Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Wednesday 28 January 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City won against Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 28 January 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Shaun Wright-Phillips opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Shaun Wright-Phillips (17') and Craig Bellamy (77'). Newcastle United scored through Andy Carroll (81').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 12th on 25 points from 21 and Newcastle United 16th on 23 points from 22. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 34.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.

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