Manchester United 1-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 17 August 2008

Result

Manchester United 1-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Sunday 17 August 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester United 1-1 Newcastle United: match report

Manchester United drew with Newcastle United 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 August 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

Obafemi Martins opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Manchester United's goal came from Darren Fletcher (24'). Newcastle United scored through Obafemi Martins (22').

Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Newcastle United received no yellow cards.

Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Newcastle United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Obafemi MartinsNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 24'Goal · Darren FletcherManchester United · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Fraizer CampbellManchester United
  • 82'Yellow card · Wes BrownManchester United
  • 90'Yellow card · Wayne RooneyManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 8, draws 2, Newcastle United 0.

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, Steven Taylor, Danny Guthrie, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Jonás Gutiérrez, Obafemi Martins, Fabricio Coloccini, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt