Premiership · Matchday 20
Newcastle United v Manchester United
3–0
HT 1–0
Manchester United lost 0–3 to Newcastle United at St James Park, Newcastle on Wednesday 4th January 2012 in the Premiership.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 33' Demba Ba Assist: Shola Ameobi 1–0
- Half Time 1–0
- 46' Phil Jones
- 47' Yohan Cabaye 2–0
- 57' Danny Welbeck for Berbatov
- 61' Antonio Valencia
- 66' Javier Hernandez for Park
- 74' Oliveira Anderson for Rooney
- 81' Cheik Tioté
- 90' Phil Jones OG 3–0
- Full Time 3–0
Starting XI
Player
4 Phil Jones 90'
Substitutes
Danny Welbeck
57' for Berbatov
Javier Hernandez
66' for Park
Oliveira Anderson
74' for Rooney
Newcastle United Lineup
4-4-2
Starting XI
2 Fabricio Coloccini CD-L
3 Davide Santon LB
4 Yohan Cabaye CM-R
5 Danny Simpson RB
6 Michael Williamson CD-R
16 Ryan Taylor RM
18 Jonás Gutiérrez LM
19 Demba Ba CF-L
23 Shola Ameobi CF-R
24 Cheick Tioté CM-L
26 Tim Krul G
Substitutes
1 Steve Harper
10 Hatem Ben Arfa
14 James Perch on
20 Leon Best on
25 Gabriel Obertan on
28 Sammy Ameobi
29 Haris Vuckic
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Alan Pardew
Newcastle United
Match Information
Man Utd
4-4-2
Formation
Newcastle United
4-4-2
United vs Newcastle United History
Meeting 154 of 183
183
Played
93
Won
41
Drawn
49
Lost
351
Goals For
259
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 6th April 1895. After this match United had played Newcastle United 154 times: 77W 37D 40L.
16 Aug 2010 W 3–0 PL 19 Apr 2011 D 0–0 PL 26 Nov 2011 D 1–1 PL
4 Jan 2012 L 0–3 This match
26 Sep 2012 W 2–1 LC 7 Oct 2012 W 3–0 PL 26 Dec 2012 W 4–3 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 90 | 56 | 22 | 12 | 205 | 100 | 62.2 |
| Away | 88 | 32 | 19 | 37 | 133 | 158 | 36.4 |
| Neutral | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 100.0 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →