Manchester United vs Newcastle

Premier League ·Matchday 18

Manchester United

3-1

Full-time HT 2-0

Newcastle

W. Rooney 23'
W. Rooney 36'
Robin van Persie 53'

P. Cissé 87' (pen)

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Friday 26 December · 18:00

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Manchester United beat Newcastle 3-1. Scorers for Manchester United: W. Rooney 23', W. Rooney 36', Robin van Persie 53'. Scorers for Newcastle: P. Cissé 87' (pen).

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Full-time 3 - 1
87'
P. Cissé 3-1 Penalty goal · Newcastle P. Cissé converts from the spot for Newcastle (3-1)
82'
H. Vučkič Out: Ayoze Pérez · Newcastle Substitution for Newcastle: H. Vučkič comes on for Ayoze Pérez
80'
Rafael Out: A. Valencia · Manchester United Substitution for Manchester United: Rafael comes on for A. Valencia
65'
J. Wilson Out: R. Falcao · Manchester United Substitution for Manchester United: J. Wilson comes on for R. Falcao
63'
R. Cabella Out: Paul Dummett · Newcastle Substitution for Newcastle: R. Cabella comes on for Paul Dummett
63'
P. Cissé Out: A. Armstrong · Newcastle Substitution for Newcastle: P. Cissé comes on for A. Armstrong
62'
D. Fletcher Out: M. Carrick · Manchester United Substitution for Manchester United: D. Fletcher comes on for M. Carrick
53'
Robin van Persie 3-0 Goal · Assist: W. Rooney · Manchester United W. Rooney provides, Robin van Persie finishes for Manchester United (3-0)
Half-time 2 - 0
36'
W. Rooney 2-0 Goal · Assist: Mata · Manchester United Goal! W. Rooney scores for Manchester United, set up by Mata. It is 2-0
23'
W. Rooney 1-0 Goal · Assist: R. Falcao · Manchester United Goal for Manchester United! W. Rooney turns in the pass from R. Falcao (1-0)
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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WWWWD Last 5 matches LDWLL

1.7Goals scored per match1.1

0.8Goals conceded per match0.9

3Clean sheets4

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Chelsea	38	26	9	3	73	32	73:32	+41	87	WLDWW
2	Manchester City	38	24	7	7	83	38	83:38	+45	79	WWWWW
3	Arsenal	38	22	9	7	71	36	71:36	+35	75	WDDLW
4	Manchester United	38	20	10	8	62	37	62:37	+25	70	DDWLL
5	Tottenham	38	19	7	12	58	53	58:53	+5	64	WWLLD
6	Liverpool	38	18	8	12	52	48	52:48	+4	62	LLDWL
7	Southampton	38	18	6	14	54	33	54:33	+21	60	LWLLD
8	Swansea	38	16	8	14	46	49	46:49	-3	56	LLWWW
9	Stoke City	38	15	9	14	48	45	48:45	+3	54	WDWLD
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	9	16	47	51	47:51	-4	48	WWLLL
11	Everton	38	12	11	15	48	50	48:50	-2	47	LWLLW
12	West Ham	38	12	11	15	44	47	44:47	-3	47	LLLWD
13	West Brom	38	11	11	16	38	51	38:51	-13	44	LWDWD
14	Leicester	38	11	8	19	46	55	46:55	-9	41	WDWWL
15	Newcastle	38	10	9	19	40	63	40:63	-23	39	WLDLL
16	Sunderland	38	7	17	14	31	53	31:53	-22	38	LDDWW
17	Aston Villa	38	10	8	20	31	57	31:57	-26	38	LLWWL
18	Hull City	38	8	11	19	33	51	33:51	-18	35	DLLLW
19	Burnley	38	7	12	19	28	53	28:53	-25	33	WDWLL
20	QPR	38	8	6	24	42	73	42:73	-31	30	LWLLD