Premiership · Matchday 08
Manchester United v Newcastle United
3–2
HT 0–2
Manchester United beat Newcastle United 3–2 at Old Trafford on Saturday 6th October 2018 in the Premiership. Juan Mata (70'), Anthony Martial (76') and Alexis Sanchez (90') scored for United. United were captained by Ashley Young, and the referee was Anthony Taylor.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 7' Kenedy Assist: Ayoze Pérez 0–1
- 10' Yoshinori Muto Assist: Jonjo Shelvey 0–2
- 19' Juan Mata for Bailly
- 45' Luke Shaw
- 45' Marouane Fellaini for McTominay
- Half Time 0–2
- 58' Matt Ritchie
- 63' Paul Pogba
- 67' Alexis Sanchez for Rashford
- 69' Mohamed Diamé
- 70' Juan Mata 1–2
- 76' Anthony Martial Assist: Paul Pogba 2–2
- 90' Alexis Sanchez Assist: Ashley Young 3–2
- Full Time 3–2
Match Facts
73%
Possession
4-3-3
Formation
Anthony Taylor
Referee
Ashley Young
Captain
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Juan Mata
70' 19' for Bailly
Marouane Fellaini
45' for McTominay
Alexis Sanchez
90' 67' for Rashford
Newcastle United Lineup
4-2-3-1
Starting XI
6 Jamaal Lascelles CD-R
8 Jonjo Shelvey CM-R
10 Mohamed Diamé CM-L
11 Matt Ritchie RM
12 Martin Dúbravka G
13 Yoshinori Muto F ⚽
15 Kenedy LM ⚽
17 Ayoze Pérez RCF
18 Federico Fernández CD-L
19 Javier Manquillo LB
22 DeAndre Yedlin RB
Substitutes
2 Ciaran Clark
5 Fabian Schär
7 Jacob Murphy on
14 Isaac Hayden
21 Joselu on
26 Karl Darlow
30 Christian Atsu on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Jose Mourinho
Manchester United
OPP
Rafa Benitez
Newcastle United
Match Information
Man Utd
4-3-3
Formation
Newcastle United
4-2-3-1
United vs Newcastle United History
Meeting 166 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 166 times: 85W 39D 42L.
12 Jan 2016 D 3–3 PL 18 Nov 2017 W 4–1 PL 11 Feb 2018 L 0–1 PL
6 Oct 2018 W 3–2 This match
2 Jan 2019 W 2–0 PL 6 Oct 2019 L 0–1 PL 26 Dec 2019 W 4–1 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 →