Man United vs Newcastle United Predictions, 18 Nov 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 4-1

Man United v Newcastle Predictions for Saturday's 5.30pm kick-off league fixture set to see Man United host a Newcastle side at Old Trafford. The teams managers, Jose Mourinho and Rafa Benitez, have had 16 tactical duels so far. ‘The Special One’ so far holds a slight advantage, having beaten Benitez’ teams 7 times (D4 L5).

Match status: 2017/18 FA Premier League - Matchweek 12
Kick-off: Saturday 18 Nov 2017, 05:30pm GMT
Venue: "Old Trafford" in Manchester, England

Man United v Newcastle Team News

Manchester United, who in the last 4 matches have seen their neighbours Man City pull 8 points away at the top of the league, welcome Newcastle to Old Trafford confident that their home form will see them through (8 straight wins in all competitions).

Those looking for long odds will have to look further than a home side clean sheet today. Newcastle have only managed 3 goals in 5 away matches, while David de Gea and Manchester United are yet to concede at home in the Premier League this season.

September 10, 2016, was the last time Manchester United suffered defeat at Old Trafford (2-1 against Manchester City) - they have played 38 games since then.

Newcastle will have to be wary of powerful striker Romelu Lukaku in this match. The big Belgian might not have scored in his last 7 games (PL), but will find consolation in his stats against ‘The Magpies’: 5 goals and 4 assists in 8 matches so far. Lukaku did score 3 goals during the recent internationals and the goal on Tuesday against Japan was his 31st for Belgium, making him their all-time leading scorer.

Teams' Possible Starting Lineups:

Man United: Gea - Young, Smalling, Bailly, Valencia - Herrera, Matic - Rashford, Mkhitaryan, Mata - Lukaku (4-2-3-1 formation)

Newcastle: Elliot - Manquillo, Lejeune, Clark, Yedlin - Shelvey, Hayden - Murphy, Perez, Ritchie - Joselu (4-2-3-1 formation)

Missing Players of Man United and Newcastle:

Man United: Phil Jones, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Michael Carrick, Paul Pogba, Marcos Rojo.

Newcastle: Mikel Merino, Paul Dummett, Jamaal Lascelles, Christian Atsu.

Head-to-Head PL Record: Man United v Newcastle

2015/16 Premier League
Newcastle Utd 3-3 Manchester United

2015/16 Premier League
Manchester United 0-0 Newcastle Utd

2014/15 Premier League
Newcastle Utd 0-1 Manchester United

2014/15 Premier League
Manchester United 3-1 Newcastle Utd