MANCHESTER. Manchester United demolishes Newcastle United 4-1. C. Ronaldo (45′), C. Ronaldo (62′), B. Fernandes (80′) and J. Lingard (90′). On the other side, Newcastle United scored with J. Manquillo (56′). Manchester United took advantage of its superior ball possession (65%). Its vastly superior ball possession (65%) was among they key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Anthony Taylor that was helped by Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn. The 4th official was John Brooks. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.6 degrees Celsius or 65.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Manchester United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up. On the other side, Newcastle United adopted for a 5-3-2 formation.
Manchester United – Formation
Manchester United
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Ole Gunnar Solskjær decided to play with the following team: David De Gea , Aaron Wan-Bissaka , Raphaël Varane , Harry Maguire , Luke Shaw , Paul Pogba , Nemanja Matić , Mason Greenwood , Bruno Fernandes , Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo .
The home team had on the bench: Tom Heaton, Jesse Lingard , Donny van de Beek , Juan Mata, Victor Lindelöf, Eric Bailly, Diogo Dalot, Fred and Anthony Martial .
Best player: Cristiano Ronaldo
The player that probably impressed the most for Manchester United was Cristiano Ronaldo.
His rating is with 2 goals, 45 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass.
Newcastle United – Formation
Newcastle United
On the other side, Steve Solskjær played with: Freddie Woodman , Javier Manquillo , Isaac Hayden , Jamaal Lascelles , Ciaran Clark , Matt Ritchie , Miguel Almirón , Joseph Willock , Sean Longstaff , Joelinton and Allan Saint-Maximin .
They had on the bench: Jacob Murphy , Federico Fernández, Karl Darlow, Joe White, Fabian Schär, Emil Krafth, Jeff Hendrick , Dwight Gayle and Jamal Lewis .
Best player: Joseph Willock
The player that probably impressed the most for Newcastle United was Joseph Willock.
His rating is with 0 goals, 25 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 14.
Match report
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 21 Total 12
- 5 On Target 4
- 16 Off Target 8
- 6 Shots blocked 3
- 141 Attack 72
- 83 Dangerous attack 27
- 78 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 9 Total 4
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Manchester United was in firm control of the ball 65% while Newcastle United was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Manchester United was extremely more aggressive with 83 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. This is the reason why Manchester United won the match.
Manchester United shoot 21 times, 5 on target, 16 off target. On the other side, Newcastle United shoot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Manchester United received 1 yellow card (P. Pogba). On the other side, Newcastle United didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standing
After this match, Manchester United will have 10 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the other side, Newcastle United will stay with 1 points to stay in the 19th place.
In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester United will play away West Ham United on the 19th of September with a 20-6 head to head in favor of Manchester United (9 draw). Newcastle United will host Leeds United on the 17th of September with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Leeds United (1 draw).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Crystal Palace – Tottenham Hotspur – 3-0
- Arsenal – Norwich City – 1-0
- Brentford – Brighton & Hove Albion – 0-1
- Leicester City – Manchester City – 0-1
- Manchester United – Newcastle United – 4-1
- Southampton – West Ham United – 0-0
- Watford – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 0-2
- Chelsea – Aston Villa – 3-0
