Manchester City 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2020
Result
Manchester City 2-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Manchester City 2-0 Newcastle United: match report
Manchester City beat Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 December 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ilkay Gündogan opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Ilkay Gündogan (14') and Ferran Torres (55'). Newcastle United did not score.
Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 9th on 23 points from 13 and Newcastle United 12th on 18 points from 13. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 45.
Manchester City lined up in a 3-3-1-3 and Newcastle United in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to João Cancelo of Manchester City (8.1), ahead of Nathan Aké (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Ilkay Gündogan
- 34'Yellow card · Rodri
- 55'Goal · Ferran Torres
- 64'Yellow card · Matt Ritchie
- 80'Yellow card · F. Schär
- 88'Yellow card · João Cancelo
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Eric García
- Gabriel Jesus
- Jeff Hendrick
- Allan Saint-Maximin
- Paul Dummett
- Kyle Walker
- Jamaal Lascelles
- Jonjo Shelvey
- Erling Haaland
- Ryan Fraser
- Adrián Bernabé
Manchester City line-up (3-3-1-3)
Ederson, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, João Cancelo, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Ferran Torres, Bernardo Silva
Newcastle United line-up (5-4-1)
Karl Darlow, DeAndre Yedlin, Federico Fernández, Fabian Schär, Ciaran Clark, Matt Ritchie, Jacob Murphy, Isaac Hayden, Matty Longstaff, Miguel Almirón, Joelinton