Premiership · Matchday 07

Newcastle United v Manchester United

0–3

HT 0–2

Sunday 7th October 2012 · St James Park, Newcastle · Att: 52,203

Manchester United beat Newcastle United 3–0 at St James Park, Newcastle on Sunday 7th October 2012 in the Premiership. Jonny Evans (8'), Patrice Evra (15') and Tom Cleverley (71') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
8' Jonny Evans Assist: Robin van Persie 0–1
15' Patrice Evra Assist: Wayne Rooney 0–2
21' Shinji Kagawa
30' Rio Ferdinand
31' Robin van Persie
33' Cheick Tioté
33' Cheik Tioté
42' Jonas Gutiérrez
42' Jonás Gutiérrez
Half Time 0–2
55' Antonio Valencia for Kagawa
71' Tom Cleverley Assist: Wayne Rooney 0–3
75' James Perch
79' Paul Scholes for Rooney
86' Gael Bigirimana
86' Gaël Bigirimana
87' Ryan Giggs for van Persie
90' Paul Scholes
Full Time 0–3

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

3 Patrice Evra 15'

6 Jonny Evans 8'

23 Tom Cleverley 71'

Substitutes

55' for Kagawa

79' for Rooney

87' for van Persie

Newcastle United Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

3 Davide Santon RB

4 Yohan Cabaye CM-R

6 Michael Williamson CD-R

9 Papiss Cissé CF-L

10 Hatem Ben Arfa RM

14 James Perch CD-L

18 Jonás Gutiérrez LM

19 Demba Ba CF-R

24 Cheick Tioté CM-L

31 Shane Ferguson LB

37 Steve Harper G

Substitutes

5 Danny Simpson

8 Vurnon Anita on

20 Gaël Bigirimana on

23 Shola Ameobi on

25 Gabriel Obertan

28 Sammy Ameobi

42 Jak Alnwick

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

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Alan Pardew

Newcastle United

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Newcastle United

4-4-2

Man Utd Newcastle United

56%

Possession

44%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Newcastle United History

Meeting 156 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 156 times: 79W 37D 40L.

26 Nov 2011 D 1–1 PL 4 Jan 2012 L 0–3 PL 26 Sep 2012 W 2–1 LC

7 Oct 2012 W 3–0 This match

26 Dec 2012 W 4–3 PL 7 Dec 2013 L 0–1 PL 5 Apr 2014 W 4–0 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 →