Manchester United 3-2 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 October 2018
Result
Manchester United 3-2 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 6 October 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
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Manchester United 3-2 Newcastle United: match report
Manchester United beat Newcastle United 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 October 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Kenedy opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Juan Mata (70'), Anthony Martial (76') and A. Sánchez (90'). Newcastle United scored through Kenedy (7') and Yoshinori Muto (10').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 11th on 10 points from 7 and Newcastle United 19th on 2 points from 7. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 45.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonjo Shelvey of Newcastle United (8.1), ahead of Anthony Martial (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Kenedy
- 10'Goal · Yoshinori Muto
- 45+2'Yellow card · Luke Shaw
- 58'Yellow card · Matt Ritchie
- 63'Yellow card · Paul Pogba
- 69'Yellow card · Mohamed Diamé
- 70'Goal · Juan Mata
- 76'Goal · Anthony Martial
- 90'Goal · A. Sánchez
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
David de Gea, Ashley Young, Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Nemanja Matić, Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Martin Dúbravka, DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Federico Fernández, Javier Manquillo, Matt Ritchie, Jonjo Shelvey, Mohamed Diamé, Kenedy, Ayoze Pérez, Yoshinori Muto