League Cup · Final

Manchester United v Newcastle United

2–0

HT 2–0

Sunday 26th February 2023 · Wembley · Att: 87,306

Manchester United beat Newcastle United 2–0 at Wembley (N) on Sunday 26th February 2023 in the League Cup. Casemiro (33') and Marcus Rashford (39') scored for United. United were captained by Bruno Fernandes, and the referee was David Coote.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
9' Diogo Dalot
10' Diogo Dalot
33' Casemiro Assist: Luke Shaw 1–0
37' Fred
37' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues
39' Marcus Rashford Assist: Wout Weghorst 2–0
45' Joelinton
45' Unknown
45' Aaron Wan-Bissaka for Dalot
Half Time 2–0
67' Sven Botman
69' Marcel Sabitzer for Fred
70' Scott McTominay for Weghorst
83' Jadon Sancho for Antony
84' David de Gea
84' David de Gea
87' Casemiro
87' Carlos Casemiro
88' Harry Maguire for Rashford
90' Fabian Schär
90' Lisandro Martinez
90' Luke Shaw
90' Lisandro Martinez
90' Luke Shaw
Full Time 2–0

Match Facts

39%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

David Coote

Referee

Bruno Fernandes

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

6 Lisandro Martinez

8 Bruno Fernandes

10 Marcus Rashford 39'

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

18 Carlos Casemiro 33'

Substitutes

45' for Dalot

69' for Fred

70' for Weghorst

83' for Antony

88' for Rashford

Newcastle United Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

2 Kieran Trippier RB

4 Sven Botman CD-L

5 Fabian Schär CD-R

7 Joelinton LM

9 Callum Wilson F

10 Allan Saint-Maximin LF

18 Loris Karius G

24 Miguel Almirón RF

33 Dan Burn LB

36 Sean Longstaff RM

39 Bruno Guimarães CM

Substitutes

6 Jamaal Lascelles

11 Matt Ritchie on

13 Matt Targett

14 Alexander Isak on

19 Javier Manquillo

23 Jacob Murphy on

28 Joe Willock on

29 Mark Gillespie

32 Elliot Anderson on

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

Managers

MUFC

Erik ten Hag

Manchester United

OPP

Eddie Howe

Newcastle United

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Newcastle United

4-3-3

Man Utd Newcastle United

39%

Possession

61%

1.0

Expected Goals (xG)

1.1

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.40

Avg Player Rating

6.50

27.9

Avg Age

28.2

United vs Newcastle United History

Meeting 175 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 175 times: 91W 41D 43L.

11 Sep 2021 W 4–1 PL 27 Dec 2021 D 1–1 PL 16 Oct 2022 D 0–0 PL

26 Feb 2023 W 2–0 This match

2 Apr 2023 L 0–2 PL 1 Nov 2023 L 0–3 LC 2 Dec 2023 L 0–1 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

All 183 meetings with Newcastle United →

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 →