Newcastle United 1-2 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 4 March 2009
Result
Newcastle United 1-2 Manchester United
Premier League · Wednesday 4 March 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Newcastle United 1-2 Manchester United: match report
Newcastle United lost to Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 4 March 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.
Peter Løvenkrands opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Peter Løvenkrands (9'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (20') and Dimitar Berbatov (56').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 15th on 28 points from 27 and Manchester United 1st on 62 points from 26. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Manchester United 1st with 90.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 7 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-D-W-D-L and Manchester United's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Peter Løvenkrands
- 18'Yellow card · Nemanja Vidić
- 20'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 45+1'Yellow card · Steven Taylor
- 45+2'Yellow card · Rio Ferdinand
- 56'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 90'Yellow card · Jonás Gutiérrez
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Steve Harper, José Enrique, Sebastien Bassong, Ryan Taylor, Steven Taylor, Jonás Gutiérrez, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Obafemi Martins, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Fabricio Coloccini, Alan Smith
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, John O'Shea, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Ryan Giggs