Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 January 2018

Result

Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 20 January 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle United: match report

Manchester City beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (34'), Sergio Agüero (63', penalty) and Sergio Agüero (83'). Newcastle United scored through Jacob Murphy (67').

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 62 points from 23 and Newcastle United 15th on 23 points from 23. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and Newcastle United 10th with 44.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newcastle United in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergio Agüero of Manchester City (10.0), ahead of Kevin De Bruyne (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Newcastle United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-0
  • 63'Penalty goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 2-0
  • 67'Goal · Jacob MurphyNewcastle United · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Ciaran ClarkNewcastle United
  • 83'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 9, draws 1, Newcastle United 0.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Nicolás Otamendi, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, Leroy Sané

Newcastle United line-up (5-4-1)

Karl Darlow, Javier Manquillo, Isaac Hayden, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Jacob Murphy, Jonjo Shelvey, Mohamed Diamé, Christian Atsu, Joselu