Newcastle United 0-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 7 October 2012

Result

Newcastle United 0-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 7 October 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Newcastle United 0-3 Manchester United: match report

Newcastle United were beaten by Manchester United 0-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 October 2012. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Jonny Evans opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Manchester United scored through Jonny Evans (8'), Patrice Evra (15') and Tom Cleverley (71').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards; Manchester United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 10th on 9 points from 6 and Manchester United 7th on 12 points from 6. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Manchester United 1st with 85.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 4 draws and 5 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Jonny EvansManchester United · 0-1
  • 15'Goal · Patrice EvraManchester United · 0-2
  • 21'Yellow card · Shinji KagawaManchester United
  • 30'Yellow card · Rio FerdinandManchester United
  • 31'Yellow card · Robin van PersieManchester United
  • 33'Yellow card · Cheik TioteNewcastle United
  • 42'Yellow card · Jonás GutiérrezNewcastle United
  • 71'Goal · Tom CleverleyManchester United · 0-3
  • 75'Yellow card · James PerchNewcastle United
  • 86'Yellow card · G. BigirimanaNewcastle United
  • 90'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 1, draws 4, Manchester United 5.

Team news

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

Steve Harper, Mike Williamson, James Perch, Yohan Cabaye, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Shane Ferguson, Papiss Demba Cissé, Demba Ba, José Faria, Hatem Ben Arfa

Manchester United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, S. Kagawa, Robin van Persie, Nani, Anders Lindegaard, Paul Scholes