Premiership · Matchday 18

Manchester United v Newcastle United

3–1

HT 2–0

Friday 26th December 2014 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,318

Manchester United beat Newcastle United 3–1 at Old Trafford on Friday 26th December 2014 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (23', 36') and Robin van Persie (53') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
23' Wayne Rooney Assist: Radamel Falcao 1–0
36' Wayne Rooney Assist: Juan Mata 2–0
Half Time 2–0
53' Robin van Persie Assist: Wayne Rooney 3–0
61' Steven Taylor
62' Darren Fletcher for Carrick
65' James Wilson for Falcao
66' Robin van Persie
80' Rafael da Silva for Valencia
87' Papiss Cisse pen 3–1
89' Yoan Gouffran
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

10 Wayne Rooney 23', 36'

16 Michael Carrick

18 Ashley Young

20 Robin van Persie 53'

Substitutes

62' for Carrick

65' for Falcao

80' for Valencia

Newcastle United Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2 Fabricio Coloccini CD-L

7 Moussa Sissoko AM

8 Vurnon Anita DM

11 Yoan Gouffran LM

14 Jack Colback RM

17 Ayoze Pérez CF-L

22 Daryl Janmaat RB

27 Steven Taylor CD-R

31 Jak Alnwick G

32 Adam Armstrong CF-R

36 Paul Dummett LB

Substitutes

6 Michael Williamson

9 Papiss Cissé on ⚽

20 Rémy Cabella on

23 Haris Vuckic on

29 Emmanuel Rivière

37 Lubomir Satka

41 Freddie Woodman

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

Managers

MUFC

Louis van Gaal

Manchester United

OPP

Alan Pardew

Newcastle United

Match Information

Man Utd

3-4-1-2

Formation

Newcastle United

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Newcastle United

62%

Possession

38%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Newcastle United History

Meeting 160 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 160 times: 82W 37D 41L.

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

26 Dec 2014 W 3–1 This match

4 Mar 2015 W 1–0 PL 22 Aug 2015 D 0–0 PL 12 Jan 2016 D 3–3 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 →