English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 23, 2008
Manchester United WDLWD 5
–
Newcastle United DLLDL 1
St James' Park · 52,291 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
7
6
Saves
4
50
Possession
50
16
SHOTS
10
10
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
5
Accurate Passes
0
5
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
3
Accurate Crosses
1
9
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.1
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
7
10
Clearances
7

Head to Head

MAN leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NEW

  1. 1Shay GivenG
  2. 21Habib BeyeD
  3. 27Steven TaylorD
  4. 25Abdoulaye FayeM
  5. 14Charles N'ZogbiaM
  6. 16James MilnerM
  7. 22Nicky ButtM
  8. 7Joey BartonM
  9. 11Damien DuffM
  10. 17Alan SmithF
  11. 10Michael OwenF

Substitutes

  1. 13Steve HarperG
  2. 6Claudio CaçapaD
  3. 20GeremiM
  4. 23Shola AmeobiF
  5. 39Andy CarrollF

MAN

  1. 1Edwin van der SarG
  2. 6Wes BrownD
  3. 15Nemanja VidićD
  4. 5Rio FerdinandD
  5. 3Patrice EvraD
  6. 7Cristiano RonaldoM
  7. 16Michael CarrickM
  8. 24Darren FletcherM
  9. 17NaniM
  10. 10Wayne RooneyF
  11. 32Carlos TevezF

Substitutes

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 22John O'SheaD
  3. 8AndersonM
  4. 18Paul ScholesM
  5. 9Louis SahaF

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal!! Wayne Rooney hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Man Utd now leads 1 - 0
  2. 27' Charles N'Zogbia is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 30' Abdoulaye Faye is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 35' Michael Owen is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 45' Goal!! Cristiano dos Santos Aveiro Ronaldo hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Man Utd now leads 2 - 0
  6. 46' Newcastle makes a sub: Steve Harper enters for Shay Given. Reason: Injury
  7. 46' Man Utd makes a sub: John O'Shea enters for Patrice Evra. Reason: Injury
  8. 56' Goal!! Cristiano dos Santos Aveiro Ronaldo hits a very good right footed shot low through the middle from the right penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Man Utd now leads 3 - 0
  9. 61' Newcastle makes a sub: Andrew Carroll enters for Joey Barton. Reason: Tactical
  10. 67' Man Utd makes a sub: Louis Saha enters for Cristiano dos Santos Aveiro Ronaldo. Reason: Tactical
  11. 74' Nicky Butt is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  12. 74' Man Utd makes a sub: Paul Scholes enters for Nemanja Vidic. Reason: Injury
  13. 79' Goal!! Abdoulaye Faye hits a very good right footed shot to the upper left corner from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Newcastle now trails 1 - 3
  14. 80' Goal!! Wayne Rooney hits a very good right footed shot to the upper right corner from the left channel (aprox. 25 yards) and scores!! Man Utd now leads 4 - 1
  15. 84' Newcastle makes a sub: . Geremi enters for James Milner. Reason: Tactical
  16. 90' End of the game
  17. 90'+1' Goal!! Louis Saha hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Man Utd now leads 5 - 1

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