St James' Park is a stronghold of the Magpies, where the North East team is on a 5-match winning streak in the Premier League, including 4 clean sheets, scoring 12 goals and conceding 1 (Raheem Sterling scored for Chelsea when they lost 1-4 to Newcastle in round 13). In the middle of the week, Newcastle (drawn 1-1 by PSG) and MU (drawn 3-3 by Galatasaray) in the penultimate round of the Champions League group stage, making the chances of both teams advancing to the round of 16 increasingly slim. But both teams also need to recover quickly, to return to the battle in the Premier League which is entering a fierce phase.
MU (6) will face a big challenge against Newcastle at St James' Park.
MU is currently ranked above Newcastle after 13 matches in the Premier League, with positions 6 and 7 respectively, but only 1 point apart (24 compared to 23). MU is having extremely good results in the Premier League and is the team with the most points compared to the remaining clubs, when winning 5 out of the last 6 matches (losing the remaining match).
Man.City (0-3). In November, MU won all 3 matches despite being criticized for their inconsistent performance, including against Fulham and Luton Town with the same score of 1-0 and beating Everton 3-0. Coach Erik Ten Hag, center back Maguire and striker Garnacho, who made their mark in these matches, were all nominated for the title of best coach, best player and best goal (Garnacho's "bicycle kick" against Everton).
In early December, MU met Newcastle again, the team that gave them nightmares in the meeting at Old Trafford in the fourth round of the League Cup with a 3-0 victory in early November. That was also MU's second consecutive defeat to Newcastle in the last 2 matches, including the 0-2 loss last season at St James' Park. Newcastle has the opportunity to win 3 consecutive matches against MU for the first time in their 101-year history, if they continue to defeat this rival in the upcoming match. Coach Eddie Howe's team is still in a storm of injuries with 10 key players out. But with the remaining personnel and young players playing extremely well such as Lewis Miley (17 years old), Tino Livramento (21 years old) or Lewis Hall (19 years old), Newcastle has shown their stability.
MU hopes that the return of striker Marcus Rashford will help coach Erik Ten Hag have more solutions in attack. But the "Red Devils" defense is a huge problem, as they have conceded 33 goals since the beginning of the season in all competitions. This is the most goals conceded by MU in this period in a season in 61 years.
Round 14 schedule
December 2
22:00 : Arsenal - Wolverhampton
Brentford - Luton
Burnley - Sheffield United
December 3
0:30 : Nottingham Forest - Everton
3 o'clock : Newcastle - MU
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