Manchester United 4-3 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2012

Result

Manchester United 4-3 Newcastle United

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Manchester United 4-3 Newcastle United: match report

Manchester United won against Newcastle United 4-3 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.

James Perch opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Jonny Evans (25'), Patrice Evra (58'), Robin van Persie (71') and Javier Hernández (90'). Newcastle United scored through James Perch (4'), an own goal by Jonny Evans (29') and Papiss Demba Cissé (68').

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

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 43 points from 18 and Newcastle United 13th on 21 points from 18. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Newcastle United 15th with 41.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Newcastle United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · James PerchNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Jonny EvansManchester United · 1-1
  • 29'Own goal · Jonny EvansNewcastle United · 1-2
  • 36'Yellow card · Jonny EvansManchester United
  • 38'Yellow card · Javier HernándezManchester United
  • 43'Yellow card · Mike WilliamsonNewcastle United
  • 53'Yellow card · Antonio ValenciaManchester United
  • 58'Goal · Patrice EvraManchester United · 2-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Danny SimpsonNewcastle United
  • 64'Yellow card · Papiss Demba CisséNewcastle United
  • 68'Goal · Papiss Demba CisséNewcastle United · 2-3
  • 71'Goal · Robin van PersieManchester United · 3-3
  • 90'Goal · Javier HernándezManchester United · 4-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 6, draws 3, Newcastle United 1.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)

David de Gea, Chris Smalling, Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Ryan Giggs, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Robin van Persie, Antonio Valencia, Paul Scholes

Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)

Tim Krul, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria, Vurnon Anita, Gaël Bigirimana, Papiss Demba Cissé, Sylvain Marveaux, Danny Simpson, James Perch, Demba Ba