On Sun Feb 21st, in week 25, Manchester United will host Newcastle United in a clash of the Premier League. Manchester United is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Real Sociedad. Bruno Fernandes struck first for Manchester United in the 27th minute on a feed from Marcus Rashford, then Bruno Fernandes added another in the 57th minute on a feed from Daniel James At the end of 90 a dissapointed Real Sociedad couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester United took the shutout win. Manchester United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while newcastle United sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Chelsea. Olivier Giroud struck first for Chelsea in the 31st minute, then Timo Werner added another in the 39th minute In the end, Newcastle United was frustrated by Chelsea’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Chelsea ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in St. James’ Park, Manchester United took the match by a score of 4 to 1 in front of an empty stadium. Luke Shaw scored the first goal for Newcastle United on an own goal in the 2nd minute, then Harry Maguire got the equalizer for Manchester United in the 23rd minute on a feed from Juan Mata But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 86th minute on a goal by Bruno Fernandes.
Miguel Almirón has been the most prolific scorer on Newcastle United in his last 5 matches with three goals. Bruno Fernandes has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 5 goals for Manchester United
Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s Manchester United squad will be without Paul Pogba, Eric Bailly, Edinson Cavani and Phil Jones, while Newcastle United will be without Federico Fernández, Jamaal Lascelles, Callum Wilson, Jamal Lewis, Javi Manquillo, Jeff Hendrick, Ciaran Clark and Paul Dummett.