Goal Paul Scholes73

74' - Substitution Klébersonis substituted by Cristiano Ronaldo74

81' - Substitution Trevor Sinclairis substituted by Paulo Wanchope

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 1

Manchester City

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Team line-ups

Man United

14 Howard

Tim Howard

United States

B.date06/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

5 Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age25 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

27 Silvestre

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

3 P. Neville

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

22 O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age22 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

2 G. Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age28 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

16 Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age32 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

18 Scholes737

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age29 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

11 Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

15 Kléberson74

Kléberson

Brazil

B.date19/06/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionPlaymaker

10 van Nistelrooy34

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
14	G	Tim Howard		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Mikaël Silvestre		26	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Phil Neville		26	330	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	John O'Shea		22	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gary Neville		28	412	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Roy Keane		32	412	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Paul Scholes	737	29	388	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs		30	566	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Kléberson	74	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ruud van Nistelrooy	34	27	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

239

Manchester City

1 Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age40 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

22 Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

2 Sommeil

David Sommeil

Guadeloupe

B.date10/08/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

17 Sun

Jihai Sun

China

B.date30/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Distin

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age25 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

20 McManaman

Steve McManaman

England

B.date11/02/1972

Age31 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

24 Barton

Joey Barton

England

B.date02/09/1982

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

28 Sinclair81

Trevor Sinclair

England

B.date02/03/1973

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

29 Wright-Phillips52

Shaun Wright-Phillips

England

B.date25/10/1981

Age22 years

H1m66

positionOffensive Midfielder

39 Anelka

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

8 Fowler

Robbie Fowler

England

B.date09/04/1975

Age28 years

H1m75

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David Seaman		40	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Richard Dunne		24	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	David Sommeil		29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Jihai Sun		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Sylvain Distin		25	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Steve McManaman		31	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Joey Barton		21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Trevor Sinclair	81	30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Shaun Wright-Phillips	52	22	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	F	Nicolas Anelka		24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Robbie Fowler		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
7	F		Cristiano Ronaldo	74	18	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
9	F		Paulo Wanchope	81	27	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tim Howard

Roy Carroll

OUT

Kléberson

Quinton Fortune

OUT

Roy Keane

Darren Fletcher

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

949

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Ferguson vs Manchester City

13 victories

7 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 13, 2003

Ferguson vs Keegan

6 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 13, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Keegan

117

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Keegan vs Man United

3 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 13, 2003

Keegan vs Ferguson

3 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 13, 2003

Referee

Mark Halsey

25 victories	6 draws	5 losses	Man United36 matches	General total	Manchester City26 matches	8 victories	4 draws	14 losses
3 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Man United5 matches	Season total	Manchester City3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 10, 2013					Latest figure on May 19, 2013

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Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of Samuel Cowan head of Manchester City (01/07/1946-01/07/1947), you can see a manager go over Kevin Keegan with 1.82 goals scored per game (1.85).

Sylvain Distin played his game number 50 in Premier League with Manchester City

Man United keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored vs Manchester City at home running (since 18/10/1919). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 25 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester United 1-3 Fulham25/10/2003

VManchester United 3-0 Portsmouth01/11/2003

VManchester United 3-0 Glasgow Rangers04/11/2003

VManchester United 2-1 Blackburn22/11/2003

VManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa06/12/2003

VManchester United 2-0 Stuttgart09/12/2003

Overall

VManchester United 2-1 Blackburn22/11/2003

VPanathinaikos 0-1 Manchester United26/11/2003

LChelsea 1-0 Manchester United30/11/2003

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Manchester United03/12/2003

VManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa06/12/2003

VManchester United 2-0 Stuttgart09/12/2003

Current form

Away

VQueens Park Rangers 0-3 Manchester City28/10/2003

VSouthampton 0-2 Manchester City01/11/2003

LNewcastle United 3-0 Manchester City22/11/2003

DDyskobolia Grodzisk 0-0 Manchester City27/11/2003

LTottenham 3-1 Manchester City03/12/2003

DEverton 0-0 Manchester City07/12/2003

Overall

LManchester City 0-3 Leicester09/11/2003

LNewcastle United 3-0 Manchester City22/11/2003

DDyskobolia Grodzisk 0-0 Manchester City27/11/2003

LManchester City 0-1 Middlesbrough30/11/2003

LTottenham 3-1 Manchester City03/12/2003

DEverton 0-0 Manchester City07/12/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	2
Unbeaten streak	5	2
Drawless streak	7	16
Scoring streak	7	2
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	4	7
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	15
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
11	Victories (Competition total)	5
6	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	6
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

29	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.93	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.47
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.27
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.13

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
4-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

16	Yellow cards (Competition total)	24
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ruud van Nistelrooy	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Nicolas Anelka
Ruud van Nistelrooy	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Nicolas Anelka
Ruud van Nistelrooy	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Nicolas Anelka
Ruud van Nistelrooy	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Nicolas Anelka
Ryan Giggs	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Jihai Sun
Ryan Giggs	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Jihai Sun
Ruud van Nistelrooy	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 7 matches	Nicolas Anelka

Historical head to head

Home

70 matches

32 v

24 d

14 l

109 gf

80 ga

Away

67 matches

22 v

23 d

22 l

88 gf

102 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

138 matches

54 v

47 d

37 l

197 gf

185 ga

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

22 v

23 d

22 l

102 gf

88 ga

Away

70 matches

14 v

24 d

32 l

80 gf

109 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

138 matches

37 v

47 d

54 l

185 gf

197 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 10, 1994
Home	5 - 0	November 10, 1994

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 12, 1955
Away	5 - 0	February 12, 1955

Latest head to head

February 09, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Man United

1 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

November 09, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Manchester City

3 - 1

Man United

April 21, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Man United

1 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

November 18, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Manchester City

0 - 1

Man United

April 06, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Manchester City

2 - 3

Man United

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Bobby Charlton	9 goals	1957 - 1971
Éric Cantona	8 goals	1993 - 1996
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1956 - 1961
Steve Coppell	5 goals	1976 - 1980
Denis Law	5 goals	1962 - 1971
Frank Stapleton	5 goals	1982 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Francis Lee	9 goals	1968 - 1972
Colin Bell	7 goals	1967 - 1972
Dennis Tueart	4 goals	1975 - 1982
Niall Quinn	4 goals	1992 - 1993
Joe Royle	3 goals	1975 - 1977
Shaun Goater	3 goals	2002 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Bobby Charlton	27 matches	1957 - 1973
Alex Stepney	23 matches	1966 - 1978
Martin Buchan	19 matches	1972 - 1982
Bill Foulkes	17 matches	1956 - 1969
Steve Coppell	17 matches	1975 - 1983
Tony Dunne	16 matches	1961 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Joe Corrigan	24 matches	1969 - 1983
Alan Oakes	20 matches	1961 - 1976
Michael Doyle	20 matches	1966 - 1977
Tommy Booth	18 matches	1969 - 1981
Colin Bell	18 matches	1966 - 1979
Willie Donachie	16 matches	1971 - 1979