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.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 66'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 69'Yellow card · Scott Parker
- 72'Yellow card · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 90'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
Head-to-head
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