Newcastle United Vs Manchester United 2012 EPL Game

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 at 12:10 pm , filed under English Premiere League by Andrew Jordan

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In the English Premier League (2012 EPL) football game – Newcastle United (7th) will play host to Manchester United (2nd) kicks off 20:00 GMT on 04 January 2012 at Sports Direct Arena.

Newcastle United started the premiership season very well, being one of the two unbeaten Premier League sides, and was in Top 4 positions for a while, until they faced the side of Manchester City. Currently the team is on the 6th place with 30 points in 19 games.

Newcastle has played 9 Premier League games this season on St James Park. On home ground, Newcastle has won 4, drawn 3 and lost 2 games, and this ranked the Magpies 8th in home team performance in the English Premier League.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew’s have won just 2 of their last 13 home games against Manchester United. The team has doubts over midfielder Gabriel Obertan (toe Injury), but otherwise has no new injury problems.

Manchester United is currently second position in the league, just 3 points behind their rival Manchester City, having 45 points in 19 games, scoring 49 goals and conceding only 17. United is the only side to score in every game so far this season.

Manchester has played 9 Premier League games this season away from home. On away ground, Manchester has won 7, drawn 2 and lost 0 games, and this ranked the Red Devils 1st in away team performance in the English Premier League.

Wayne Rooney probable to return to the starting line-up after being disciplined by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson last week. Rooney has scored 6 goals in his last 6 appearances away to Newcastle.

Probable Line-Ups:

Newcastle United: Krul, Simpson, Coloccini, Williamson, Santon R, Taylor, Cabaye, Tiote, Jonas, Best and Ba.

Manchester United: De Gea, Rafael, Smalling, Jones, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Park, Nani, Rooney and Welbeck.

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