Newcastle vs Man Utd preview: United try to end winless streak of 10 away games
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Solskjaer's Man Utd are going through a very difficult period as they have struggled with injuries and have failed to win in the last 10 games away from home.
The days when Newcastle challenged Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United at the top of the Premier League under Kevin Keegan and Sir Bobby Robson are long gone.
If Manchester United’s decline has been less dramatic, it is currently causing considerable consternation west of the Pennines. Steve Bruce’s Newcastle are in an infinitely worse mess though and must try to atone for last Sunday’s 5-0 reverse at Leicester.
Can one of Ferguson’s stalwart centre-halves turn the tide on his native Tyneside?
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Pogba, Wan-Bissaka and Martial look set to be among Man Utd's absentees. Pogba (foot), Wan-Bissaka (illness) and Martial (thigh) were among those that missed Thursday's Europa League trip to Alkmaar, with manager Solskjaer saying afterwards that there would "probably not" be any players returning on Sunday.
Defenders Shaw, Jones and Young were others to miss the 0-0 draw in Holland, where forward Jesse Lingard limped off with a hamstring issue that will need assessing.
Manchester United (W3 D7 L21), losing both matches during the 2018-19 campaign.
Manchester United have won 13 away Premier League games at Newcastle - they've only won more away at Aston Villa (15) and Everton (16).
Only against Arsenal (29) have Newcastle lost more Premier League games than they have against Manchester United (28, level with Liverpool).
Manchester United are winless in their last seven away league games (D3 L4) - they last had a longer run without a win on the road in the top-flight between February and September 1989 (11 games).
Manchester United have failed to score more than once in any of their last seven Premier League away games (4 goals in total). In the four games in which they've scored, they've netted the first goal of the match but have failed to go on and win any of those (D3 L1).
Newcastle United have failed to win any of their opening three Premier League home games. There have been just four occasions in top-flight league history where they've failed to be victorious in any of their first four games at St James' Park in a campaign, with two of those coming in the last five years (1898-99, 1905-06, 2015-16 and 2018-19).
Newcastle boss Steve Bruce is set to take charge of his 400th game as manager in the Premier League (W111 D111 L177) - he has the lowest win percentage among managers with at least 300 games in the competition (27.8%).
Newcastle manager Steve Bruce has managed more Premier League games against Man Utd without winning (21 - W0 D5 L16) than any manager has against an opponent in the competition's history.
Probable Lineups
Newcastle: Dubravka, Willems, Dummett, Lascelles, Schär, Yedlin, Saint-Maximin, Shelvey, Longstaff, Almirón, Joelinton
Man Utd: De Gea, Young, Maguire, Lindelöf, Tuanzebe, McTominay, Matic, Pereira, James, Rashford, Mata
Prediction
Newcastle 2-1 Man Utd
Solskjaer's Man Utd are going through a very difficult period as they have struggled with injuries and have failed to win in the last 10 games away from home.
The days when Newcastle challenged Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United at the top of the Premier League under Kevin Keegan and Sir Bobby Robson are long gone.
If Manchester United’s decline has been less dramatic, it is currently causing considerable consternation west of the Pennines. Steve Bruce’s Newcastle are in an infinitely worse mess though and must try to atone for last Sunday’s 5-0 reverse at Leicester.
Can one of Ferguson’s stalwart centre-halves turn the tide on his native Tyneside?
TEAM NEWS
Pogba, Wan-Bissaka and Martial look set to be among Man Utd's absentees. Pogba (foot), Wan-Bissaka (illness) and Martial (thigh) were among those that missed Thursday's Europa League trip to Alkmaar, with manager Solskjaer saying afterwards that there would "probably not" be any players returning on Sunday.
Defenders Shaw, Jones and Young were others to miss the 0-0 draw in Holland, where forward Jesse Lingard limped off with a hamstring issue that will need assessing.
Manchester United (W3 D7 L21), losing both matches during the 2018-19 campaign.
Manchester United have won 13 away Premier League games at Newcastle - they've only won more away at Aston Villa (15) and Everton (16).
Only against Arsenal (29) have Newcastle lost more Premier League games than they have against Manchester United (28, level with Liverpool).
Manchester United are winless in their last seven away league games (D3 L4) - they last had a longer run without a win on the road in the top-flight between February and September 1989 (11 games).
Manchester United have failed to score more than once in any of their last seven Premier League away games (4 goals in total). In the four games in which they've scored, they've netted the first goal of the match but have failed to go on and win any of those (D3 L1).
Newcastle United have failed to win any of their opening three Premier League home games. There have been just four occasions in top-flight league history where they've failed to be victorious in any of their first four games at St James' Park in a campaign, with two of those coming in the last five years (1898-99, 1905-06, 2015-16 and 2018-19).
Newcastle boss Steve Bruce is set to take charge of his 400th game as manager in the Premier League (W111 D111 L177) - he has the lowest win percentage among managers with at least 300 games in the competition (27.8%).
Newcastle manager Steve Bruce has managed more Premier League games against Man Utd without winning (21 - W0 D5 L16) than any manager has against an opponent in the competition's history.
Probable Lineups
Newcastle: Dubravka, Willems, Dummett, Lascelles, Schär, Yedlin, Saint-Maximin, Shelvey, Longstaff, Almirón, Joelinton
Man Utd: De Gea, Young, Maguire, Lindelöf, Tuanzebe, McTominay, Matic, Pereira, James, Rashford, Mata
Prediction
Newcastle 2-1 Man Utd
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