Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 1 October 2006

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United

Premier League · Sunday 1 October 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United: match report

Manchester United won against Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 October 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ole Solskjær opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Ole Solskjær (40') and Ole Solskjær (49'). Newcastle United did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 13 points from 6 and Newcastle United 13th on 7 points from 6. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 43.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Yellow card · Stephen CarrNewcastle United
  • 0'Yellow card · Scott ParkerNewcastle United
  • 0'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 0'Yellow card · Steven TaylorNewcastle United
  • 40'Goal · Ole SolskjærManchester United · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Ole SolskjærManchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 8, draws 1, Newcastle United 1.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville

Newcastle United line-up

Damien Duff, Steve Harper, Stephen Carr, Craig Moore, Peter Ramage, Steven Taylor, James Milner, Shola Ameobi, Emre Belözoğlu, Scott Parker, Nicky Butt