Newcastle had five wins in six head-to-head encounters

In the 29th round of the English Premier League on March 4, 2026, Newcastle United and Manchester United will face off. Both teams are aiming for success in this encounter.

Newcastle United vs Manchester United: Team News and Expert Analysis
The club from St. James’ Park had a successful previous season. They won the League Cup and finished fifth in the Premier League, surpassing Aston Villa on additional criteria. Thanks to this, they returned to the Champions League.

This time, the English side reached the playoffs and calmly beat Qarabag twice. They have also performed well in other tournaments—reaching the League Cup semi-finals, where they lost to Manchester City, and in February, they knocked Aston Villa out of the FA Cup. However, their Premier League results are clearly worse than in 2024/2025, even though the fight for European spots continues. Still, there have been a lot of recent defeats—after losing to City, they also failed to get points against Everton.

The historic giants from Old Trafford couldn’t save last season, finishing in fifteenth place, and even the Europa League didn’t help—they lost the final to another struggling British club, Tottenham. However, the coach was only changed in January. By the time Michael Carrick arrived, the team had already been knocked out of the League Cup (by Grimsby), the FA Cup, and had highly inconsistent results in the Premier League. With Michael at the helm, they won all of their first four matches, although they barely managed to draw with West Ham. Still, with wins over Everton and Crystal Palace, they seem to be back on track.

Bruno Guimarães and company are showing balanced stats: they score 1.43 goals per match and concede 1.5. United’s form is improving; now they average 1.79 goals scored and 1.36 conceded per game.

Newcastle United vs Manchester United: Key Stats and Trends
Newcastle United have lost two matches in a row
64% of Newcastle’s matches end with both teams scoring and the average total goals per match is 2.93
Manchester United have won six of their last seven matches
71% of United’s matches end with both teams scoring and the average total goals per match is 3.14
Newcastle United vs Manchester United: Possible Starting Lineups
Newcastle United (probable lineup): Pope – Burn, Botman, Thiaw, Trippier – Ramsey, Bruno Guimarães, Willock – Barnes, Gordon, Elanga

Manchester United (probable lineup): Lammens – Shaw, Martínez, Maguire, Diogo Dalot – Casemiro, Mainoo, Bruno Fernandes, Mbeumo, Diallo – Matheus Cunha

Previous Matches: Newcastle United vs Manchester United
Newcastle had five wins in six head-to-head encounters. However, at the end of December, they lost away 0-1.