Newcastle United 0-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2007

Result

Newcastle United 0-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Newcastle United 0-1 Manchester City: match report

Newcastle United lost to Manchester City 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 March 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Emile Mpenza Lokonda of Manchester City in the 80th minute.

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

Going into the game Newcastle United were 11th on 37 points from 30 and Manchester City 15th on 33 points from 29. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Manchester City 14th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Darius VassellManchester City
  • 68'Yellow card · Craig MooreNewcastle United
  • 70'Yellow card · Sun JihaiManchester City
  • 80'Goal · Emile Mpenza LokondaManchester City · 0-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Joey BartonManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 4, draws 2, Manchester City 4.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up

Shay Given, Damien Duff, Stephen Carr, Craig Moore, Steven Taylor, Celestine Babayaro, Kieron Dyer, Obafemi Martins, N. Solano, Scott Parker, Nicky Butt

Manchester City line-up

Andreas Isaksson, Michael Ball, Sylvain Distin, Nedum Onuoha, Richard Dunne, Dietmar Hamann, Michael Johnson, Emile Mpenza Lokonda, Darius Vassell, Joey Barton, Sun Jihai