{"id":39209,"date":"2025-12-26T19:56:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=39209"},"modified":"2025-12-26T19:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:56:03","slug":"manchester-united-v-newcastle-premier-league-live-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=39209","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United v Newcastle: Premier League \u2013 live | Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our pre-match postbag is positively brimming with festive cheer.<\/strong> \u201cA goal-glut for the ages, eh? Why do I feel like I\u2019m in for the biggest Christmas let-down since I asked my da for the Barcelona Subbuteo team and opened up the box under the tree to find\u2026 Burnley? Yours, Scrooge and the Grinch\u201d \u2013 Justin Kavanagh<\/p>\n

\u201cAs discussed on the Football Weekly podcast, Eddie Howe is given an easy time by critics. He has reached his ceiling. Newcastle cannot improve any more under his management\u201d \u2013 Jeff Sax<\/p>\n

\u201cFor my entire life as a Newcastle fan, it has been virtually nothing but misery at Old Trafford, a familiar sensation of shooting pains at the mere thought of the Man U (a) fixture. But looking at the two benches tonight, its clear that we have the depth and resources to win this match – maybe our expectations should be set higher? Anyway, I\u2019m operating on practically zero sleep (one of the neighbours has a pet sheep that has been keeping me up at night) and I\u2019m well on the way to type 2 diabetes after my dietary efforts over the festive period, so even a battling draw tonight would be enough to lift my spirits\u201d \u2013 Chris Paraskevas<\/p>\n

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Ruben Amorim speaks to Sky.<\/strong> \u201cWe are prepared \u2026 we know we have some players out but there are no excuses \u2026 we need to perform well \u2026 we are performing so much better \u2026 in the last games, for some reason, some details, we are not winning the games \u2026 we will try to win this one \u2026 everyone needs to step up because Bruno is not here \u2026 we need to be physical \u2026 [Newcastle] need to feel uncomfortable \u2026 we need to be smart \u2026 we cannot lose the ball in our half \u2026 we know what they want, so we will try to do the opposite \u2026 but we will also play with our strengths \u2026 [the five academy kids on the Manchester United bench] are ready to help the team \u2026 we have a short squad to give the kids an opportunity when a lot of things happen at the same time \u2026 they are really proud to be here and that is a good feeling I have with these kids \u2026 if we need them they will be on the pitch \u2026 since the start of the season my feeling is we can win any game \u2026 it is a little bit different compared to last season \u2026 even without a lot of good players, we can win this game \u2026 I have that feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Some other Boxing Day reading for you, seeing we\u2019re whiling away the time until kick-off.<\/strong> Afcon! Championship! Nags! You want it all, and we can\u2019t let you down. Not at Christmas. Enjoy, enjoy.<\/p>\n

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Eddie Howe talks to Sky Sports.<\/strong> \u201cThere\u2019s no getting way from the fact that [the season has been challenging] \u2026 we need to do better \u2026 there\u2019s only one way to respond \u2026 try to win as many games as we can \u2026 this is a tough assignment today but one we can rise to \u2026 certainly a big challenge \u2026 we did OK against [Manchester United] last year but they have improved \u2026 grown \u2026 we\u2019ve done the same in recent weeks \u2026 our recent form, bar the Sunderland game, has been pretty good \u2026 we\u2019re in a decent moment without winning the number of games we need to, to climb the table \u2026 that\u2019s why games like this are so important to us \u2026 we are playing a team in and around us \u2026 it would mean a lot to get three points today \u2026 we\u2019ve been in some really good positions in games \u2026 overall it is positive \u2026 we have to do certain things to swing those good performances into wins \u2026 we can\u2019t change the past \u2026 we can only affect the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also reports that Nick Pope isn\u2019t quite up to full match fitness yet.<\/p>\n

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Some of that aforementioned spirit of Boxing Day \u201863 is most certainly in the air.<\/strong> Wrexham have just beaten Sheffield United 5-3 at the Racecourse Ground. They were 3-1 down after 24 minutes. Such a shame the two teams aren\u2019t reconvening at Bramall Lane on Sunday.<\/p>\n

(The Blades drew 3-3 at Nottingham Forest on Boxing Day 1963, then lost 2-1 to them at home 48 hours later, seeing you\u2019re not asking.)<\/p>\n

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The rewards on offer tonight.<\/strong> Seventh-placed Manchester United will leapfrog their old north-west pals Liverpool into fifth place with a win. Newcastle start the game in the bottom half of the table, but should they win by two goals this evening, they\u2019ll nip in ahead of Manchester United and into seventh. Any victory would take Newcastle above Crystal Palace and into eighth.<\/p>\n

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Manchester United make two changes to their starting XI following the 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa.<\/strong> Bruno Fernandes is injured, so his captain\u2019s armband is taken by Lisandro Mart\u00ednez, making his first start since his return from injury. Casemiro takes Fernandes\u2019s place in midfield, returning as he is from a one-match suspension. Leny Yoro drops to the bench.<\/p>\n

Newcastle United name the same starting XI that began the 2-2 home draw with Chelsea.<\/strong> Joelinton, who scored here in the Toon\u2019s 2-0 win almost<\/em> a year ago to the day, is on the bench.<\/p>\n

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The teams<\/h2>\n

Manchester United:<\/strong> Lammens, Martinez, Heaven, Shaw, Dalot, Casemiro, Ugarte, Dorgu, Cunha, Mount, Sesko.
Subs: Bayindir, Zirkzee, Malacia, Yoro, Fredricson, Jack Fletcher, Lacey, Mantato, Tyler Fletcher.<\/em><\/p>\n

Newcastle United: <\/strong>Ramsdale, Miley, Thiaw, Schar, Hall, Tonali, Guimaraes, Ramsey, Jacob Murphy, Woltemade, Gordon.
Subs: Pope, Joelinton, Wissa, Barnes, Willock, Alex Murphy, Shahar, Neave, Alabi.<\/em><\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Anthony Taylor
VAR: Stuart Attwell<\/em><\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a014.00 EST<\/p>\n

Preamble<\/h2>\n

The full Boxing Day fixture list for England\u2019s top flight reads as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s it. So much for tradition. And yet! Never mind! Because this game could feasibly end up with a scoreline that would slot seamlessly into that<\/em> 1963 results service, an ersatz pastiche of English football\u2019s most famous festive feelgood farrago. You see, Newcastle haven\u2019t had a clean sheet in the Premier League since the start of October, a run stretching back ten games; Manchester United\u2019s last home fixture ended 4-4, for goodness sake. Newcastle have won five of the last six meetings between these sides, to the aggregate score of 14-4; Manchester United have won all previous Boxing Day meetings between the clubs in the Premier League era to the cumulative tune of 11-5. Fold in the unpredictable manner in which both teams are currently going about their business, and this could be a goal-glut for the ages\u2020. Kick-off is at 8pm GMT.<\/strong> It\u2019s on!<\/p>\n

\u2020: Apologies if we\u2019ve tempted fate, and the Football Gods, into the delivery of a mind-numbing goalless draw. But what sort of life is this if you can\u2019t whip yourself up into an anticipatory frenzy at Christmas?<\/p>\n

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