Manchester United 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 24 April 2005
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Sunday 24 April 2005, 15:05 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Manchester United 2-1 Newcastle United: match report
Manchester United won against Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 April 2005. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Darren Ambrose opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Mark Rooney (57') and Wes Brown (75'). Newcastle United scored through Darren Ambrose (27').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 67 points from 33 and Newcastle United 14th on 38 points from 32. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Newcastle United 14th with 44.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-L-D-W-D and Newcastle United's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Darren Ambrose
- 40'Yellow card · Stephen Carr
- 50'Yellow card · Wayne Mark Rooney
- 57'Goal · Wayne Mark Rooney
- 75'Goal · Wes Brown
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy
Newcastle United line-up
Shay Given, Stephen Carr, Robbie Elliott, Andrew O'Brien, Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong, Peter Ramage, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Darren Ambrose, Shola Ameobi, Alan Shearer