Premiership · Matchday 22
Manchester United v Newcastle United
6–0
Manchester United beat Newcastle United 6–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 12th January 2008 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (49', 70', 88'), Carlos Tevez (55', 90'+1') and Rio Ferdinand (85') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 45' Wayne Rooney
- Half Time
- 49' Cristiano Ronaldo 1–0
- 55' Carlos Tevez 2–0
- 67' Danny Simpson for Evra
- 70' Cristiano Ronaldo 3–0
- 72' Luis Nani for Giggs
- 72' Darren Fletcher for Anderson
- 82' Damien Duff
- 85' Rio Ferdinand 4–0
- 88' Cristiano Ronaldo 5–0
- 90' Alan Smith
- 90+1' Carlos Tevez 6–0
- Full Time 6–0
Match Facts
Starting XI
Newcastle United Lineup
Starting XI
1 Shay Given G
2 Stephen Carr D
3 José Enrique D
6 Claudio Caçapa D
10 Michael Owen F
11 Damien Duff M
14 Charles N'Zogbia M
16 James Milner M
17 Alan Smith F
22 Nicky Butt M
27 Steven Taylor D
Substitutes
4 David Rozehnal on
5 Emre Belözoglu
13 Steve Harper
36 Mark Viduka on
38 Kazenga Lua Lua
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Nigel Pearson
Newcastle United
Match Information
United vs Newcastle United History
Meeting 147 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 147 times: 74W 34D 39L.
12 Mar 2006 W 2–0 PL 1 Oct 2006 W 2–0 PL 1 Jan 2007 D 2–2 PL
12 Jan 2008 W 6–0 This match
23 Feb 2008 W 5–1 PL 17 Aug 2008 D 1–1 PL 4 Mar 2009 W 2–1 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 ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →