Man United vs Newcastle

21 February 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Marcus Rashford 30’
Daniel James 57’
Bruno Fernandes 75’ (pen)

Allan Saint-Maximin 36’

Match summary

Man United saw off Newcastle 3-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Marcus Rashford put Man United ahead in the 30th minute, set up by Harry Maguire and Allan Saint-Maximin equalised from a corner in the 36th minute. In the second half, Daniel James put Man United back in front in the 57th minute, set up by Bruno Fernandes and Bruno Fernandes made it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 75th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 1.73 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Newcastle's 0.34 from 10.

Match stats

15 Shots 10

7 Shots on Target 6

6 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.73 xG 0.34

0.96 Non-penalty xG 0.34

10 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Man United Newcastle

Kick-off

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Harry Maguire

1-0

30’

36’

Allan Saint-Maximin

1-1

Half-time1-1

Daniel James
Assist: Bruno Fernandes

2-1

57’

Bruno Fernandes
Penalty

3-1

75’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Man United

Bruno Fernandes

Newcastle

Isaac Hayden
Joelinton

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 1.73 xGNewcastle 0.34 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			1	0.03	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90		1	2	0.11	0.07	2
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.29	5
Fred	MID	90			2	0.07	0.11	1
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			1	0.07	0.03	1
Daniel James	MID	90	1		2	0.36	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90	1	1	2	0.79	0.39	3
Marcus Rashford	MID	90	1		2	0.07	0.05	1
Anthony Martial	FWD	72			1	0.11	0.02	1
Mason Greenwood	Sub	18			2	0.11	0.00	0
Juan Mata	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Shola Shoretire	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Karl Darlow	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Emil Krafth	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.04	2
Ciaran Clark	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamaal Lascelles	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamal Lewis	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Isaac Hayden	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Willock	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonjo Shelvey	MID	90		2	0.07	0.00	0
Miguel Almirón	MID	81		1	0.01	0.08	1
Allan Saint-Maximin	FWD	79	1	3	0.12	0.00	0
Joelinton	FWD	58		2	0.10	0.08	3
Ryan Fraser	Sub	32		1	0.02	0.00	0
Jacob Murphy	Sub	11		1	0.02	0.00	0
Dwight Gayle	Sub	9		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 72% Avg odds 1.33

Draw 18% Avg odds 5.37

Newcastle win 10% Avg odds 9.41

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

Form going into the game

Man United L D W D D

Newcastle L W L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Newcastle 1-4 Man United, 17 Oct 20 Next meeting: Man United 4-1 Newcastle, 11 Sep 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.