Premiership · Matchday 21

Newcastle United v Manchester United

0–2

HT 0–0

Wednesday 2nd January 2019 · St James Park, Newcastle · Att: 52,217

Manchester United beat Newcastle United 2–0 at St James Park, Newcastle on Wednesday 2nd January 2019 in the Premiership. Romelu Lukaku (64') and Marcus Rashford (80') scored for United. United were captained by Antonio Valencia, and the referee was Andre Marriner.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
28' Jamaal Lascelles
Half Time 0–0
46' Victor Lindelof
63' Alexis Sanchez for Mata
63' Romelu Lukaku for Martial
64' Romelu Lukaku 0–1
75' Luke Shaw
80' Marcus Rashford Assist: Alexis Sánchez 0–2
87' Jesse Lingard for Rashford
Full Time 0–2

Match Facts

65%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Andre Marriner

Referee

Antonio Valencia

Captain

Starting XI

Player

10 Marcus Rashford 80'

Substitutes

63' for Mata

63' for Martial

64'

Jesse Lingard

87' for Rashford

Newcastle United Lineup

5-4-1

Starting XI

3 Paul Dummett CD-L

5 Fabian Schär CD-R

6 Jamaal Lascelles CD

9 Salomón Rondón F

10 Mohamed Diamé CM-L

11 Matt Ritchie LB

12 Martin Dúbravka G

14 Isaac Hayden CM-R

17 Ayoze Pérez RM

22 DeAndre Yedlin RB

30 Christian Atsu LM

Substitutes

8 Jonjo Shelvey on

13 Yoshinori Muto on

15 Kenedy on

19 Javier Manquillo

20 Florian Lejeune

21 Joselu

41 Freddie Woodman

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

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Rafa Benitez

Newcastle United

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Newcastle United

5-4-1

Man Utd Newcastle United

65%

Possession

35%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.23

Avg Player Rating

6.16

United vs Newcastle United History

Meeting 167 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 167 times: 86W 39D 42L.

18 Nov 2017 W 4–1 PL 11 Feb 2018 L 0–1 PL 6 Oct 2018 W 3–2 PL

2 Jan 2019 W 2–0 This match

6 Oct 2019 L 0–1 PL 26 Dec 2019 W 4–1 PL 17 Oct 2020 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

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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 →