Manchester United 6-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2008
Result
Manchester United 6-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 12 January 2008, 17:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester United 6-0 Newcastle United: match report
Manchester United beat Newcastle United 6-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 January 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (49'), C. Tevez (54'), Cristiano Ronaldo (70'), Rio Ferdinand (85'), Cristiano Ronaldo (88') and C. Tevez (90+1'). Newcastle United did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 47 points from 21 and Newcastle United 11th on 26 points from 21. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 43.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Newcastle United's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 45'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 49'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 54'Goal · C. Tevez
- 70'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 82'Yellow card · D. Duff
- 85'Goal · Rio Ferdinand
- 88'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 90+1'Goal · C. Tevez
- 90+3'Red card · Alan Smith
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Shay Given, Damien Duff, Stephen Carr, José Enrique, Cláudio Caçapa, Steven Taylor, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Michael Owen, Alan Smith, Nicky Butt