Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 12 March 2006
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Sunday 12 March 2006, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United: match report
Manchester United beat Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 12 March 2006. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (8') and Wayne Rooney (12'). Newcastle United did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 57 points from 27 and Newcastle United 12th on 39 points from 28. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Newcastle United 7th with 58.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Newcastle United's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 12'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 73'Yellow card · Peter Ramage
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, John O'Shea
Newcastle United line-up
Shay Given, Robbie Elliott, Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong, Peter Ramage, Celestine Babayaro, Charles N'Zogbia, Shola Ameobi, N. Solano, Emre Belözoğlu, Alan Shearer, Scott Parker