Premiership · Matchday 01

Manchester United v Newcastle United

3–0

HT 2–0

Monday 16th August 2010 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,221

Manchester United beat Newcastle United 3–0 at Old Trafford on Monday 16th August 2010 in the Premiership. Dimitar Berbatov (33'), Darren Fletcher (41') and Ryan Giggs (85') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
18' Joey Barton
22' James Perch
33' Dimitar Berbatov Assist: Paul Scholes 1–0
41' Darren Fletcher Assist: Wayne Rooney 2–0
Half Time 2–0
52' Paul Scholes
56' Darren Fletcher
63' Javier Hernandez for Rooney
71' Ryan Giggs for Nani
85' Ryan Giggs Assist: Paul Scholes 3–0
87' Rafael da Silva for Evra
Full Time 3–0

Match Facts

A 6th consecutive win in all competitions.
Dimitar Berbatov's 2nd goal of 2010-2011, and his 28th for United.
Darren Fletcher's 1st goal of 2010-2011, and his 19th for United.
Ryan Giggs' 1st goal of 2010-2011, and his 154th for United.

Starting XI

Player

1 Edwin van der Sar

3 Patrice Evra

9 Dimitar Berbatov 33'

24 Darren Fletcher 41'

25 Antonio Valencia

Substitutes

Javier Hernandez

63' for Rooney

Ryan Giggs

71' for Nani

85'

Rafael da Silva

87' for Evra

Newcastle United Lineup

4-4-1-1

Starting XI

1 Steve Harper G

2 Fabricio Coloccini CD-L

3 José Enrique LB

4 Kevin Nolan AM

6 Michael Williamson CD-R

7 Joey Barton CM-L

9 Andy Carroll F

10 Wayne Routledge RM

14 James Perch RB

17 Alan Smith CM-R

18 Jonás Gutiérrez LM

Substitutes

16 Ryan Taylor

19 Xisco on

23 Shola Ameobi on

26 Tim Krul

29 Haris Vuckic

30 Nile Ranger

44 James Tavernier

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Chris Hughton

Newcastle United

Match Information

Man Utd

4-4-2

Formation

Newcastle United

4-4-1-1

Man Utd Newcastle United

62%

Possession

38%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Newcastle United History

Meeting 151 of 183

183

Played

Won

Drawn

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 151 times: 77W 35D 39L.

23 Feb 2008 W 5–1 PL 17 Aug 2008 D 1–1 PL 4 Mar 2009 W 2–1 PL

16 Aug 2010 W 3–0 This match

19 Apr 2011 D 0–0 PL 26 Nov 2011 D 1–1 PL 4 Jan 2012 L 0–3 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

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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 →