Manchester United 3-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Friday 26 December 2014
Result
Manchester United 3-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Friday 26 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Manchester United 3-1 Newcastle United: match report
Manchester United defeated Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Friday 26 December 2014. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (23'), Wayne Rooney (36') and Robin van Persie (53'). Newcastle United scored through Papiss Cissé (87', penalty).
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 33 points from 17 and Newcastle United 9th on 23 points from 17. Manchester United went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Newcastle United 15th with 39.
Manchester United lined up in a 3-4-3 and Newcastle United in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Newcastle United's L-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 36'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 53'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 61'Yellow card · Steven Taylor
- 66'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 87'Penalty goal · Papiss Cissé
- 89'Yellow card · Yoan Gouffran
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (3-4-3)
David de Gea, Luke Shaw, Daley Blind, Antonio Valencia, Marcos Rojo, Chris Smalling, Wayne Mark Rooney, Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María, Marouane Fellaini
Newcastle United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jak Alnwick, Paul Dummett, Daryl Janmaat, Fabricio Coloccini, Jack Colback, Ayoze Pérez, Sammy Ameobi, Moussa Sissoko, Cheik Tiote, Yoan Gouffran