Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2026

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle United: match report

Manchester City won against Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 February 2026. The half-time score was 2-1.

Nico O'Reilly opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Nico O'Reilly (14') and Nico O'Reilly (27'). Newcastle United scored through Lewis Hall (22').

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 53 points from 26 and Newcastle United 10th on 36 points from 26. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 49.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nico O'Reilly of Manchester City (7.9), ahead of Rodri (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Newcastle United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Dan BurnNewcastle United
  • 14'Goal · Nico O'ReillyManchester City · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Lewis HallNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 27'Goal · Nico O'ReillyManchester City · 2-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Rúben DiasManchester City
  • 48'Yellow card · Joe WillockNewcastle United
  • 50'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaManchester City
  • 62'Yellow card · Harvey BarnesNewcastle United
  • 65'Yellow card · Kieran TrippierNewcastle United
  • 89'Yellow card · JoelintonNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 7, draws 2, Newcastle United 1.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-1-3-2)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Marc Guéhi, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Rodri, Antoine Semenyo, Bernardo Silva, Nico O'Reilly, Erling Haaland, Omar Marmoush

Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)

Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Malick Thiaw, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall, Jacob Ramsey, Sandro Tonali, Nick Woltemade, Anthony Elanga, Anthony Gordon, Joe Willock