Every Ronaldo Bet for this Weekend's Game Against Newcastle

Here we have compiled a list of each bet for Cristiano Ronaldo's impending second Manchester United debut against Newcastle United at Old Trafford on Saturday.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner left United for Real Madrid in the summer of 2009, scoring 118 and creating 69 assists in 292 appearances for the Old Trafford club in his first spell and even inspired them to their third and final Champions League crown in 2008 via a stunning 42 goal season. Since then, Ronaldo has scored 551 goals at club level for Real and Juventus, as well as making a further 154 assists and recently managed to break the all-time international goal record with a brace for Portugal against the Republic of Ireland, scoring his 110th and 111th goals for his country, beating the previous record held by Ali Daei who scored 109 times for Iran.

Ronaldo has been priced at 5/1 to score a header against Newcastle following his headed brace for Portugal against the Republic of Ireland in his side’s 2-1 win in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. The 36-year-old is well known for his incredible leap and presence when airborne, which has seen him score a staggering 117 headed goals across his whole career.

United’s new number seven has scored a staggering 113 goals from outside the box across his whole career for both club and country, with 56 of these being free kicks and the other 57 all being scored via open play. Ronaldo scored his one and only United hat-trick against Newcastle back in January 2008 where his opening goal came from outside the box via a free kick.

The last time Ronaldo faced Newcastle at Old Trafford in January 2008, he also scored the opening goal of the game via a direct free kick that sneaked in under the wall and past Shay Given. The 36-year-old has an impressive record against the Magpies having scored six and assisted five in 11 matches across all competitions in his first spell at United and has since gone on to score 551 more club goals since leaving Old Trafford back in 2009.

In his previous spell at United, Ronaldo managed 118 goals and 69 assists in 292 matches between 2003 and 2009, however, when he started at the club he was a right-winger in a 4-4-2 formation and was moved more central following the sale of Ruud van Nistelrooy to Real Madrid in the summer of 2006. The 36-year-old’s goal statistics then increased, seeing him manage 66 league goals in 101 appearances for United from the start of the 2006/07 season until his departure to Real in 2009.

As mentioned above, Ronaldo has a good record against Newcastle and has an outstanding goalscoring record across his career in general, hitting the back of the net 785 times in 1075 games.

Ronaldo’s fellow Portuguese teammate Bruno Fernandes has been nothing short of sensational since his arrival from Sporting Lisbon in January 2019. The 27-year-old scored a hat-trick against Leeds United on the opening day of the season, meaning that he has managed 43 goals and 25 assists in 83 appearances for the Old Trafford club. Fernandes has played against Newcastle twice in his United career so far, scoring two and assisting one in two separate victories for the Reds.

United have won five out of their last six home meetings with Newcastle since the start of the 2014/15 season. This fixture at Old Trafford has seen a result of 3-1 twice since the start of the aforementioned season, with this game ending up finishing 3-1 on Boxing Day 2014, as well as last time out, where the Magpies pushed the Red Devils close at the Theatre of Dreams as Allan Saint-Maximin equalised following Marcus Rashford’s impressive opener on the half-hour mark, before a second-half strike by Daniel James and Fernandes penalty put the result beyond doubt.