19′ CLOSE! Shaw swings a great corner into the near post and Varane is completely unmarked as he makes a run from the middle. He glances his header on and Woodman is wrong-footed, but it bounces just wide on the far side.
17′ Lascelles intercepts Fernandes’ pass into Sancho, but only half clears his lines as Wan-Bissaka picks it up on the right. He pulls it back to Pogba, who curls another first-time cross into the box, but this one is straight into Woodman’s gloves.
15′ Almiron intercepts a loose pass from Pogba and he sets Saint-Maximin on the counter through the middle. He drives forward but is eventually crowded off the ball by the defenders and he can’t pick out Willock.
13′ Saint-Maximin is patiently working his way upfield down the left and holding off the Manchester United players to try and create space. He gets it to Ritchie, who squares it into Joelinton, but he gifts possession back to the hosts.
11′ Sancho taps it into Ronaldo and he feints cutting inside to wrongfoot Willock before driving into the box. He pulls back to get away from Lascelles before hitting the shot from a tight angle and sends it straight into the side netting.
9′ Fernandes cuts inside from the left before curling a good cross into the far post. Ritchie intercepts it in the middle, but it loops up and is falling for Ronaldo. He gets the shot all wrong though as he’s off-balance and hits it wide.
8′ Greenwood lays the ball off to Pogba and he plays a ball over the top of Newcastle’s defence to pick out Fernandes’ run. He has his back to goal but flicks on the header, but it’s heading well wide and no one is following in at the far post.
6′ It’s Newcastle’s turn to attack now, with Ritchie sliding a good throughball forward for Saint-Maximin. He flicks it out to Joelinton on the left and he steps away from Varane to get into the box. Maguire closes him down, but he ends up scuffing at the shot and sending it wide.
4′ Newcastle half clear their lines, with Pogba winning the ball back in midfield. He lifts it over the top to Ronaldo, who nods it down, but he can’t get his feet sorted out quick enough to get a shot away and the offside flag goes up.
2′ Manchester United are knocking the ball around well in the opening minutes and keeping Newcastle penned back in their own half. The hosts work it out to Sancho on the left, but his cross is blocked by Manquillo.
1′ Longstaff gets the game underway for Newcastle!
The teams are out on the pitch now, with kick-off just moments away!
Newcastle have opened the scoring in six of their last eight Premier League meetings with Manchester United, but have gone on to win just two of those (L4).
Bruce makes four changes to his team after their draw with Southampton before the international break, with Manquillo, Hayden, Clark and Joelinton coming into the side. Callum Wilson is missing due to a thigh strain, while Murphy, Fernandez and Schar start on the bench.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer makes two changes from the side that beat Wolves last time out, with Ronaldo making his second debut for the club as he starts up top. Matic is also brought in and Fred drops to the bench.
NEWCASTLE UNITED SUBS: Fabian Schar, Joe White, Karl Darlow, Jacob Murphy, Jamal Lewis, Federico Fernandes, Dwight Gayle, Jeff Hendrick, Emil Krafth.
NEWCASTLE UNITED STARTING XI (5-3-2): Freddy Woodman; Javier Manquillo, Isaac Hayden, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Matt Ritchie; Joe Willock, Sean Longstaff, Miguel Almiron; Joelinton, Allan Saint-Maximin.
MANCHESTER UNITED SUBS: Victor Lindelof, Juan Mata, Tom Heaton, Donny van de Beek, Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard, Fred, Diogo Dalot, Eric Bailly.
MANCHESTER UNITED STARTING XI (4-2-3-1): David de Gea; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Raphael Varane, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw; Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic; Mason Greenwood, Bruno Fernandes, Jadon Sancho; Cristiano Ronaldo.
Manchester United have made an unbeaten start to their season, picking up two wins and a draw in their opening three matches so far. They’ll be looking to continue that run here today, but all eyes will be on Cristiano Ronaldo as he makes his return to the club he left 12 years ago. They face a Newcastle side that are yet to win a game this season in all competitions (D2 L2). Steve Bruce’s team did get their first point of the season last time out before the international break though in a 2-2 draw with Southampton.
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