Newcastle United 1-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 February 2008

Result

Newcastle United 1-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 23 February 2008, 17:15 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Newcastle United 1-3 Manchester United: match report

Newcastle United lost to Manchester United 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 February 2008. The half-time score was 0-2.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Abdoulaye Diagne-Fayé (79'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (25'), Cristiano Ronaldo (45'), Cristiano Ronaldo (56'), Wayne Rooney (80') and Louis Saha (90+1').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards; Manchester United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 13th on 28 points from 26 and Manchester United 2nd on 57 points from 26. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Manchester United 1st with 87.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Charles N'ZogbiaNewcastle United
  • 30'Yellow card · Abdoulaye Diagne-FayéNewcastle United
  • 35'Yellow card · Michael OwenNewcastle United
  • 45'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 0-2
  • 56'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 0-3
  • 74'Yellow card · Nicky ButtNewcastle United
  • 79'Goal · Abdoulaye Diagne-FayéNewcastle United · 1-3
  • 80'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-4
  • 90+1'Goal · Louis SahaManchester United · 1-5

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Newcastle United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Shay Given, Damien Duff, Steven Taylor, Cláudio Caçapa, Stephen Carr, James Milner, Charles N'Zogbia, Michael Owen, Nicky Butt, Habib Beye, Alan Smith

Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)

Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha