Newcastle United 1-3 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2010

Result

Newcastle United 1-3 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Newcastle United 1-3 Manchester City: match report

Newcastle United were beaten by Manchester City 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2010. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Gareth Barry opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Andy Carroll (72'). Manchester City scored through Gareth Barry (2'), C. Tevez (5') and an own goal by Fabricio Coloccini (81').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 8th on 22 points from 17 and Manchester City 3rd on 32 points from 18. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 71.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-5-1 and Manchester City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 3 draws and 6 for Manchester City.

Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-L-D-L-D and Manchester City's L-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Gareth BarryManchester City · 0-1
  • 5'Goal · C. TevezManchester City · 0-2
  • 24'Yellow card · Kevin NolanNewcastle United
  • 30'Yellow card · David SilvaManchester City
  • 61'Yellow card · Joleon LescottManchester City
  • 72'Goal · Andy CarrollNewcastle United · 1-2
  • 73'Yellow card · Joe HartManchester City
  • 81'Own goal · Fabricio ColocciniManchester City · 1-3
  • 87'Yellow card · Mario BalotelliManchester City
  • 88'Yellow card · Adam JohnsonManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 1, draws 3, Manchester City 6.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-5-1)

Tim Krul, José Enrique, Danny Simpson, Steven Taylor, Wayne Routledge, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Andy Carroll, Fabricio Coloccini, Kevin Nolan, Joey Barton

Manchester City expected line-up (4-5-1)

Wayne Bridge, Nigel de Jong, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gareth Barry, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards