Premiership · Matchday 19
Manchester United v Newcastle United
4–1
HT 3–1
Manchester United beat Newcastle United 4–1 at Old Trafford on Thursday 26th December 2019 in the Premiership. Anthony Martial (24', 51'), Mason Greenwood (36') and Marcus Rashford (41') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Kevin Friend.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 1' Scott McTominay
- 17' Matty Longstaff Assist: Joelinton 0–1
- 24' Anthony Martial Assist: Andreas Pereira 1–1
- 35' Andreas Pereira
- 36' Mason Greenwood 2–1
- 38' Fabian Schär
- 41' Marcus Rashford Assist: Aaron Wan-Bissaka 3–1
- 45' Paul Pogba for McTominay
- Half Time 3–1
- 51' Anthony Martial 4–1
- 63' Jesse Lingard for Rashford
- 67' Juan Mata for Martial
- 81' DeAndre Yedlin
- Full Time 4–1
Match Facts
73%
Possession
4-2-3-1
Formation
Kevin Friend
Referee
Harry Maguire
Captain
Starting XI
Player
9 Anthony Martial 24', 51'
Newcastle United Lineup
3-5-2
Starting XI
1 Martin Dúbravka G
5 Fabian Schär CD-R
9 Joelinton CF-R
12 Dwight Gayle CF-L
15 Jetro Willems LM
18 Federico Fernández CD
19 Javier Manquillo RM
20 Florian Lejeune CD-L
24 Miguel Almirón CM-L
36 Sean Longstaff AM
43 Matthew Longstaff CM-R ⚽
Substitutes
7 Andy Carroll
8 Jonjo Shelvey
14 Isaac Hayden
17 Emil Krafth on
22 DeAndre Yedlin on
26 Karl Darlow
30 Christian Atsu on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
Manchester United
OPP
Steve Bruce
Newcastle United
Match Information
Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Newcastle United
3-5-2
United vs Newcastle United History
Meeting 169 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 169 times: 87W 39D 43L.
6 Oct 2018 W 3–2 PL 2 Jan 2019 W 2–0 PL 6 Oct 2019 L 0–1 PL
26 Dec 2019 W 4–1 This match
17 Oct 2020 W 4–1 PL 21 Feb 2021 W 3–1 PL 11 Sep 2021 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 →