Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 28 August 2005

Result

Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 28 August 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester United: match report

Newcastle United were beaten by Manchester United 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 August 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (66') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (90').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 19th on 1 point from 3 and Manchester United 7th on 6 points from 2. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 2 draws and 7 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 66'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Scott ParkerNewcastle United
  • 72'Yellow card · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United
  • 90'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 1, draws 2, Manchester United 7.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up

Shay Given, Stephen Carr, Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong, Steven Taylor, Celestine Babayaro, Kieron Dyer, Albert Luque, Emre Belözoğlu, Alan Shearer, Lee Bowyer, Scott Parker

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy