Newcastle United v Manchester United: Premier League – live

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by Scott Murray

March 4, 2026

⚽ Premier League updates from the 8.15pm GMT kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Table | Follow us on Bluesky | And mail Scott Newcastle United have lost their last three Premier League games at St James’ Park. The one before that required them to score two goals in stoppage time to turn defeat into victory. So things haven’t exactly been going smoothly for Eddie Howe’s side recently. But my goodness they’ve been good value. With their score first, here is their sequence of results starting with that amazing night against Leeds: 4-3, 3-3, 0-2, 0-0, 3-0, 0-2, 1-1, 1-4, 1-3, 2-3, 2-1, 3-1, 6-1, 1-2, 3-2, 2-3. Say what you will, the Toon give good bang for your buck. Manchester United aren’t quite as scattergun. They’ve won six out of seven games under caretaker Michael Carrick, for a start, and you’d have to be a curmudgeon-and-a-half to take issue with that. But needs must for this preamble, and rustling up some tension ahead of tonight’s entertainment, so here we go: Carrick’s side were excellent against Manchester City and Arsenal, decent enough against Fulham and Spurs, but a tad stodgy against West Ham, Everton and Crystal Palace, when their bread fell jam side up more often than not. Tonight will be more revealing than the Palace comeback, put it that way. All of which adds up to a microscopic direction of travel that will give Newcastle a small splash of succour as they try to arrest a more alarming trend of their own. Continue reading...

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Originally published on Guardian Sport on 3/4/2026