Man United vs Newcastle

26 December 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

Anthony Martial 24’, 51’
Mason Greenwood 36’
Marcus Rashford 41’

Matthew Longstaff 17’

Match summary

Man United came from behind to win 4-1 at home to Newcastle. Man United led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Matthew Longstaff put Newcastle ahead in the 17th minute, set up by Joelinton, Anthony Martial equalised in the 24th minute, set up by Andreas Pereira, Mason Greenwood put Man United in front in the 36th minute, and Marcus Rashford made it 3-1 with a header in the 41st minute, set up by Aaron Wan-Bissaka. In the second half, Martial made it 4-1 in the 51st minute.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 2.00 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Newcastle's 1.05 from 7.

Match stats

22 Shots 7

10 Shots on Target 2

5 Corners 0

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.00 xG 1.05

2.00 Non-penalty xG 1.05

6 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Man United Newcastle

Kick-off

17’

Matthew Longstaff
Assist: Joelinton

0-1

Anthony Martial
Assist: Andreas Pereira

1-1

24’

Mason Greenwood

2-1

36’

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Aaron Wan-Bissaka

3-1

41’

Half-time3-1

Anthony Martial

4-1

51’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Man United

Scott McTominay
Andreas Pereira

Newcastle

Fabian Schär
DeAndre Yedlin

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 2.00 xGNewcastle 1.05 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	0.00	0.39	1
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			2	0.07	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Fred	MID	90			2	0.04	0.10	3
Scott McTominay	MID	48			0	0.00	0.06	2
Mason Greenwood	MID	90	1		2	0.08	0.09	2
Andreas Pereira	MID	90		1	3	0.13	0.07	2
Marcus Rashford	MID	65	1		4	0.50	0.00	0
Anthony Martial	FWD	69	2		3	0.53	0.05	1
Paul Pogba	Sub	42			3	0.50	0.11	2
Jesse Lingard	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.04	1
Juan Mata	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.39	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Martin Dubravka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Fernández	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Florian Lejeune	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabian Schär	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Javier Manquillo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jetro Willems	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sean Longstaff	MID	90			1	0.01	0.09	1
Matthew Longstaff	MID	90	1		1	0.55	0.01	1
Miguel Almirón	MID	65			1	0.02	0.04	1
Joelinton	FWD	90		1	1	0.04	0.90	3
Dwight Gayle	FWD	61			1	0.33	0.00	0
Christian Atsu	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.01	1
DeAndre Yedlin	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emil Krafth	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 71% Avg odds 1.35

Draw 18% Avg odds 5.34

Newcastle win 11% Avg odds 8.84

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

Form going into the game

Man United D W W D L

Newcastle D W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Newcastle 1-0 Man United, 06 Oct 19 Next meeting: Newcastle 1-4 Man United, 17 Oct 20 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.