Manchester United vs Newcastle United Full Match 2025-26

Manchester United vs Newcastle United Full Match 2025-26.

Manchester United vs Newcastle United Full Match Highlights — Manchester United vs Newcastle United Full Match 2025-26

Manchester United vs Newcastle United Full Match Replay.
Full Match & Highlights Premier League 2025-2026

Full Match Highlights – Full Match Replay
English Commentary
December 26, 2025

The Premier League’s only Boxing Day action comes from Old Trafford, where Manchester United face a Newcastle United side they’ve badly struggled against in recent years. Since losing the Carabao Cup final in March 2023, Newcastle United have won five of the last six H2Hs (L1), four of which came without reply. That’s as many victories as they managed against the Red Devils in the prior 42 meetings (D9, L28). Manchester United have failed to score in three of the last five H2Hs at Old Trafford.

A theme of missed opportunities continues to follow Manchester United, who fell to a 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa on Sunday despite a good performance to remain outside the top six. Most crucially, Ruben Amorim’s depleted squad is now without captain Bruno Fernandes due to injury, and given that they’ve won just two of their last eight matches (D4, L2), festive cheer may be in short order among the home faithful. Manchester United fans will therefore be praying Santa can bring them a victory, but with their side winless in their last three home fixtures (D2, L1), with only six teams picking up fewer home points this term, hopes won’t be high of a turnaround here.

Consistency also continues to elude Newcastle United, who squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 against Chelsea at the weekend. Eddie Howe’s men have now won just one of their last four matches across all competitions (D2, L1) and sit in the bottom half of the Premier League table, with long-standing poor form on the road undermining their European qualification efforts. The Magpies have lost five of their last seven competitive away matches (W1, D1) and won only one of 11 trips in the league (D4, L6), a sequence that includes five failures to score.

Nine of the 12 home goals Manchester United have conceded this season came after half-time. No team in the Premier League has conceded more goals beyond the 76th minute than Newcastle United (10). Nine of Newcastle’s last ten matches produced over 2.5 goals.

Matheus Cunha has now scored in back-to-back appearances for Manchester United, while three of his last four club goals have arrived before half-time. Nick Woltemade ended a five-game goal drought with a brace against Chelsea, including his fourth match opener of the campaign.

As well as missing a trio of players on international duty, the hosts are expected to be without Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo, while defenders Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt remain doubtful. Newcastle’s numerous defensive injuries include Tino Livramento and Dan Burn.