Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 2 January 2008

Result

Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Wednesday 2 January 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester City: match report

Newcastle United lost to Manchester City 0-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 2 January 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

Elano opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Manchester City scored through Elano (38') and Gelson Fernandes (76').

Discipline: Newcastle United received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 11th on 26 points from 20 and Manchester City 7th on 36 points from 20. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Manchester City 9th with 55.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-1-4-1.

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-L-D-W-W and Manchester City's D-D-D-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · ElanoManchester City · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · ElanoManchester City
  • 76'Goal · Gelson FernandesManchester City · 0-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Darius VassellManchester City
  • 88'Yellow card · Gelson FernandesManchester City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Shay Given, Damien Duff, Cláudio Caçapa, Abdoulaye Faye, Steven Taylor, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Obafemi Martins, Mark Viduka, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt

Manchester City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Michael Ball, Nedum Onuoha, Vedran Ćorluka, Richard Dunne, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Dietmar Hamann, Darius Vassell, Elano