English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 17, 2008
Newcastle United DWDLL 1
–
Manchester United WWWDD 1
Old Trafford · 75,512 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
1
41.6
Possession
58.4
11
SHOTS
21
2
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
266
Accurate Passes
405
346
Passes
486
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
13
14
Crosses
36
0.2
Cross %
0.4
49
Long Balls
81
20
Accurate Long Balls
57
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
6
20
Effective Tackles
20
26
Tackles
28
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
22
33
Clearances
36

Head to Head

MAN leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MAN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Edwin van der SarG
  2. 15Nemanja VidićCD-L
  3. 5Rio FerdinandCD-R
  4. 3Patrice EvraLB
  5. 6Wes BrownRB
  6. 16Michael CarrickCM-L
  7. 18Paul ScholesCM-R
  8. 11Ryan GiggsLM
  9. 24Darren FletcherRM
  10. 31Fraizer CampbellCF-L
  11. 10Wayne RooneyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22John O'SheaSUB
  2. 34Rodrigo PossebonSUB
  3. 21Fangzhou DongSUB
  4. 29Tomasz KuszczakSUB
  5. 2Gary NevilleSUB
  6. 28Darron GibsonSUB
  7. 23Jonny EvansSUB
  8. 21RafaelSUB

NEW · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Shay GivenG
  2. 2Fabricio ColocciniCD-L
  3. 27Steven TaylorCD-R
  4. 14Charles N'ZogbiaLB
  5. 21Habib BeyeRB
  6. 8Danny GuthrieCM-L
  7. 22Nicky ButtCM-R
  8. 18Jonás GutiérrezLM
  9. 16James MilnerRM
  10. 9Obafemi MartinsF
  11. 11Damien DuffRCF

Substitutes

  1. 17Alan SmithSUB
  2. 12Sébastien BassongSUB
  3. 13Steve HarperSUB
  4. 42Ryan DonaldsonSUB
  5. 3José EnriqueSUB
  6. 30David EdgarSUB
  7. 20GeremiSUB

Timeline

  1. 22'
  2. 24'
  3. 25'
  4. 63'
  5. 80'

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