Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 6 May 2012

Result

Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 6 May 2012, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester City: match report

Newcastle United were beaten by Manchester City 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 6 May 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Yaya Touré opened the scoring in the 70th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Manchester City scored through Yaya Touré (70') and Yaya Touré (89').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 5th on 65 points from 36 and Manchester City 1st on 83 points from 36. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Manchester City 1st with 89.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 8 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Hatem Ben ArfaNewcastle United
  • 30'Yellow card · Gareth BarryManchester City
  • 32'Yellow card · Cheik TioteNewcastle United
  • 36'Yellow card · James PerchNewcastle United
  • 38'Yellow card · Yaya TouréManchester City
  • 70'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 0-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Pablo ZabaletaManchester City
  • 80'Yellow card · Shane FergusonNewcastle United
  • 89'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 0, draws 2, Manchester City 8.

Team news

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

Tim Krul, Mike Williamson, James Perch, Yohan Cabaye, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Papiss Demba Cissé, Demba Ba, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria, Hatem Ben Arfa

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Stefan Savić, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Sergio Agüero