Newcastle United 1-3 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2010
Result
Newcastle United 1-3 Manchester City
Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
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Newcastle United 1-3 Manchester City: match report
Newcastle United were beaten by Manchester City 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2010. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Gareth Barry opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Andy Carroll (72'). Manchester City scored through Gareth Barry (2'), C. Tevez (5') and an own goal by Fabricio Coloccini (81').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 8th on 22 points from 17 and Manchester City 3rd on 32 points from 18. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 71.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-5-1 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 3 draws and 6 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-L-D-L-D and Manchester City's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Gareth Barry
- 5'Goal · C. Tevez
- 24'Yellow card · Kevin Nolan
- 30'Yellow card · David Silva
- 61'Yellow card · Joleon Lescott
- 72'Goal · Andy Carroll
- 73'Yellow card · Joe Hart
- 81'Own goal · Fabricio Coloccini
- 87'Yellow card · Mario Balotelli
- 88'Yellow card · Adam Johnson
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-5-1)
Tim Krul, José Enrique, Danny Simpson, Steven Taylor, Wayne Routledge, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Andy Carroll, Fabricio Coloccini, Kevin Nolan, Joey Barton
Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, Micah Richards, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Joleon Lescott, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Adam Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor, P. Vieira