Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 1 September 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester City won against Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 September 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Raheem Sterling (8') and Kyle Walker (52'). Newcastle United scored through DeAndre Yedlin (30').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 5th on 7 points from 3 and Newcastle United 18th on 1 point from 3. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 98 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 45.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Newcastle United in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Raheem Sterling of Manchester City (7.8), level with Kyle Walker (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Newcastle United.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-W-W and Newcastle United's L-D-L.