Premiership · Matchday 28
Manchester City v Manchester United
4–1
Manchester United lost 1–4 to Manchester City at Eastlands Stadium on Sunday 14th March 2004 in the Premiership. Paul Scholes (35') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 3' Robbie Fowler 1–0
- 14' Nicky Butt
- 14' Sylvain Distin
- 15' Paul Scholes
- 32' Jon Macken 2–0
- 35' Paul Scholes 2–1
- Half Time
- 72' Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer for Ronaldo
- 73' Trevor Sinclair 3–1
- 78' Diego Forlan for Giggs
- 90+1' Shaun Wright-Phillips 4–1
- Full Time 4–1
Starting XI
Player
18 Paul Scholes 35'
Manchester City Lineup
Starting XI
1 David James G
3 Daniel Van Buyten D
5 Sylvain Distin D
6 Claudio Reyna M
8 Robbie Fowler F ⚽
10 Antoine Sibierski M
11 Jonathan Macken F ⚽
18 Michael Tarnat M
20 Steve McManaman M
22 Richard Dunne D
29 Shaun Wright-Phillips F ⚽
Substitutes
9 Paulo Wanchope
17 Sun Jihai on
25 Arni Gautur Arason
26 Paul Bosvelt on
28 Trevor Sinclair on ⚽
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Kevin Keegan
Manchester City
Match Information
United vs Manchester City History
Meeting 142 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 142 times: 57W 47D 38L.
9 Feb 2003 D 1–1 PL 13 Dec 2003 W 3–1 PL 14 Feb 2004 W 4–2 FAC
14 Mar 2004 L 1–4 This match
7 Nov 2004 D 0–0 PL 13 Feb 2005 W 2–0 PL 10 Sep 2005 D 1–1 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 →