Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Premier League, 15 Dec 2024

📅15/12/2024 · 🕒19:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
57%
1.53
Draw
23%
4.19
Away
20%
4.75
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
46%
2.51
Over 2.5
54%
1.48
Both Teams to Score
Yes
49%
1.6
No
51%
2.19
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
24%
5.22
2-3 Goals
39%
1.96
4-5 Goals
23%
2.6
6+ Goals
14%
6.3
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
23%
1.89
1/2
5%
34.5
1/X
9%
16.1
X/1
25%
4.02
X/2
7%
11.6
X/X
10%
6.98
2/1 EV+ ✗
9%
19.75
2/2
8%
7.96
2/X
4%
16.4
Value flag · 2/1 at 19.75 — our 9% vs market 2.7%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Home Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
57%
Home Win
61%
-4.0pp
23%
Draw
21%
+2.4pp
20%
Away Win
18%
+1.7pp
46%
Under 2.5
36%
+10.4pp
54%
Over 2.5
64%
-10.4pp
49%
BTTS Yes
58%
-9.2pp
51%
BTTS No
42%
+9.2pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Manchester City EU Bookmakers 66%
Head to Head
AWAY Manchester United EU Bookmakers 21%
-1% / +4% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -5% / -15%
2.07/0.87 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.05/2.09
+11% / -21% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -5% / -15%
57% Ball Possession 43%
15 Total Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 4
457 · 84% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 327 · 79%
38.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20.2
18.9 Crosses 11.3
1.6 Yellow Cards 2.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Manchester City
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Manchester United
1.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
1.84 xG 1.23
66% Ball Possession 34%
15 Total Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 3
572 Passes 264
89% Pass Accuracy 79%
38 Box Touches 17
20 Crosses 8
1 Yellow Cards 2
10.08.2024 Manchester City Manchester City 1-1 HT 0-0 Manchester United Manchester United İCS
25.05.2024 Manchester City Manchester City 1-2 HT 0-2 Manchester United Manchester United FAK
03.03.2024 Manchester City Manchester City 3-1 HT 0-1 Manchester United Manchester United İNP
29.10.2023 Manchester United Manchester United 0-3 HT 0-1 Manchester City Manchester City İNP
03.06.2023 Manchester City Manchester City 2-1 HT 1-1 Manchester United Manchester United FAK
14.01.2023 Manchester United Manchester United 2-1 HT 0-0 Manchester City Manchester City İNP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Manchester City
1-2
AWAY Manchester United
0.95 xG 2.08
52% Ball Possession 48%
10 Total Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 2
432 Passes 413
87% Pass Accuracy 88%
18 Box Touches 22
19 Crosses 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Manchester City vs Manchester United
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Manchester United squeezed past Manchester City 2-1 away from home. It was 1-0 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half.

By our pre-match numbers this was an upset: we had Manchester City at 57% and the game still went the other way. Single results are noisy — probabilities earn their keep across thousands of matches, not one.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 54% and both teams to score was close to even at 49%.

On the day, Manchester City had 52% of the ball to Manchester United's 48%, shots finished 10-10, expected goals 0.95 to 2.08.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Manchester City had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.83 goals for Manchester City and 1.17 for Manchester United.

What was the final score of Manchester City vs Manchester United?

Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United in the England - Premier League on 15/12/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Manchester City vs Manchester United?

Before kick-off our model rated a Manchester City win the most likely single outcome at about 57%, with the full match-result split Manchester City 57%, draw 23%, Manchester United 20%. The final score 1-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Over 2.5 — while Match Result (Manchester City), BTTS No went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Manchester City) ✓ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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