Newcastle United 1-3 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2012
Result
Newcastle United 1-3 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2012, 12:45 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 Saturday 15 December 2012. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Demba Ba (51'). Manchester City scored through Sergio Agüero (10'), Javi García (39') and Yaya Touré (78').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 14th on 18 points from 16 and Manchester City 2nd on 33 points from 16. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 74.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 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 D-W-L-L-L and Manchester City's L-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 15'Yellow card · Mike Williamson
- 27'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
- 37'Yellow card · Sergio Agüero
- 39'Goal · Javi García
- 51'Goal · Demba Ba
- 55'Yellow card · James Perch
- 55'Yellow card · Kolo Touré
- 78'Goal · Yaya Touré
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Krul, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria, Vurnon Anita, Cheik Tiote, Jonás Gutiérrez, Papiss Demba Cissé, Danny Simpson, James Perch, Demba Ba
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Matija Nastasić, Gaël Clichy, Yaya Touré, Javi García, David Silva, Samir Nasri, Sergio Agüero, Kolo Touré, Carlos Alberto Tevez