Man United vs Newcastle

11 September 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Cristiano Ronaldo 45+2’, 62’
Bruno Fernandes 80’
Jesse Lingard 90+2’

Javier Manquillo 56’

Match summary

Man United won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Newcastle. Man United led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo put Man United ahead in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Javier Manquillo equalised in the 56th minute, set up by Allan Saint-Maximin, Ronaldo put Man United back in front in the 62nd minute, set up by Luke Shaw, Bruno Fernandes made it 3-1 in the 80th minute, set up by Paul Pogba, and Jesse Lingard made it 4-1 in stoppage time, set up by Paul Pogba.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 2.80 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Newcastle's 0.62 from 12.

Match stats

21 Shots 12

7 Shots on Target 3

7 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.77 xG 0.62

2.77 Non-penalty xG 0.62

11 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Man United Newcastle

Kick-off

Cristiano Ronaldo

1-0

45+2’

Half-time1-0

56’

Javier Manquillo
Assist: Allan Saint-Maximin

1-1

Cristiano Ronaldo
Assist: Luke Shaw

2-1

62’

Bruno Fernandes
Assist: Paul Pogba

3-1

80’

Jesse Lingard
Assist: Paul Pogba

4-1

90+2’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man United

Paul Pogba

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Man United 2.80 xGNewcastle 0.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Newcastle attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Raphael Varane	DEF	90			2	0.29	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.63	4
Paul Pogba	MID	90		2	0	0.00	0.42	3
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			2	0.03	0.12	2
Mason Greenwood	MID	88			2	0.04	0.05	2
Bruno Fernandes	MID	88	1		5	0.10	0.50	2
Jadon Sancho	MID	69			2	0.50	0.05	2
Cristiano Ronaldo	FWD	90	2		6	1.42	0.02	1
Jesse Lingard	Sub	21	1		1	0.37	0.00	0
Anthony Martial	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Donny van de Beek	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Freddie Woodman	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Javier Manquillo	DEF	80	1		1	0.26	0.00	0
Jamaal Lascelles	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Isaac Hayden	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ciaran Clark	DEF	87			0	0.00	0.02	1
Matt Ritchie	DEF	90			2	0.03	0.08	2
Miguel Almirón	MID	90			1	0.01	0.01	1
Sean Longstaff	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Willock	MID	89			2	0.08	0.00	0
Joelinton	FWD	90			3	0.19	0.00	0
Allan Saint-Maximin	FWD	90		1	3	0.04	0.34	3
Jacob Murphy	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamal Lewis	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeff Hendrick	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 81% Avg odds 1.19

Draw 13% Avg odds 7.42

Newcastle win 6% Avg odds 15.77

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United D W W D W

Newcastle W W L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 3-1 Newcastle, 21 Feb 21 Next meeting: Newcastle 1-1 Man United, 27 Dec 21 All Man United vs Newcastle meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.