This should be quite a match, with Manchester United at 5th and Newcastle United at 6th. Read our preview!
- All of Manchester United's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
Not a lot of time to rest for the home side, as they had a Europa League fixture only three days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Omonia Nicosia, was also a home game here at Old Trafford. The away team is better rested.
Manchester United form and stats
Manchester United have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premier League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Two home wins in a row for United bring valid hopes of a third.
Manchester United's previous fixture was a Europa League game also played at their home, finishing 1-0 versus Omonia Nicosia. The home team are looking to continue in that form. Midfield player Fernandes got a match rating of 8.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Fernandes hit seven key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 68 total).
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Everton.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tottenham Hotspur are coming to town in three days.
Manchester United have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Newcastle United form and stats
The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Newcastle United are travelling after their nice 5-1 home win in the match against Brentford (placed 11th). As mentioned above, Newcastle United was the only team on the pitch versus Brentford in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Midfielder Guimarães was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.82. Guimarães scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Fulham with the score of 4-1.We have checked recent matches where Newcastle have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Everton in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Newcastle United's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
United have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Newcastle United.Top Goalscorers
  M. Almirón Rejala 4 goals |   M. Rashford 3 goals |  A. dos Santos 3 goals |
Manchester United missing players
Newcastle United missing players
| Manchester United | Newcastle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 3.4 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 7.8 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.2 | 4.7 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 12.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.2 | 15.8 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.8 | 6.1 |
| 34% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 31% |
| 15 | 16 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.5 | 12.7 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5 |
- All of Manchester United's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Manchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newcastle United have created more than twice as many corners as Manchester United.
- Newcastle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Newcastle United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 23 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 6 | Newcastle United | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | AFC Bournemouth | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 12 |
| 9 | Fulham | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Liverpool | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| 11 | Brentford | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Everton | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | West Ham United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Aston Villa | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Southampton | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | -15 | 5 |
| 20 | Leicester City | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -9 | 4 |
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