Newcastle v Manchester United LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Magpies seal narrow win
Newcastle 1-0 Manchester United: Anthony Gordon’s second-half goal enough for the Magpies but Nick Pope suffer serious-looking injury
Anthony Gordon’s sixth goal of the season handed Newcastle United a sixth-successive Premier League victory at St James’ Park as Manchester United became their latest victims.
The Magpies, who returned from Paris St Germain in midweek bitterly disappointed with a 1-1 Champions League draw, dominated for all but the final few minutes and perhaps should have secured the points in more emphatic fashion with Kieran Trippier seeing a first-half free-kick come back off the crossbar.
However, Gordon’s 55th-minute finish - the fourth-successive home league game in which he has scored - proved sufficient to clinch a 1-0 win and send Eddie Howe’s side above the Red Devils in the table, although his joy was tempered by a potentially-serious injury to goalkeeper Nick Pope.
Manchester United, who had thrown away a 3-1 lead at Galatasaray to draw 3-3 on Wednesday evening, created little of note - they saw a late goal ruled out after Antony’s shot had clipped Harry Maguire in an offside position - as their run of five wins in six league games came to an end in front of a crowd of 52,214.
Relive the action from St James’ Park in the blog below and get the latest odds and tips for the game here.
Newcastle vs Manchester United team news
It’s four changes for Man Utd from their midweek side as Kobbie Mainoo, who hugely impressed against Everton last weekend, and Anthony Martial are among those to come back into the side, along with Marcus Rashford who was suspended against Galatasaray.
The much-maligned Andre Onana keeps his place between the sticks though.
Meanwhile, injury-riddled Newcastle are unchanged, so Tino Livramento and Lewis Miley are among the younger players to continue in the 11.
Newcastle XI: Pope, Trippier, Lascelles, Schar, Livramento, Miley, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Almiron, Isak, Gordon
Man Utd XI: Onana, Wan-Bissaka, Dalot, Maguire, Shaw, Mainoo, McTominay, Fernandes, Garnacho, Rashford, Martial
How Andre Onana compares to David de Gea
Andre Onana has been under-fire between the sticks for Man United but how does he stack up against his predecessor David de Gea?
De Gea won last season’s Premier League Golden Glove with 17 clean sheets and conceded 43 goals in 38 games, an average of 1.13 per game.
Onana’s current rate of 1.23 would equate to 46.77 goals over the full league season – only twice have United conceded 47 or more, 54 in 2018-19 and 57 in 2021-22.
De Gea was ever-present in the league for both of those seasons, comfortably United’s worst in the Premier League era. In 2018-19 they conceded 72 in 51 games in all competitions, an average of 1.41 per game.
Last season, Ten Hag’s first in charge, United conceded 63 goals in 62 games overall – 1.02 per game. De Gea was ever-present apart from four Carabao Cup games shared between Dubravka and Tom Heaton.
In mitigation for Onana, United have allowed more shots on target this season while dealing with injuries in defence. The Cameroon international has made 51 saves in 13 league games, already halfway to De Gea’s tally of 101 in 38 last term and averaging 3.9 per game, up from 2.7.
Newcastle vs Manchester United team news
Here’s the team news for both sides
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe believes more VAR ‘would ruin the game’
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has warned more VAR would “ruin” football after finding himself on the wrong end of a controversial decision.
Football’s lawmakers are considering options to extend the system’s use at the same time as a debate over its effectiveness in its current form rages on.
The Magpies were denied a Champions League victory at Paris St Germain on Tuesday after Polish referee Szymon Marciniak was asked to review a decision not to award a penalty for handball against Tino Livramento by VAR official Thomas Kwiatkowski and changed his mind to allow Kylian Mbappe to level in stoppage time.
Asked if he would like to see more or less VAR, Howe said: “I’d like to see less VAR.”
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe believes more VAR ‘would ruin the game’
Football’s lawmakers are considering options to extend the system’s use.
Andre Onana’s Manchester United performance ‘unacceptable’, claims Jamie Carragher
Jamie Carragher has described Andre Onana’s performance against Galatasaray as “unacceptable” as pressure grows on the Manchester United goalkeeper.
Erik ten Hag’s side suffered a Champions League set back as they let a two-goal lead slip in Turkey, with Onana partly culpable for the hosts’ first two goals.
It continued a difficult start to life in Manchester for the Cameroon international, who was signed from Inter Milan in the summer.
