Manchester United 4-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Thursday 26 December 2019
Result
Manchester United 4-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Thursday 26 December 2019, 17:30 UTC · half-time 3-1
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Manchester United 4-1 Newcastle United: match report
Manchester United defeated Newcastle United 4-1 in the Premier League on Thursday 26 December 2019. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Matty Longstaff opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Anthony Martial (24'), Mason Greenwood (36'), Marcus Rashford (41') and Anthony Martial (51'). Newcastle United scored through Matty Longstaff (17').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 9th on 25 points from 18 and Newcastle United 10th on 25 points from 18. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 66 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 44.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Anthony Martial of Manchester United (8.7), ahead of Harry Maguire (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · Scott McTominay
- 17'Goal · Matty Longstaff
- 24'Goal · Anthony Martial
- 35'Yellow card · Andreas Pereira
- 36'Goal · Mason Greenwood
- 38'Yellow card · F. Schär
- 41'Goal · Marcus Rashford
- 51'Goal · Anthony Martial
- 81'Yellow card · DeAndre Yedlin
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelöf, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Fred, Mason Greenwood, Andreas Pereira, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial
Newcastle United line-up (3-5-2)
Martin Dúbravka, Fabian Schär, Federico Fernández, Florian Lejeune, Javier Manquillo, Matty Longstaff, Sean Longstaff, Miguel Almirón, Jetro Willems, Joelinton, Dwight Gayle