Premiership · Matchday 17

Newcastle United v Manchester United

1–1

HT 1–0

Monday 27th December 2021 · St James Park, Newcastle · Att: 52,178

Manchester United drew 1–1 with Newcastle United at St James Park, Newcastle on Monday 27th December 2021 in the Premiership. Edinson Cavani (71') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Craig Pawson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
7' Allan Saint-Maximin Assist: Sean Longstaff 1–0
45' Jadon Sancho for Fred
45' Edinson Cavani for Greenwood
Half Time 1–0
57' Cristiano Ronaldo
66' Emil Krafth
66' Bruno Fernandes
68' Harry Maguire
70' Joelinton
71' Edinson Cavani 1–1
78' Nemanja Matic for McTominay
90' Javier Manquillo
Full Time 1–1

Match Facts

Edinson Cavani's 2nd goal of 2021-2022, and his 18th for United.

68%

Possession

4-2-2-2

Formation

Craig Pawson

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

Substitutes

45' for Fred

45' for Greenwood

71'

Nemanja Matic

78' for McTominay

Newcastle United Lineup

4-3-2-1

Starting XI

1 Martin Dúbravka G

5 Fabian Schär CD-R

6 Jamaal Lascelles CD-L

7 Joelinton CM-L

8 Jonjo Shelvey AM

9 Callum Wilson F

10 Allan Saint-Maximin LM ⚽

17 Emil Krafth RB

19 Javier Manquillo LB

21 Ryan Fraser RM

36 Sean Longstaff CM-R

Substitutes

16 Jeff Hendrick

23 Jacob Murphy on

24 Miguel Almirón on

27 Freddie Woodman

29 Mark Gillespie

32 Elliot Anderson

34 Dwight Gayle on

56 Joe White

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

Managers

MUFC

Ralf Rangnick

Manchester United

OPP

Eddie Howe

Newcastle United

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-2-2

Formation

Newcastle United

4-3-2-1

Man Utd Newcastle United

68%

Possession

32%

1.7

Expected Goals (xG)

1.3

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.10

Avg Player Rating

7.00

27.5

Avg Age

28.0

United vs Newcastle United History

Meeting 173 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 173 times: 90W 40D 43L.

17 Oct 2020 W 4–1 PL 21 Feb 2021 W 3–1 PL 11 Sep 2021 W 4–1 PL

27 Dec 2021 D 1–1 This match

16 Oct 2022 D 0–0 PL 26 Feb 2023 W 2–0 LC 2 Apr 2023 L 0–2 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 →