Onana was immediately installed as Ten Hag’s first-choice goalkeeper, but finds his place under severe scrutiny after a series of high-profile errors.
Carragher believes that the 27-year-old has developed a reputation as a “liability” that will be difficult to shift.
Onana’s Manchester United performance ‘unacceptable’, claims Carragher
The goalkeeper is under pressure after a difficult night against Galatasaray
Manchester United show they have two sides after European stumble – and neither is working
From hell to purgatory. Manchester United are left in limbo about their European future this season, after a game at Galatasaray where both sides left everything on the pitch. Andre Onana, however, let two free-kicks in.
There was still more to an utterly thrilling 3-3 draw than that, as United lost a lead for the fifth time in five Champions League group games. This was also the second by two goals.
That should torment Erik ten Hag, even as it would have delighted anyone else watching on. This was so much more entertaining than the divinely perfect football we’ve come to expect from the competition’s best level and there is, of course, a lesson in that.
This might have been the way to put on a show. It isn’t the way to go about an away game in the Champions League.
Miguel Delaney analyses what is going wrong at Old Trafford:
European stumble shows there are two sides to Man United – and neither is working
United’s playing styles are ‘control’ to the point of boredom or abandon to the point of chaos. Both have left them in purgatory
Newcastle vs Manchester United tips: Premier League betting predictions and odds
Newcastle and Manchester United will both be looking to put their European disappointments behind them when they square off at St James’ Park (TNT Sports 1, 8pm).
Both sides are staring down the barrel of exiting the Champions League at the group stage after costly draws in midweek but United and the Magpies will need to forget about those results quickly and focus on this clash, which could have a bearing on whether they are back in the Champions League next season.
The Red Devils have won five of their last six league games to move within four points of the top four, one point ahead of Newcastle, but football betting sites have priced them as underdogs for the trip to the north-east.
Newcastle have already beaten Erik ten Hag’s team once this season, dumping them out of the EFL Cup, and they may be able to justify their favouritism at home, where they’ve been so strong under Eddie Howe.
We’ve looked at the Premier League odds to come up with three Newcastle vs Man Utd tips.
Newcastle vs Manchester United tips: Premier League betting predictions and odds
We've got three betting tips for Saturday night's big Premier League clash at St James' Park
Early Man Utd team news
Erik ten Hag has been boosted by the return to fitness of Rasmus Hojlund and Antony, leaving him with plenty of forward options to choose from with Marcus Rashford available after serving a one-match Champions League suspension.
There are more concerns in midfield and defence, though, with Casemiro, Lisandro Martinez, Mason Mount and Christian Eriksen all sidelined.
Predicted line-up
Manchester United XI: Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Lindelof, Shaw; McTominay, Mainoo; Garnacho, Fernandes, Rashford; Hojlund.
Early Newcastle team news
Newcastle were forced to name only a seven-man bench, including two goalkeepers, for their midweek trip to Paris as their injury crisis continues.
Matt Ritchie and Emil Krafth are available for Premier League action, though, and should return to the matchday squad, with Lewis Miley likely to get another opportunity to further his burgeoning reputation in midfield.
Predicted line-up
Newcastle XI: Pope; Trippier, Lascelles, Schar, Livramento; Miley, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Almiron, Isak, Gordon.
Newcastle vs Manchester United
Newcastle United host Manchester United on Saturday night with just one point and one place between them in the Premier League table. Their relative standings might be in close proximity but the two clubs feel worlds apart right now – even as they share a curious overlapping in many factors this season.
Both clubs drew in midweek, in Champions League matches with a huge amount resting on the outcomes. The Magpies, of course, earnt the better result but perhaps ended up feeling worse; such is the rollercoaster of emotions within football, holding Paris Saint-Germain to a 1-1 draw but conceding in the final minutes to a hotly debated penalty.
The Red Devils, meanwhile, threw away a two-goal lead much earlier in the game and still could have won their match, eventually leaving Galatasaray with a 3-3 draw. Neither currently stand to progress in their groups, and both face an uphill battle domestically to regain a top-four place to return and try again among Europe’s elite in 2024-25.
Read Karl Matchett’s analysis ahead of the game:
Anthony Gordon can make England statement by outshining Marcus Rashford
Eddie Howe and Erik ten Hag both have injury concerns to deal with and are separated by one point in the Premier League table
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