Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 19 November 2011
Result
Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 19 November 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle United: match report
Manchester City defeated Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 November 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.
Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Manchester City's goals came from Mario Balotelli (41', penalty), Micah Richards (44') and Sergio Agüero (72', penalty). Newcastle United scored through Dan Gosling (89').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 31 points from 11 and Newcastle United 3rd on 25 points from 11. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Newcastle United 5th with 65.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Newcastle United's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 41'Penalty goal · Mario Balotelli
- 44'Goal · Micah Richards
- 72'Penalty goal · Sergio Agüero
- 89'Goal · Dan Gosling
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Shay Given, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Jérôme Boateng, James Milner, Shaun Wright-Phillips, David Silva, P. Vieira, Aleksandar Kolarov
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Ryan Taylor, Steven Taylor, Yohan Cabaye, Danny Guthrie, Jonás Gutiérrez, Demba Ba, Fabricio Coloccini, Hatem Ben Arfa, Sammy Ameobi