Manchester United vs Newcastle United: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

Manchester United have lost just one of their last 39 home league games against Newcastle (W28 D10), going down 1-0 in December 2013 under David Moyes.

Newcastle have won two of their last three Premier League games against Manchester United (L1), as many as they had in their previous 16 against them (D4 L10).

Manchester United lost their last game of 2023 2-1 against Nottingham Forest – they’ve not lost their final league game in consecutive calendar years since 1985 (vs Everton) and 1986 (vs Norwich).

Newcastle haven’t won their final league game in any of the last seven calendar years (D5 L2), since beating Nottingham Forest 3-1 in the Championship in 2016. Their last such Premier League victory was in 2014 against Everton (3-2).

No team has lost more Premier League games since the start of December than Manchester United (4). They last lost more league games in a single calendar month back in September 1962 (5).

Manchester United have lost 3-2 against Nottingham Forest and 3-0 against Bournemouth in their last two Premier League games. They’ve not lost three league games in a row at Old Trafford since February 1979, while they last conceded 3+ goals in a three in a row at home in October 1962.

Newcastle have won their last three Premier League games by an aggregate score of 11-0. They last won four in a row in March/April 2023 (5), while they last did so without conceding in April 2012.

Manchester United have lost four of their last five Premier League games, going down 3-0 against Bournemouth and 2-0 against Wolves in their last two. The Red Devils haven’t lost three consecutive league games without scoring since May 2015.

Anthony Gordon scored home and away against Manchester United in the Premier League last season – no Newcastle player has ever scored in three consecutive appearances against the Red Devils in the competition.

Alexander Isak has scored in each of his last five Premier League games, with Joe Willock the last Newcastle player to score in six in a row (a run of seven ending in May 2021). Isak has also scored 24 Premier League goals in 2024, with only Alan Shearer netting more in a calendar year for the Magpies (27 in 2002).