Man United vs Newcastle

6 October 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

Juan Mata 70’
Anthony Martial 76’
Alexis Sánchez 90’

Kenedy 7’
Yoshinori Muto 10’

Match summary

Man United came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Newcastle, with a late winner. Newcastle led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kenedy put Newcastle ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Ayoze Pérez and Yoshinori Muto made it 0-2 in the 10th minute, set up by Jonjo Shelvey. In the second half, Juan Mata pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a direct free kick in the 70th minute, Anthony Martial equalised in the 76th minute, set up by Paul Pogba, and Alexis Sánchez won it with a header in the 90th minute, set up by Ashley Young.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 2.42 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Newcastle's 1.56 from 13.

Match stats

18 Shots 13

10 Shots on Target 8

10 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.41 xG 1.56

2.41 Non-penalty xG 1.56

12 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Man United Newcastle

Kick-off

7’

Kenedy
Assist: Ayoze Pérez

0-1

10’

Yoshinori Muto
Assist: Jonjo Shelvey

0-2

Half-time0-2

Juan Mata

1-2

70’

Anthony Martial
Assist: Paul Pogba

2-2

76’

Alexis Sánchez
Assist: Ashley Young

3-2

90’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Man United

Luke Shaw
Paul Pogba

Newcastle

Matt Ritchie
Mohamed Diamé

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 2.42 xGNewcastle 1.56 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
Ashley Young	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.47	2
Chris Smalling	DEF	90			2	0.25	0.00	0
Eric Bailly	DEF	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Pogba	MID	90		1	6	0.23	0.49	2
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			2	0.54	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	MID	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcus Rashford	FWD	69			2	0.75	0.00	0
Romelu Lukaku	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.40	3
Anthony Martial	FWD	90	1		1	0.05	0.14	3
Juan Mata	Sub	72	1		2	0.11	0.02	1
Marouane Fellaini	Sub	42			1	0.06	0.02	1
Alexis Sánchez	Sub	21	1		2	0.42	0.24	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Martin Dubravka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
DeAndre Yedlin	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Federico Fernández	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamaal Lascelles	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.49	1
Javier Manquillo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Ritchie	MID	90			3	0.26	0.43	3
Mohamed Diamé	MID	90			2	0.40	0.00	0
Jonjo Shelvey	MID	90		1	2	0.03	0.31	4
Kenedy	MID	70	1		2	0.13	0.00	0
Ayoze Pérez	MID	90		1	1	0.08	0.07	1
Yoshinori Muto	FWD	80	1		2	0.58	0.16	1
Jacob Murphy	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Atsu	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joselu	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 67% Bet365 odds 1.44

Draw 22% Bet365 odds 4.50

Newcastle win 11% Bet365 odds 9.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United L W W D L

Newcastle L L L D L

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Previous and next meeting

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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.